Maureen Nandini Mitra

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This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

you referring to the Lizza-Nuzzi (and all those older men) drama?

JUST IN: The U.S. Senate has voted 52–48 to overturn Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazil. Five Republicans joined Democrats: Susan Collins (ME), Mitch McConnell (KY), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Rand Paul (KY), and Thom Tillis (NC).

The measure is DOA in the House.

Comeback master here!

Congrats #MaríaCorinaMachado #Venezuela #nobelpeaceprize
(One man-baby is going to be so "not happy," and that add that extra bit of joy to this news 🙂 )

Israel and Hamas agree on the 'first phase' of Gaza ceasefire deal The deal raises the possibility that the war may now be over, ending the bloodiest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal that's intended to end to the devastating Gaza war which unleashed the deadliest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

I’m 100% sure that’s actually not the question to be asking

#bernie and #AOC today

Bye bye, First Amendment. Hello, fascism.

NEWS: A person is in custody after allegedly firing a gunshot at the home of Democratic state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, a state lawmaker in Illinois. There are no reported injuries.

ABC Suspends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ “Indefinitely” Over Charlie Kirk Comments The network’s decision comes after affiliate group Nexstar said it would pull the late-night show, and the chairman of the FCC suggested he might take action against ABC.

jeez! So much for #freespeech

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New PEN America statement: “The firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech and a free press. Taken together, these measures risk creating a chilling effect that extends beyond those directly targeted..."

Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo 44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US

"GlobalX carried out more than 1,700 flights for Ice, the vast majority of them between domestic US airports. The airline transported nearly 1,000 children, including nearly 500 children under the age of 10, and 22 infants."

Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.

"I did it, I threw the sandwich."
Waiting for the #sandwich #resistance memes to follow.
#DC #Feds

Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center Detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights.

Is anyone else in emergency management going to hold Florida Emergency Management accountable for this? Probably not. Insane.

www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/a...

It's definitely not shaping up to be a happy #July4th 😔. So hard to be American right now.

Live Updates: ‘We Have Won,’ Mamdani Says, as Cuomo Concedes N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary

Yes!!!! #Mamdani wins!

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco
#nokings

You have to respect the sheer economics professor of this

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Building Collective Power Under a Repressive Trump Administration We do our best work as a people in times of extreme crisis, says “apocalyptic optimist” Dana Fisher.

@fisherdanar.bsky.social Are we there yet? (I mean, the "it's going to get much worse" part?)

So it begins. Discussions are underway within the administration, and Pentagon, about deploying National Guard or active-duty troops to cities beyond Los Angeles. We’ll be sending updated guidance to all coalition members. Please follow every step, even if some sections seem irrelevant right now.

sorry your account got suspended. I've now posted the link to your Meditations in an Emergency on that platform.

jeez!

Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...

I tried to post @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's spot on article on the Nature of Violence on FB twice, and it was taken down twice for not meeting "community standards."