ignoring what they said they were going to do,
or thinking it would only be someone else.

I fear for the world right now.

We have a thing nominally in charge of the most destructive arsenal in the combined history of humanity. He is ACHING to detonate nuclear weapons (he fucking said so multiple times in his first failed administration....and yet the morons in this shit hole country somehow saw fit to return him to the office????) - EVERY SINGLE TRUMP voter - SPARE NONE - has blood on their hands already and are going to be bathed in it eventually... fuck those assholes for eternity.

Trump is the symptom, the idiocy of the average American is the disease.
The consequence is a bankrupt and shattered USA (at best) and total nuclear anihilation for all (with just a few things going wrong).

They've pulled out all the stops.

mindset will get them too.

The American people have a say in this.

Republicans must fall into irretrievable disgrace.

That's the way the marginally motivated and bubble residents think.
If "Bubba" or "Chase" can't watch it in action in a short or it can't otherwise be broke down into short sentences, it's some sort of expensive experiment by some elitist or woke snob wasting taxpayer money.
Because, of course, if you can't understand it, those people are just bullshitting you for their own advantage.

And for those religious cultists out there, DNA is really short for "the Devil's Natural Ammunition", a philosophical lie set up to make you doubt the Creator, don't you see?

Sad , ya, I'm looking down at the American MAGA and otherwise useless non-voters out there.

Our healthcare system is deeply flawed, but our infectious disease prevention, surveillance and response was a model for the world.

All gone.

The danger this puts us all in is beyond comprehension.

Pay no attention to the flying feathers, the terrified squawking, and the thin trickle of blood down the chicken ladder. That's just a little temporary pain.

Soon, this drastic reduction in the hen force will mean much greater egg production at a fraction of the cost. Or at the very least, we'll have very, very satisfied foxes.

Against the rump administration.

This absolutely insane.

... these scientists will just migrate to New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and Europe where their skills and talents will be appreciated.

Team trDUMP's damage to AmeriKKKa has only just begun.

A lot of these senior scientists are not going to go someplace else. They are forced into early retirement and there is no pipeline of younger scientists for them to mentor.

There is no easy fix. We're fucked.

The Trump Regime wants people to die. They want people sick and ignorant. They want people scared.

Easier to control.

That is their goal to have people scared and easier to control, but let's not bend to them.

and I know others by reputation. The number of deaths that could have been prevented will ultimately reach numbers never seen outside of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic--approaching those lost in the concentration camps. No, the overt and direct act of pure evil is not there as it was with the Nazis but the scale of deaths we will see in the US over the next decade will be horrific, all the same.

The journal, Nature surveyed its most prolific (publishing) scientists last month and 75% were trying to leave.

Sent them off to work on farms as unskilled labor? So it's kind of been done before.

I was honestly trying to remember the cultural revolution, which i haven't studied since high school, not trying to criticize your post. But sorry.

You are right - and the fact that they are simultaneously attacking universities -- with a separate but synergistic attack on peaceful foreign students on visas -- helps prove your point.

Hit the federal grants, and hit the student population that tends to pay full price -- not many schools will be able to survive. And do you want to bet there are trumpist land magnates ready to snap up some of these prime properties?

And double-plus bonus: in the 18th century, women were basically property. No voice. No rights. Not even considered. Benefits and self-determination for men only.

Create chaos, and then declare martial law and suspend the Constitution.
Trump can pretend he's the only one that can "save" America, even though he's the one who is killing America.
Of course it has the look and feel of an abusive relationship. Use brute force to break the nation, and then rule through threats, intimidation, and violence.
Punish anyone who resists; fear is the method of choice for dictators.

Destroying
Our
Government
Entirely

Their war on science will have long term, devastating consequences and the body count will be high.

Nice move shitheads!

in that Trump et al have nothing but disdain for sacrifice.

We truly are being "ruled" by the worst of mankind.

We are fucked for decades to come, yet so many of our fellow Americans are deluded into thinking otherwise.

Every post is a complete lie. The opposite of the truth. She believes every Trump lie.

assuming, as I have to, that it will eventually turn around. That thought just takes my breath away.

Makes me glad that I’m in my twilight years.

The writing on the wall is that we’re becoming a Biblical country that purposely tries to hide real life from the public so that we can indoctrinate extremist Christianity and a lack of reasoning in their minds.

Science and education teach people how to reason and think for themselves. We don’t want that. Everyone must unquestioningly follow religious dogma and not understand history, or, how civics work, so that they can easily be exploited for money and labor.

is nothing but EVIL to destroy people's lives and well being.

May karma bit Don the Con and his administration in their arses.

I hate this MAFIA cult that's ruining my country right now.

Most of them know better than this. But they are cowards and won’t lift a finger until it’s too late.

And I am even angrier at them than I am at Schlump. Collectively, the Republicans in Congress have the power to do something about this, and they are refusing to use it. He needs to be impeached and removed from office. The power to impeach is vested in the House, and the power to convict him and remove him from office belongs to the Senate. And we all know which party controls both the House and the Senate right now.

Schlump is destroying our government and our economy, alienating our allies, and disrupting the structures that have kept the world from descending into the horror of nuclear war for the last 80 years, and those GOP nincompoops in Congress are just letting him do it!

I find it both horrifying and enraging that those nimrods can sit there pretending not to see what's happening, even lying to their constituents about it (to the extent that they communicate with their constituents at all). They've made a bargain with that Orange Hellbeast, literally sold their souls to him, together with all of our futures, and I hate loathe, and despise them for it.

It's being done just to please the dumbest, least educated and most ignorant MAGA morons, there's no other discernible reason.

A lot of research scientists forgo more lucrative careers in the private secrot because they want to work on stuff that will do the most good for society. That's who they're purging, people who sacrificed so they work on cutting edge stuff to best help others.

Disgusting.

professionals, scientists, and intellectuals, closed all of the schools, and empowered the ignorant.

I often wonder about the suicides these mass layoffs are creating. People are losing their jobs, income, health care and security. Many are probably losing their homes, all at a time when prices are increasing, and job prospects are declining.

How long will this be allowed to continue? Is there nothing that can be done to stop this? Of course there are the midterm elections, but the damage that can be done in the meantime is unimaginable.

And they can't have their precious fucking social media megaphones following them around, either.

Germany, France, Canada, etc. I know people who are leaving.

Close the loopholes! Go back to 90% tax on corporations!

That is where the problem, and solution, lies.

Hope abides.

It doesn't matter if the media caves to Trump, he will screw them anyway. Same with the Democrats. They are looking for an excuse, any excuse, to put this country under an emergency order and secure total power. They will do it whether we protest or whether we don't. It will just take longer the second way.

America is under siege.

Trump wants a civil war and we may not have a choice in it. We need to be prepared for that possibility and be able to defend and preserve democracy.

Taking us back to the robber barons days.
This is all about trying to pay for the Oligarchs tax break.

I would love to see (D)'s win the 2 Florida special elections today.

Maybe this bloodbath being announce today, will change some of those voters decision.

(says typical MAGA, who are almost certainly confused and conflicted about this but don't want to seem unfaithful to their god Krasnov)

What more proof is needed?

Just randomly cut staff, make the remaining staff pick up the pieces and figure out a way to do the same job with reduced resources. "Get Lean" or something similar.

Except in the case of USAID, when they've deleted agency and assigned its work to another place.

Getting paid through June 02 to do fuck all until they add to the unemployment numbers.

More incompetence, cruelty, and insanity. The consequences will not be pretty.

got his notice today, he knew it was coming.

They lied on form about his performance review giving him lower scores than he got. But as we know law suit will probably do nothing.

He worked on a special task force to try and retain good scientists and doctors so they wouldn't go to private sector. He said his entire job of the last two years was all for nothing.

We had a chance. I could’ve gone differently on the choice not to do. It would’ve ended a path forward before this fire raged.

May we heal and me all the scientists and docs endure

layoffs. Kyle is a really good guy, he is a retired military officer Lt Colonel and a friend told him about job, it was mostly at home, they live in Texas, but he flew to Atlanta for meetings once a month.

He's been job hunting but a lot are looking and Texas not easy for good paying. People on base said they would hire him civilian job if military freeze came off but that probably won't happen.

We are on our way!
On our way to becoming a third world country, i.e.

First, I heard many of the researchers are seeking employment in Europe.

Even if the next President is a Democrat, it might take a generation to reverse.

The next discovery may come from Europe and not USA.

RFK Jr and Trump have made this nation weaker

This is terrible from the country of Jonas Salk.

Second, shame on the Senators who trusted RFK Jr.

There is no more
mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger.
--Shakespeare, Coriolanus 5.4.28-29

Our family cannot afford a non-working family but we all will pitch in and stretch those dollars.