American Progress in Peril

Monday, March 31, 2025

The U.S. is freezing research funding, canceling projects, firing thousands of federal scientists and creating an atmosphere of uncertainty that scientists warn could slam the brakes on progress.

Posted by retort at 12:14 PM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

The brain drain is by design.

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-- Laura Bassett (@lebassett.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM

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Good for these academics and Canada. Our northern neighbor benefitted greatly when young educated Americans went there to escape the Vietnam War fiasco in the 1960s. Another version of that is happening again thanks to the Trumpf junta, although at a smaller scale: theworld.org

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-31 12:38 PM

America is going to " go through some things".

Progress is now a dirty word. Like woke.

Don't expect any progress for the next 4 years.

Only pain and suffering and chaos and division and of course lots and lots of revenge and retribution.

#2 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-31 01:04 PM

We're russia now. Intellectuals don't do very good work under a dictator.

#3 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-31 01:22 PM

The damage to America will be exponential. Nazi persecution of Jews led to the exodus of scientists, preventing the Third Reich from getting the A-Bomb first during WWII, although the Germans did build rockets ahead of the Allies (the V1 and V2s). Other countries like Canada, France, or the UK will benefit from our tragedy.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-31 01:22 PM

Look to post-war England if you want a preview of what Trump will do to our economy if he's allowed to complete his term.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2025-03-31 01:41 PM

Look to post-war England if you want a preview of what Trump will do to our economy if he's allowed to complete his term.

Here's hoping the grim reaper saves America.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-31 01:45 PM

American Progress in Peril

Nah, it's over.

And every voter who decided to sit on their butts or vote third party/GOP on election day because of buttery males, PaLEstInE sHALl bE fReE!, trans in our toilets, etc. played their part.

#7 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-31 02:28 PM

American Regression is the sub-heading of the Project25 title page.

This has been a long time coming... Nixon wasn't crook enough, Reagan wasn't smart enough, W wasn't conscious often enough, but Trump?

Carny barkers and snake oil salesman always did well in Red States.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-31 04:20 PM

Only progress for average Americans is in peril; the very wealthy are having a great time what with their new 4 trillion dollar tax cut coming on the backs of those average Americans, and prices dropping on Trump's shock and awe campaigns against the same avg 'Murican's economies:

Manhattan's Red-Hot Luxury Home Market Has Best Week Since 2021
Forty-five contracts were signed for $4 million and above, with 12 deals above $10 million

www.mansionglobal.com

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-31 04:49 PM

He's just doing what that ol' KGB agent tells him.

#10 | Posted by morris at 2025-03-31 10:20 PM

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