Ames Grawert

Over the past year the Trump Administration has frozen, canceled, or slow-walked billions in funding for the sciences. We outline the dire consequences of those decisions — for the rule of law and the American economy. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

In the depths of the Cold War, Walter Koenig helped show us a future where people worked across racial and cultural divides to expand human understanding. May we all strive for a world defined by such fellowship and unity of purpose.

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Want to put the brakes on this runaway presidency? Here's a to-do list. Get the details in our new @brennancenter.org report: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...

It's way past time to put the brakes on this runaway presidency. This new blueprint from @brennancenter.org shows Congress how, with solutions to end presidential immunity for crimes, check abuses of emergency powers, restore Congress's control over federal funding, and more.

Let's be clear: the state certification process is just that -- a state process. There is no role for the federal government to play that's not inherently improper. 1/5

If, like Justice Kagan, you think the whole project of originalism is misconceived, have we got the litigation guide for you. Countering Originalism will show you how to neutralize originalist arguments: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

are you suggesting oceans were then battlefields

Last year, DOJ sued New York City, seeking to invalidate its sanctuary city policies. We filed an amicus brief on behalf of former law enforcement professionals, arguing these laws can enhance public safety. Last week a federal judge dismissed DOJ's case: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

There's strong evidence that community support programs that came about due to covid era funding helped reduce crime in recent years www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Me: History may seem confusing at first, but really it’s not so hard once you get into it! 😊 Meanwhile, in history:

For the first time on record, a majority of Americans have not much/no confidence in the government to ensure food safety. news.gallup.com/poll/715430/...

Your 1,384th reminder that the Supreme Court's grant of criminal immunity to sitting presidents was an epochal dereliction of duty. It needs to be wiped from the books as soon as possible.

Michael Lewis's new book gives us the inside story of the "plainly illegal" order to cut indirect reimbursement rates for research grants. For legal and policy context: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Hey hey -- it's publication day! Couldn't be more excited for this to be out in the world. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

What software or computer tasks have you personally replaced with AI? So far I’ve got: • PDF editing • File conversion • Vector image conversion • STL repair • Doodle polls (working on it)

We reviewed other aspects of Noem's tenure at FEMA and their implications for public safety and presidential power: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Star Trek has a long, storied past of exploring racial and social justice topics, but the Deep Space 9 episode alluded to here, "Far Beyond the Stars" (S06E13), is one of the best.

Son works in public health(budgets) here in Northetn CA. The programs that are being cut service the most vulnerable - of course. I'm retired from probation. Seems like the Sheriffs got all the $s around here.

My colleagues @amescg.bsky.social and Mark weighed in recently with a big picture view of Trump’s attacks on science funding for @brennancenter.org

In all seriousness I wish every professor on here would post their reading lists each semester

Some of these arbitrary funding cuts get unwound in litigation. But that takes time and money, and even then, for some, the damage is done. We talked about this problem in a recent analysis of the President's attempt to unilaterally remake FEMA. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Key read from @jrakove.bsky.social ⬇️

Murder rates fell 38% from 2020 to 2025. What changed? Billions in federal dollars went to community violence prevention, mental health services, and related work. Increasing evidence says those investments may have contributed. We unpack what happened and how. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

In the past five years #NIH created an on-campus lab to study neural development, exactly because NIH scientists anticipated that this research line will be important. This is an example of scientific judgement White House political appointees setting priorities are unlikely to have.

14 years ago Today, the Space Shuttle Endeavour had its last flight. Here's a photo captured over Los Angeles, few minutes its landing at LAX [📷 Stephen Confer] Original post

Every day offers a new beginning, but today more so than others. Wishing all those observing Yom Kippur a meaningful day and an uplifting year ahead.

Friendly reminder that if you use Claude, your Fable promotional credits expire today!

Trump: "We spent more than $2 billion in FEMA funding. You're waiting for some additional funding. I'm gonna get that to you. Now if Michael loses, I'm not sending it." Crowd: *groans*

Last week I got to check off a longtime personal goal. Listen to me narrowly eke out a win on @npr.org's legendary "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" www.npr.org/programs/wai...

On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.

Tolkien wept.

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

Politicizing federal grant determinations could have sweeping consequences, for public safety and beyond. We explain what's happening, and what's at stake:

My job is to provide grants/loans to wastewater infrastructure in a blue state. We are very concerned over the rule that could cancel funding in the middle of construction of one of our treatment plants.

Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.

This is the single biggest physics discovery of my entire lifetime. Or something's wrong with one of the cables. One of the two

I have a piece in the Atlantic about SCOTUS’s ballroom order - and how the Court has a very wrongheaded and destructive account of the separation of powers www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

randomly giving out genuine compliments is such an easy way to make the world a little nicer, i'm always surprised more people haven't figured that out and have a ton of respect for those who have

Well what have we here?

As family head chef & grocery shopper, $8.99 for 1.5 pounds of salmon doesn't pass the laugh test

Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards.

Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.

The American people should not accept troops in the streets as "just a fact of life," says @josephanunn.bsky.social "Armed military personnel standing on the street corners in an American city should never be normal."