“This administration has systematically attacked every aspect of civil society, from #academia to #LawFirms & the #media, & is now coming after the nonprofit sector,” Nick Turner, president of #Vera Institute, said in a statement. “We can only surmise that these tactics seek to silence us. It will not happen. We will not back down.”
#law #Trump #ElonMusk #Dictatorship #authoritarianism #tyranny #MafiaState
#Resist
A #Vera Institute attorney then asked on the call what #legal authority #DOGE had to demand involvement with an independent, #nonprofit org, acc/to the transcript. The DOGE employees reportedly responded that there was no point in getting into details since the #DOJ already terminated Vera’s grants.
Acc/to a transcript of the call provided by #Vera, Cavanaugh referenced the US Institute of Peace as an example of #DOGE assigning a team to an independent nonprofit. Last month DOGE took over & shut down #USIP, a 40-yr-old institution founded & funded by Congress that employs ~600 people in DC & abroad. USIP operates differently than Vera & other #nonprofits, which were NOT established by Congress & receive their funding from grants & #private donors.
At the meeting Tues, #Vera Institute leaders said the #DOJ this month revoked $5M in #FederalGrants that the institute was receiving to develop programs related to reducing recidivism rates & supporting victims of violent crimes, acc/to Nick Turner, head of the Vera Institute.
When #DOGE members learned that the institute was no longer receiving federal funds, they started to wrap up the meeting, realizing it was no longer necessary.
It was unclear how many groups #DOGE aims to be involved in, but working w/more groups could represent a dramatic expansion of DOGE’s influence in the admin’s operations.…
Based on a transcript of the meeting prepared by the institute, DOGE reps seemed unaware that #Vera Institute recently lost its #FederalGrants & of how #nonprofit groups that receive grants operate differently from govt entities that have independence from the executive branch.
A member of #DOGE last week emailed the #Vera Institute of Justice — an independent #nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates — to schedule a meeting about “getting a DOGE team assigned to the organization,” acc/to a copy of the email that was reviewed by WaPo.
“If I do not hear from you, I will assume you do not plan to comply with the President’s #ExecutiveOrder,” said the email from DOGE rep Nate Cavanaugh….
Umm, no.
DOGE reps told leaders of a [nongovernmental] #nonprofit group Tues that it wants to assign members of its team to work at all institutes or agencies that receive federal funds….
A 20-min phone call involved 2 members of DOGE & attorneys for the Vera Institute of Justice, w/DOGE reps revealing plans to potentially attach its team members to more organizations & institutes that receive govt funding….
#law #Trump #ElonMusk #Dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/15/doge-musk-nonprofit-vera-institute/
*Top* US Prosecutor in #NewJersey, a #Trump Loyalist, Targets Governor
#AlinaHabba said she was investigating Gov. Philip D. Murphy & the state’s attorney general [#NJAG] over #immigration policy. She called the inquiry a “warning for everybody.”
#law #intimidation #WeaponizationOfGovernment #EnemiesList #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #federalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregion/trump-justice-department-habba-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=BFE44020-29CA-4995-8D54-CCAD9494BA82
The Grantham Institute at Imperial College #London, which specialises in #ClimateChange #research, is creating at least 2 more research fellowship posts for early-career #climate researchers from the US & has already seen an clear uptick in applications, said its Director of Research, Joeri Rogelj.
…Aix Marseille University in #France told Reuters it had received interest from 120 researchers at institutions in the US, including #NASA & #Stanford, for a €15-million “safe space for #science” program launched on March 7. The initiative aims to attract #US staff from fields including #health, #LGBT+ #medicine, #epidemiology & #ClimateChange.
The European Research Council, an #EU body that finances #scientific work, told Reuters it would double the relocation budget for funding #researchers moving to the EU to €2 million ($2.16 million) per applicant. That goes towards covering the cost of moving to a European institution, which may involve setting up a laboratory.
The threat to #academics' livelihoods at universities including #Yale, #Columbia & #JohnsHopkins has given #Europe's political leaders hope they could reap an #intellectual windfall.
A letter, reviewed by Reuters, signed in March by 13 European countries including #France, #Germany & #Spain, urged the #EU Commission to move fast to attract #academic talent.
#Trump's admin says billions of dollars in cuts are needed to curb the federal deficit & bring the US debt under control.
His cutbacks on #research come amid a broader clash that has seen Trump criticize #universities as *discriminatory* for their #diversity policies & denounce what he sees as a failure by some institutions to protect Jewish students from #antisemitism.
#law #academia #AntiIntellectualism #science #research #censorship #MafiaState #Nazis
https://www.reuters.com/world/scientists-us-harried-by-trump-cuts-turn-towards-europe-2025-04-11/
One had just lost a job because of a canceled govt grant; the other feared a similar fate if they went ahead w/the paper. Although both were legally in the #US, they worried they might lose their residency if their names appeared on a potentially *controversial* article.
The subject: #evolution.
This is than a “chilling effect”
A few days before they were to submit a scientific paper together, an evolutionary biologist in Europe received an unexpected request from 2 co-authors in the #UnitedStates.
After much thought, the co-authors said they preferred not to risk publishing at this time.
#Trump #law #immigration #academia #AntiIntellectualism #science #research #censorship #MafiaState #Nazis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/04/10/evolution-research-deportation-fears/
Gilead - envisioned by many misogynists around the world, implemented by the Taliban and emulated by the US who wish to extend their jihad.
The positive side of Trump's lunacy is that more attention might be paid to these bar stewards and controls on funding political activities outwith of the US restricted. They need to be.
This is f⁕⚠︎ed
#Musk’s “PAC” posted a video of one of his $1M recipient who straight up voted to get the money:
“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler, I’m from #Greenbay, #Wisconsin. I did exactly what #ElonMusk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends & family, vote, & now I have a million dollars.”
#Immigration ofcls also detained #Palestinian activist & #Columbia graduate #MahmoudKhalil – a #GreenCard holder – earlier this month in front of his pregnant wife, Noor, a US citizen. Other students detained by immigration ofcls include #BadarSuri, an Indian postdoctoral fellow at #Georgetown University, after #DHS accused him of having ties to Hamas.
In recent wks, federal authorities have detained a handful of other #university #students & #researchers – including #GreenCard holders – who have expressed #Palestinian solidarity amid #Israel’s deadly war on #Gaza. Earlier this week, 30-yr-old #RumeysaOzturk, a Turkish doctoral student at #Tufts University, was detained by masked federal ofcls in dramatic footage that has caused widespread outrage.
Also earlier this month, #Canada citizen #JasmineMooney was detained by US authorities & was held by #ICE for 2 weeks before being released. In another case, a tourist from #Germany, 29-yr-old tattoo artist #JessicaBrösche, spent 6 weeks in #detention including 8 days in #solitary confinement after she was arrested at the Mexican border on 18 Feb.
