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riversedge's JournalIn response to Trump's cuts to science the EU is investing over $500M to recruit researchers & scientists from the U.S
Researchers-scientists know the Fed will not fund any project--a long 4 years--while Trump is in office.--and they, like the rest of us need to support and families and pursue their choose fields.
Smart move by the EU
In response to Trump’s cuts to science research funding and attacks on universities, the EU is investing over $500 million to recruit researchers and scientists from the U.S.
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1925972916560125964
https://x.com/andreagail_k/status/1926477786488676473
Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling
Everyday, we find out more and more programs that were or are being cut by Trump Admin.!!
Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/24/nx-s1-5392378/justice-department-cuts-to-public-safety-grants-leave-police-and-nonprofits-scrambling
May 24, 20258:00 AM ET Martin Kaste
The Justice Department has drastically scaled back its support for anti-crime initiatives across the country, leaving law enforcement agencies and private groups scrambling to try to replace the money. The cuts were announced in late April, and the Council on Criminal Justice estimates 373 grants were terminated, totaling about $500 million.
The sweeping nature of the cuts took many public safety groups by surprise.
"We knew that there were federal cuts coming," says Kelsie McDaniel, the district attorney in Union County, Oregon. "But we didn't think that it would include things that were within the program goals and agency priorities that the DOJ had previously talked about."
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Her office used a federal grant to pay for an investigator to do more in-depth crime investigations, such as building a case against fentanyl dealers whose product had led to fatal overdoses.
"We wouldn't be able to do that without him," McDaniel says. "We thought, well, where other programs might be getting cut, we thought we might actually see an increase in funding."...........................
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Attorney General Pam Bondi listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington. In late April, the DOJ's Department of Justice Programs cancelled hundreds of public safety grants to local police and non-profits, leaving many to scramble to replace the funding. Many are appealing the cuts. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Much loved and underfunded, Wisconsin State Parks celebrates 125 years Revenue sharing and volunteers
I and some nephews were at Burnett Island state Park last weekend. Caught a few fish for supper back of the campground. But water to cold yet for swimming-
Saw a mama deer and her spotted baby.
Much loved and underfunded, Wisconsin State Parks celebrates 125 years
Revenue sharing and volunteers manage to keep the 50 state parks open
https://www.wpr.org/news/loved-underfunded-wisconsin-state-parks-125-year-anniversary
By Joel Patenaude May 19, 2025
The sunrise reflects on the water as small waves lap up on the shore.
The sun rises over Lake Michigan at Kohler-Andrae State Park on Sunday, July 23, 2023, in Sheboygan, Wis. Angela Major/WPR
In 1900, Wisconsin created the first state park in the United States. From the rocky bluffs of Interstate State Park in northwest Polk County, visitors can still look down on the St. Croix River and see it as it appeared 125 years ago.
The Wisconsin State Park System started with the establishment of Interstate Park — “developed even before there was anything in the government to maintain them,” Jim Buchholz, a retired Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources park ranger and supervisor, said on WPR’s “The Larry Meiller Show.”
The Dalles of the St. Croix River remain “one of the least developed wild rivers in the country,” Buchholz wrote in his 2024 book, “Wisconsin State Parks, Forests, and Recreation Areas: A Ranger’s Guide.”
On the northwest side of the river, Minnesota independently operates its own Interstate State Park. But Matthew Densow, the supervisor of Wisconsin’s 1,300-acre Interstate State Park (which includes 82 campsites and a swimming beach) said, “We’re the bigger, better side.”...................
Patriot Front--a white nationalist hate group--is holding its annual Memorial Day march in Kansas City, Missouri, at the s
American Danteist
@CincinnatiNat
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Interesting development as Patriot Front is holding its annual Memorial Day march in Kansas City, Missouri, at the site of the National WWI Memorial. A speech is being given at the base of Liberty Tower by the organization's leader, Thomas Rousseau
https://x.com/CincinnatiNat/status/1926334092385112487
Patriot Front—a white nationalist hate group—holding its annual Memorial Day march in front of the national WWI museum and memorial.
https://x.com/moonbreeze2/status/1926466487914500245
Utah Study on Trans Youth Care Extremely Inconvenient for Politicians Who Ordered It
Source: Mother Jones
The state’s ban on gender-affirming pediatric care “cannot be justified” by science, a two-year review concluded.
Madison Pauly 2 hours ago
In 2022, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was the rare Republican governor who seemed to truly care about the well-being of transgender kids. “I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live,” he wrote in a letter that year, explaining why he was vetoing a bill that would have banned four trans middle- and high schoolers in Utah from playing on sports teams with classmates who shared their gender identity. “All the research shows that even a little acceptance and connection can reduce suicidality significantly.”
Meanwhile, nationally, Republican politicians were making opposition to trans rights a core tenet of their platforms, filing hundreds of bills attacking trans kids at the doctor’s office, at school, and on the field. Early in the 2023 legislative session, Cox capitulated, signing a bill that placed an indefinite “moratorium” on doctors providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to trans kids with gender dysphoria. The bill ordered the Utah health department to commission a systematic review of medical evidence around the treatments, with the goal of producing recommendations for the legislature on whether to lift the moratorium. “We sincerely hope that we can treat our transgender families with more love and respect as we work to better understand the science and consequences behind these procedures,” Cox said at the time.
Now, more than two years later, that review is here, and its conclusions unambiguously support gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. “The conventional wisdom among non-experts has long been that there are limited data” on gender-affirming pediatric care, the authors wrote. “However, results from our exhaustive literature searches have lead us to the opposite conclusion.”
The medical evidence review, published on Wednesday, was compiled over a two-year period by the Drug Regimen Review Center at the University of Utah. Unlike the federal government’s recent report on the same subject, which was produced in three months and criticized gender-affirming pediatric treatments, the names of the Utah report’s contributors are actually disclosed on the more than thousand-page document...............................
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/utah-transgender-youth-affirming-care-ban/
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 15, says civil defence agency
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 15, says civil defence agency
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250524-gaza-civil-defence-says-15-killed-in-israeli-strikes
At least 15 people were killed Saturday in Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to Gaza's civil defence agency. The victims included a couple who were killed with their two young children in a pre-dawn strike in Khan Younis. The strikes came as Israel intensified its military offensive across the Palestinian enclave.
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Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people on Saturday across the Palestinian territory, where Israel has ramped up its military offensive in recent days.
Civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP the dead included a couple who were killed with their two young children in a pre-dawn strike on a house in the Amal quarter of the southern city of Khan Yunis.
To the west of the city, at least five people were killed by a drone strike on a crowd of people that had gathered to wait for aid trucks, he said.
At Khan Yunis's Nasser Hospital, tearful mourners gathered around white-shrouded bodies outside.
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"Suddenly, a missile from an F-16 destroyed the entire house, and all of them were civilians -- my sister, her husband and their children," said Wissam Al-Madhoun.
Pete Hegseth has a new grooming policy that could remove anyone from active service with razor bumps.
The article talks about the many changing policies that the various military has had over the years.
Very interesting.
Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog
@DougWahl1
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IS HE TRYING TO REMOVE BLACK SERVICEMEN?
Pete Hegseth has a new grooming policy that could remove anyone from active service with razor bumps. The condition affects up to 60% of Black men- a higher rate than any other group.
Your thoughts?
https://x.com/DougWahl1/status/1926374896713765297
Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog
@DougWahl1
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No. It's true. Here is a report from NBC news.
https://x.com/DougWahl1/status/1926377434313617431
Sep 13, 2024
Why Do Black Men Get Razor Bumps
https://getbevel.com/blogs/articles/why-do-black-men-get-razor-bumps
Men of all ethnicities can get razor bumps as a result of shaving, but Black men seem to suffer from them more often than people of other races. Up to 80% of men who get razor bumps are Black. As a result, Black men need to be especially careful when shaving to prevent the development of ingrown hairs.
RAZOR BUMPS AND CURLY HAIR
The main reason why Black men get razor bumps more often than white or Asian men is that coarse and curly hair is most likely to become ingrown. A razor bump forms when a hair has been cut beneath the skin’s surface. Your hair then turns around and begins growing back into the skin. Because curly hair naturally turns back towards the skin during growth, it’s much more likely to develop into razor bumps...........................
Russian launches massive nighttime drone and missile attack on Kyiv
Source: PBS
World May 24, 2025 11:53 AM EDT
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds more prisoners on Saturday as part of a major swap that amounted to a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire. The exchange came hours after Kyiv came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack that left at least 15 people injured.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s defense ministry said each side brought home 307 more soldiers on Saturday, a day after each released a total of 390 combatants and civilians. Further releases expected over the weekend are set to make the swap the largest in more than three years of war.
“We expect more to come tomorrow,” Zelenskyy said on his official Telegram channel. Russia’s defense ministry also said it expected the exchange to be continued, though it did not give details.
Hours earlier, explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations as Russian drones and missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital overnight..............................
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russian-launches-massive-nighttime-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv
Anyone saying war criminal Putin wants peace is delusional
Alexandre 🇺🇦 @Toriadus
I hope someone shows @POTUS
photos of Kyiv burning in flames today.
https://x.com/Toriadus/status/1926102519970689289
https://x.com/moonbreeze2/status/1926394179606716442
Here is the testimony of one of the 220 guests at Trump's Memecoin dinner the other night for those who bought millions
What a cheapy Trumpy is--to not even serve ONE drink.
Seems they should all have been satisfied with Trumpy wine.
whow.
Maybe Trump should have said BYOB????
Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein
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Here is the testimony of one of the 220 guests at Trump’s Memecoin dinner the other night for those who bought millions of dollars of his coin:
“The food sucked. I Wasn’t given any drinks other than water or Trump’s wine. My glass was only filled once.”
“Trump made only a brief appearance (23 minutes). He didn’t talk to any of the 220 guests — maybe the top 25,”
https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1926298134415639005
Happy Saturday to everyone whose heart is warmed by the loving reception of cheers & handshakes President Biden gets fr
Lovely to see.
BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️
@mmpadellan
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Good morning and Happy Saturday to everyone whose heart is warmed by the loving reception of cheers and handshakes President Biden gets from fellow Americans in this airport. He is highly deserving and worthy.
Thank you, President Biden!🙏💪
https://x.com/mmpadellan/status/1926261907855466639
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