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February 11, 2026

ScienceClimate

Under pressure from Republican state attorneys general, the agency that advises the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges on scientific and technical matters has withdrawn the entirety of its content on climate change from a new judicial reference manual. (Source)
F.D.A Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine. The vaccine maker’s shots involve the successful Covid vaccines’ RNA technology. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broadly rejected it, canceling millions of dollars in research projects. (Source)

January 30, 2026

Academic freedom

Texas A&M University on Friday announced it is ending its programs in women’s and gender studies as part of a broader effort to eliminate teaching related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). (Source)

January 15, 2026

State Censorship

The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express “improper ideology.” (Source)

December 18, 2025

Cult of personality

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will now have a new name — the “Trump-Kennedy Center.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the news on social media Thursday, saying that the board of the center voted unanimously for the change, “Because of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building.” (Source)

September 29, 2025

Climate

‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal. The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, including mercury and arsenic, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades. (The New York Time)

September 27, 2025

Academic freedom

Northwestern students blocked from enrollment after refusing controversial antisemitism training. (The Guardian)

September 15, 2025

Freedom of speech

Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines say they have suspended workers for social media posts about last week’s fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. (CNS)

September 13, 2025

Freedom of speech

Rights-Wings Activists Urge Followers to Expose Those Celebrating Kirk Killing

The widespread and fast-moving campaign has already resulted in lost jobs, suspensions and internal investigations, heightening tensions online between supports and detractors of Charlie Kirk. (NYT)

September 12, 2025

Freedom of speech

Tennessee university fires dean over ‘zero sympathy’ post after Charlie Kirk killing. (USA Today)
Teacher no longer employed for saying ‘American became greater’ after Charlie Kirk shooting, district confirms. (KOTA)
Florida officials watching for ‘vile, sanctionable’ behavior from teachers after Kirk killing. (Politico)

July 30, 2025

Academic freedom

Brown University reaches deal with Trump administration to restore $50m in funds. (The Guardian)

July 23, 2025

Academic freedom

Columbia announces deal to pay Trump administration more than $220m. (The Guardian)

June 16, 2025

Alliances

Trump: “The G7 used to be the G8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in, and I would say that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia…you wouldn't have a war if Trump were president”. (Twitter)

Fact: Russian was kicked from G8 in 2014, and Justin Trudeau wasn’t elected until 2015.

June 12, 2025

Alliances

Trump: “Russia fought with us in WWII and everybody hates them. And Germany and Japan, they’re fine, some day somebody will explain that...”. (Twitter)

June 6, 2025

Cult of personality

Speaker Mike Johnson: “Do not doubt and do not second guess and don’t ever challenge the president of the United States”. (ABC)

June 1, 2025

Alliances

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Ukraine conflict and upcoming Istanbul talks, with Rubio extending condolences to Russia for the seven dead and 69 injured in Saturday’s twin bridge bombings near the border. (Routers)

May 27, 2025

CorruptionAlliances

Florida nursing-home owner Paul Walczak pocketed over $10 million in payroll taxes, skipped 2019-20 returns, pled guilty, and got 18 months plus $4.4 million restitution. After his mother donated $1 million at a Trump fundraiser, Trump pardoned him, saying Biden had persecuted him. (NY Times)
Why should Canada sign on to the “Golden Dome” at all? It’s the system that can’t function without us: Russian land-based ICBMs bound for the United States take the shortest great-circle path over the North Pole, arching above Canadian Arctic airspace before re-entering toward U.S. targets, so Canada could just as well charge Washington for the privilege of hosting the shield. (Wikipedia)

May 22, 2025

Science

Trump has cut science funding to its lowest level in decades, with a 51% reduction in National Science Foundation funding and an 80% reduction in STEM education funding. (NY Times)

May 21, 2025

Corruption

US accepts Qatai plane ($400m) into Air Force One fleet. (BBC)
Trump meets South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House. Ramaphosa: “I’m sorry we don’t have a plane to give you.” Trump: “I wish you did. I’d take it. If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it.” (USA Today)

May 06, 2025

Corruption

58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump’s meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows. (CNBC)
Trump family’s net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says. (CBS)

May 02, 2025

Cult of personality

March 21, 2025

Bribery

Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election. (AP)