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Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

trump and republicans making america great again by... cutting cancer research:

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

www.pennlive.com/news/2026/04...

Delta Air Lines had no trouble endorsing the Big Beautiful Bill, which gave ICE a blank check to terrorize Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge.

They flew Liam to an ICE concentration camp.

Now they want a million dollars to build a new lounge at MSP.

Join us on Monday to demand accountability.

Kelly, Gallego urge DHS to halt planned ICE detention facilities in Surprise and Marana | Arizona Mirror Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are urging DHS to halt planned ICE detention facilities in Arizona's Surprise and Marana amid concerns

"Arizona U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are urging the Trump administration to put a halt to two planned detention facilities in the state as opposition to them grows and questions continue to mount...

"The two Senators have requested a response by May 1.

azmirror.com/briefs/kelly...

Trump prison camp federal court ruling excoriates Trump Admin for "clear failure" to follow the law "in purchasing a large warehouse in Williamsport MD built to hold cargo and seeking to quickly convert it into a detention facility to house human beings..."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Groups Sue Administration Over Approval Of Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Project In Gulf Five Gulf and environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP’s new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.

"BP’s first completely new oilfield in the Gulf since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster 16 years ago.

It will be deeper than Deepwater Horizon, and in riskier waters... drilling 6 miles below the sea floor, deeper than the height of Mt. Everest"

www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/04/grou...

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

"Secretary Kennedy’s unlawful declaration harmed children,” the Judge wrote.

“This case highlights a leader’s unserious regard for the rule of law...

“Unserious leaders are unsafe."

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

"Top staffers were figures with connections to GOP politics who hadn’t worked in the arts, including one spouse of a Republican party leader whose longest professional experience was working as a marketing and events manager at a Toyota dealership in Ireland..."

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

"Ms. Ross-Mahé, age 86, was greeted at the airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes...

"She was in a state of physical shock...

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Help for Medicare Advantage Patients Who Lose Doctors Is Shelved, for Now

"Trump Administration officials declined to explain the reason for the reversal..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

"Dear America" letters from people who work at the besieged US Department of Housing and Urban Development:

dearamericaletters.org

Oil company founded by DOE chief Wright paid no US taxes last year Liberty Energy made $193 million last year and received more than $10 million back in tax benefits, according to a nonprofit analysis released on Tax Day.

"The company founded and formerly run by Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright recorded $193 million of income last year but paid no 2025 federal corporate income taxes, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10 million back from the IRS..."

www.eenews.net/articles/oil...

www.404media.co/thomson-reut...

Last month, Trump's DOJ inexplicably dropped the prosecution in the largest ($20 billion!) Iran sanctions violations case ever:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/n...

Now one month later, they're bragging about how they're going to so so so sooooo prosecute Iran sanctions:

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears The president’s impulsive style has never been tested in a sustained military conflict, and he’s been ruminating on Jimmy Carter’s failure in Iran.

Oh. He marveled.

"Some of the president’s advisers were caught off guard that tanker traffic would grind to a halt so quickly after the bombing began...

"Trump has since marveled at the ease with which the strait was closed..."

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears The president’s impulsive style has never been tested in a sustained military conflict, and he’s been ruminating on Jimmy Carter’s failure in Iran.

Very normal stuff.

"Aides kept the president out of the room as they got minute-by-minute updates because they believed his impatience wouldn’t be helpful...

"At one point Trump mused he should award himself the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor...

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Interesting bit from a speech Cory Booker gave yesterday at the Michigan Democratic Women's Caucus in Detroit: (Full speech here: www.c-span.org/program/camp...)

Trump avoided punishments for his post-2020 abuses, but many of his lawyers did not For the attorneys who helped fuel the president’s efforts to remain in office, the consequences have been severe. Take John Eastman, for example.

And they remain mystified as to why it's so hard for them to find real lawyers who will work for him...

Eastman: disbarred

Giuliani: disbarred

Chesebro: disbarred

Clark: facing possible disbarment

Ellis: law license suspended

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Today in Baltimore, We Proved This Fight Is Working DHS went to court to defend their ICE warehouse plan and walked away with a judge openly laughing at their argument.

"Over the past several months, our community has built a blueprint that other communities can use when federal agencies attempt to move detention infrastructure into their neighborhoods..."

blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/today-in-b...

"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."

"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...

www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

Pushback leads Homeland Security to compromise on some warehouse detention centers for immigrants • Stateline Some of the Trump administration’s controversial new warehouse immigration detention centers are getting scaled back and postponed as states and cities fight back and new Homeland Security Secretary M...

stateline.org/2026/04/17/p...

Hundreds rally against ICE as judge agrees to block detention center construction - Maryland Matters A federal judge on Wednesday limited further construction on a planned Washington County immigration detention center, saying the government's plans for the facility and its impacts on the environment...

"In addition to filling the courtroom gallery and two additional overflow rooms, hundreds of protestors rallied outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Baltimore before the case was set to be heard..."

marylandmatters.org/2026/04/15/h...

Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say One attorney wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke a detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone.”

www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

Why Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party Lost The opposition’s stunning victory offers lessons for U.S. Democrats—and a warning for Trump’s allies.

"As illiberal strongmen have discovered in other contexts... after a while, voters, especially moderates, become exhausted by constant messages of fear, hatred, and vituperation..."

foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/12/h...

Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.

that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury...

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Nebraska law enforcement veterans form coalition to counter 'federal overreach' Equality Before the Law said in a news release that it was formed out of a concern that when federal actions are allowed to override local priorities, it erodes public trust, makes the job of law enfo...

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