New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
#Defunding the #Airwaves
comics.lucentinian.com/7434
#NewsLaughs #AILaughs #NewsJokes #LaughWithAI #FunnyNews
#defunding
A riddle for today: #defunding public media,baring journalists from #government buildings,#banning #queer people&expression,#banning #abortions ,setting up #concentration camps,giving more money to the rich,allying with #dictatorships ,purging #scientific research&tought, threatening neighbouring countries with #annexation, defending #nazis in #Germany, organising a huge #military parade in the capital on the birthday of their #leader - if it is not #Russia which country is it?
#PublicBroadcasting outlets #NPR and #PBS Protest & Vow Fight Against #Defunding #ExecutiveOrder issued by #DJT
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/business/media/npr-pbs-federal-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EE8.CuJB.WhoikNkFO8c8
(#GiftLink #FreeAccess To #NYTimes Article)
While I think a lot of observers make too much of the supposed ideological differences between the "populist" white nationalist faction, and the pro-billionaire techno-fascist contingent in the Trump regime, it's hard not to notice that some of the DOGE recommendations and other funding cuts look like class warfare made literal, with expected casualties. In a move that makes precisely zero sense from a perspective of protecting Americans living through the early stages of climate catastrophe, the Trump regime has ordered the closure of twenty-five science centers that monitor water levels to combat flooding and drought.
Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US
"The Trump administration has ordered the closure of 25 scientific centers that monitor US waters for flooding and drought, and manage supply levels to ensure communities around the country don’t run out of water.
The United States Geological Service (USGS) water science centers’ employees and equipment track levels and quality in ground and surface water with thousands of gauges. The data it produces plays a critical role across the economy to protect human life, protect property, maintain water supplies and help clean up chemical or oil spills.
The targeted centers are part of a larger network, and the Trump administration based its decision to make cuts on leases near expiration, not scientific reasoning, said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit that is tracking the issue."
I think I do a pretty good job of distinguishing the things I know, from the things I suspect, here on this blog; so perhaps what I'm about to say here is speculative, but please note that my observations are absolutely informed by people like Elon Musk openly articulating his belief that we're in a racialized war for the future of humanity, which is going to happen on Mars apparently. That noted, it's hard for me not to notice that an absolutely huge portion of the regime's slash and burn agenda is clearly a targeted type of quite literal class warfare; they're actively burning down anything that keeps poor and labor class people alive, while funneling money directly to billionaire tech-fascists, increasing military funding, and rapidly expanding a fascist police state. The result of these policies on a long enough timeline will quite obviously be the deaths of more labor class people, and a further entrenchment of power for the ruling class reactionaries; and suggesting that might be intentional would sound like a conspiracy theory if the billionaire nazis surrounding and populating the Trump regime, guys like Musk, Peter Thiel, JD Vance and so forth, didn't keep saying the quiet part out loud.
Finally, while I'm not sure this is newsworthy, I couldn't willingly write up this story without marveling at what I'm sure one of the wildest things quoted from The Guardian in the paper's long history:
“It’s not being done with any thought about human life, it was just ‘this seems so woke so let’s get rid of it,’” Bennett said. “People think water is free and comes out of your tap whenever you want, but it’s not that simple.”
Yeah, water is "woke" is a thing now apparently; may whatever gods you believe in have mercy on our souls.
#Fascism #Trump #Flooding #Drought #Science #DOGE #Defunding #ClassWarfare #Billionaires #Nazis
Since decades US #universities (like MIT, Harvard and Stanford) lead most international #rankings.
The #radical and #extremist president #Trump will change that.
Currently by #defunding Harvard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/trump-administration-harvard-funding.html
Well this finally happened after years of resisting the format I finally found a situation that warrants making a pod. So here is our radio hour and podcast that explores relationships between #censorship, #defunding and #repression. Specifically in contemporary #Germany
Episode One: #Policing #Education
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/radio-against-repression/id1805393591
🎪 In today's episode of "Guess-What-Gets-Defunded-Next," the US administration has decided that $11B for #addiction and mental health care is better suited for the imaginary budget surplus. Because who needs mental health when you have chaos? 🤪💸
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342368/addiction-trump-mental-health-funding #mentalhealth #funding #chaos #budgetcuts #defunding #HackerNews #ngated
Everything, everywhere, all at once — but not the movie. This is how cybersecurity experts describe a scenario where a foreign adversary shuts off critical infrastructure all over the country
#Cybersecurity #Infrastructure #Threats #Hacking #Defunding #Swisher #Podcast
Is America Ready for a Full-Bl...
#Trump's #Dekrete zum #Defunding von staatlichen #Behörden nehmen bereits #Form an. Das ist weitaus ernster als #gedacht/ #vermutet. Offensichtlich sollen wissenschaftliche #Informationen zum #Klinawandel etc. auf staatlichen #Webseiten aktiv behindert und verhindert werden. #Projekt2025 ist voll im Gange.
NASA Applied Sciences Overview - NASA
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/[URL]
#CanadaPolitics #CBCNews #CBCRadio #CPC #defunding
Is Canada Ready for Life Without the CBC? Pierre Poilievre Thinks So | The Walrus https://thewalrus.ca/is-canada-ready-for-life-without-the-cbc-pierre-poilievre-thinks-so/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#frg #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #foreignpolicy / #humanrights / #civilsociety / #defunding / #zochrot / #newprofile / #left
„DW's (…) findings indicate that the defunding of Zochrot and New Profile are part of a larger pattern of cutting federal funds for human rights organizations that have been critical of the Israeli government's policies and the ongoing war in Gaza.“
The #DarkMoney #Defunding #Rural #Schools
A network of #rightwing #billionaires have #bankrolled a #war against #publiceducation. Now they’re stepping up #attacks on #rural #legislators—but #communities are #fightingback.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://barnraisingmedia.com/what-is-moms-for-liberty-the-dark-money-defunding-rural-schools/
And to make things short: There's a reason everywhere we should #nationalize #PublicInfrastructure like #Hospitals and #Healthcare just to prevent people #blackmailing said institutions with #defunding!
#Canadian #unions stand in #solidarity with #palestinians in calling for #Canada to not commit #collective #punishment by #defunding the #UNRWA. #palestine #SavePalestine #freepalestine
https://psacunion.ca/unions-demand-reinstatement-unrwa-funding-support
📌 In Berlin by Harry Stopes ⤵️
🔗 https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/february/in-berlin
🏷️ #Gaza #Israel #War #Civilians #defunding #UNRWA #Germany #ForeignMinistry
As the #UNRWA #defunding is being exposed as yet another #dodgydossier, akin to the #WMD fabrication that justified the #IraqWar, I only just came across this story about #Israel bombing the #Belgian Aid office in #Gaza, a clear retaliation after #Belgium refused to cut the aid to UNRWA. How long exactly will the rest of the EU stand by (#Germany #Finland #Italy)? https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-belgium-unrwa
#Fascist #EffinghamCounty #commissioners, #librarians #clash over #LGBTQ #books.
#Book #bans, talk of #defunding #publiclibraries, and even #accusations of #promoting #childpornography – were items discussed at the meeting held by #Effingham County #BoardofCommissioners on Monday.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
"The deliberate engineering of the #culture war panic to sow distrust in public #schools for the purpose of privatizing & #defunding the public #education system.
Christopher Rufo... propped up by Charles #Koch has publicly stated his goal is to... spread public distrust.
He had also told the NYTimes that he was “preparing a strategy of laying siege to the institutions” by promoting “school choice.”
~@josephinelee
@TexasObserver
https://www.texasobserver.org/hb-1-vouchers-omnibus-special-session/
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