Trump abruptly cancels NIH meetings, upending scientific research
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/uncertainy-fear-and-panic-abruptly-cancels-nih-meetings-upending-scientific-research

* U.S. fed. science agencies directed to cancel all scheduled meetings
* effect. suspends NIH research grants

Science is more than body of knowledge; it's a way of thinking -- Carl Sagan
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113867027412933034

#NIH #USpol #Trump #fascism #disinformation #censorship #antiabortion
#Christofascism #transgenocide
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#PostTruthism #EchoChambers #ReflectionChambers #dogmaticism

Trump’s Pardons of 23 Antiabortion Extremists Endanger Providers/Patients
https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/23/trump-pardons-abortion-clinic-violence-pro-life-face-act

* antiabortion extremists convicted of clinic invasions/violence
* undermines fed. protections for reproductive healthcare
* paves way for renewed chaos/fear

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#ChristianRight #Catholicism #OpusDei #theocracy
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#WomensRights #abortion #ReproductiveRights #SelfDetermination #paternalism #sexism #misogyny

U.S. Office of Personnel Management: All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work, ideally w/i 30d
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/all-federal-agencies-ordered-to-terminate-remote-work-ideally-within-30-days
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42812513
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Personnel_Management

OPM Return to Office Guidance Memorandum 1-22-2025
https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/filesOPM%20Return%20to%20Office%20Guidance%20Memorandum%201-22-25.pdf

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#censorship #disinformation #PostTruthism
#extremism #xenophobia #whiteSupremacism
#capitalism #billionaires #libertarianism
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#antiabortion #misogyny #antiLGBT #TitleIX #antiDEI

Mississippi Bill lets Bounty Hunters hunt Immigrants
https://newrepublic.com/post/190684/mississippi-republican-bill-bounty-hunters-immigrants
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5105368-mississippi-bill-would-pay-bounty-hunters-to-catch-undocumented-immigrants
https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1484IN.htm

* MS Republicans prepare nightmare state as Trump ramps up crackdown on undoc. immigrants
* pay bounty hunters $1k for ev. undocumented immigrant they help deport
* MS HB1484 of 2025

Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113816826436563790
* state-supported vigilantism

#USpol #USlaw #Trump2 #vigilantism #fascism #hatred #xenophobia

"It's a massacre": Trump fires inspectors general in illegal overnight purge
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/25/its-a-massacre-inspectors-general-in-illegal-overnight-purge
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/25/donald-trump-inspectors-general-firing-00200611
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/24/trump-fire-inspectors-general-federal-agencies

* civil servants tasked w. oversight of federal agencies
* top GOP Senator: firings done outside proper legal avenues, vowed to "defend" purged workers

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#Project2025
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Gustavo Petro responds to Trump: “Overthrow me - Americas & humanity will respond”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/26/gustavo-petro-responds-to-trump-overthrow-methe-americas-and-humanity-will-respond
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Petro

Trump announced retaliatory measures against Colombia after Petro refused to let U.S. military plane full of deported Colombians land.

Comment: v. fiery response to fascist Trump👍️ 🥳

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#authoritarianism #extremism #disinformation
#ChristianRight #theocracy
#Christofascism #transgenocide