Appolina Saul

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Why is there a young woman (20s?) on my train, dressed in normal DC office wear, carrying a crowbar?
Some people didn’t have Pat Benetar fighting Nazis in “Shadows of the Night” as one of the formative cultural experiences of their young GenX lives, and it shows.

A federal judge just overturned the Trump admin termination of 1,400+ research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (#NEH).

The grants were terminated by #DOGE in April 2025, and amounted to more than $100 million.

* See the judge's ruling.
https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/291-Memo-opinion.pdf

* Also see the statement by the American Council of Learned Societies (#ACLS), American Historical Association (#AHA), and Modern Language Association (#MLA).
https://www.historians.org/news/federal-judge-rules-to-restore-national-endowment-of-the-humanities-funding-in-historic-case/

#DefendResearch #Funding #Humanities #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

DOGE’s Termination of Humanities Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional

A lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Humanities drew wide attention for revealing how DOGE had used ChatGPT to cancel grants.

The New York Times
If you don’t believe in a multiracial democracy, you don’t believe in America.
wigwam village #2, office teepee and several teepee cabins, route 31w, cave city, kentucky, 1979

Ran into my sister on the train, which hasn’t happened in *months*.

Always the best way to start the day 😊

The Red Line is Red Lining 😭
Being in Baton Rouge, even if just briefly, always reminds me of happy newlywed years with my husband 🥰