What’s your solution for when universities have spent their entire endowments in a year or two, genius? |
Nope, it also affects biology research and drug development. Because republicans are afflicted with conspiracy theories about Covid. And other cuts affects summer research internships for all students. All science students are affected - I have one in grad and one undergraduate and their futures are now drastically impacted by this political war (and, of course, so are all of us and our health). |
I've noticed regular posters on here from FL, mid-west, CA, OR, NY, PA along with VA/MD ... please let's flood our Senate & House Representatives with calls daily until they get the message we will not tolerate them messing with education, college, federal grants and funding. It doesn't matter what party we rep, this deserves some "all hands on deck" unity from all parents. The college thread is a good thread to post in since it attracts parents all over the US, not just DMV ... |
+1,000,000 this affects everyone no matter what party. This devalues your investment in college costs, your kid's opportunities and dangers our future healthcare system further. |
Just because Elon said it doesn't make it true. It is a congressionally authorized and funded agency. Unless Congress votes to defund it and delete it, it still exists. Let's let this play out. |
Have red state constituents call their House and Senate reps to complain. |
if that is the goal, this is really the stupidest way to do it. How about just not offer grants in those spaces in the next cycle and leave the rest of it alone? |
100%. Let's fight like he-- and save our country, our investments, our children's future. This affects us all and doesn't matter your party affiliation. We need to make calls, organize and fight back now. |
No, the goal is to shut down universities, to bankrupt them and destroy their influence in society by providing true information. The woke is just a way to make this sound better to people. If they were after waste they would strategically not universally cut. They would offer options to renegotiate. They would apply this to social sciences funding which the NIH doesn’t even do. |
Pp here. To clarify their intent is to destroy universities because the universities are purveyors of true, ie researched checked information and new knowledge, that is available to all. |
Let's NOT wait to let it play out. Let's encourage our communities, friends, family in every state to CALL our reps to say we do not want them to vote to defund our dept of education and research grants or we will vote them OUT. F--- Elon Musk. Nobody voted for him. He has no authority to declare a congressionally funded agency doesn't exist or do anything. He is a hypocrite as well. He illegally overstayed his student visa as a South African immigrant and is now playing out his emperor fantasies. Let's not allow him to do that to us at our own expense. |
+1000. We need to organize, act and barrage our state reps with messages so that they hear that we don't want this and will punish them at the polls. VA posters - Abigail Spanberger is running for Governor this year. Tuesday, November 4, 2025 is the election day! Make sure we vote her in. NJ posters - Mikki Sherril is running for Gov in NJ this year in 2025 election. Same deal. Vote her in! Keep laser focused on 2026 midterms. Leave messages for your state Reps now (Rep & Dem) but also fund Senate and House races in 2026 now. We need to stop Trump's roll. (Also Dems need a fantastic candidate to run against Trump/Vance/etc. in 2028. That person will need to do a lot of clean-up if they do win - IF there are institutions left in place that allow them to get a fair election.) Most importantly, this is about education on this thread and we need to not just acquiesce and accept Trump and Musk's BS. Not when it affects our kids! |
They are ignoring your representatives entirely. Not even letting them in buildings. |
That's the category of lies that got them elected. Now they will do what they really intended. People were dumb and fell for this. |
No, it's not. |