Doge cuts spark questions as employees supporting Musk space launches spared

Department of Transportation employees who provide support for Starlink and SpaceX launches safe amid job cuts

The Guardian
Trump is creating a selfish, miserable world. Here’s what we can do

The president is both a symptom and a cause of unhappiness and mistrust. But we can respond by rebuilding our social fabric

The Guardian
If Harvard, armor-plated by history and padded with funds, can’t beat Trump, no one can

The awe-inspiring might of the government is pitted against the might of the revered US university: let the fight begin

The Guardian
‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump

With US visits down 11.6% in March compared with last year, people share their views and experiences on the US border

The Guardian
Doge cuts spark questions as employees supporting Musk space launches spared

Department of Transportation employees who provide support for Starlink and SpaceX launches safe amid job cuts

The Guardian

Breaking #FakeNews: President Trump vows to lower college tuition by raising college tuition.

#Harvard #trumpadministration

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality

#TrumpAdministration,ACloserLook

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.

ProPublica
Trump administration plans to shut down nearly 30 U.S. embassies — over half in Africa http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKDlbW #TrumpAdministration #USEmbassies #Africa #Diplomacy #InternationalRelations
Harvard shows resistance is possible. But universities must join forces

Far too many academics are repeating propaganda about a ‘free speech crisis’. It’s time for a shared strategy

The Guardian

Al Jazeera: US to screen social media of visa applicants who spent time in Gaza . “US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the State Department to review the social media accounts of foreign applicants for United States visas who have visited the Gaza Strip in the past 18 years, according to an internal cable seen by the Reuters news agency.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/al-jazeera-us-to-screen-social-media-of-visa-applicants-who-spent-time-in-gaza/

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