Today was fucked up. I found out that a friend of mine, a nurse in Detroit, died from COVID-19. We hadn’t seen each other in quite a long time, but I thought about her often. About a week ago, I found myself logging into Facebook, just to see if she was OK. Knowing that she […]
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Donald Trump, claiming to have “total authority,” says the American economy will reopen when he decides
Posted in Health, Mark's Life, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2020, anti-science, authoritarianism, California, Constitution, coronavirus, COVID-19, Detroit, Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, Donald Trump, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Joe Biden, Justin Amash, Lansing, Michigan Freedom Fund, Monica, NFL, nurses, personal protective equipment, Phil Murphy, PPE, protests, public health, serology tests, social distancing, states rights 109 Comments
The Republican tax plan puts graduate students, scientific research and the future of America in peril
As we’ve discussed, House Republicans have passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut that, if signed into law, would, among other things, take health care coverage from 13 million Americans and raise taxes on the middle class. You would think those two things alone would be enough to motivate people to call their elected officials and […]
Posted in Education, Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged academic research, America Cares Act, American aristocracy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, anti-science, call to action, college tax credit, Donald Trump, Erin Rousseau, estate tax, free college tuition, health care reform, higher education, mandates, middle class, Obamacare, Orrin Hatch, research and development, Science, STEM, student debt, student loans, tax credits, tax cuts, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, threats to the middle class, Trumpcare, tuition 22 Comments
The Republican campaign to kill the EPA comes to Ann Arbor
On Monday at 2:45 PM, there will be a rally outside the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) at 2565 Plymouth Road, in Ann Arbor. The event, as I understand it, is in response to the Trump administration’s threat to cut a whopping 31% of the EPA’s budget. At the Ann […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged academic research, anti-science, automotive industry, compliance, Debbie Dingell, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, global climate change, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Huron Valley Area Labor Federation, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, NVFEL, Oklahoma, pollution, scientific research, scientific review, Scott Pruitt, transportation, vehicle emissions, VW 7 Comments