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ObaIgwe1:
This is serious and I know it will have dire consequences in the future of US. But then many of these scientist and researchers are the ones that show least concern in politics and rarely vote. They care little about who is in power as long as they get their research grants. Now that the shit has gotten to their doorstep, I'm sure they will care about elections going forward.

That’s one of the consequences of being mindlessly neutral. I’m sure they’ll care now. Like some said earlier, it’ll get to everyone’s doorstep.

Some of them that I follow online are already complaining bitterly. And it’s not just about the grants. It’s about scientific words they are no longer allowed to use in their research because it’s termed DEI words.

Words like women, female, diverse, bias, disability, black, advocacy, system (and so many more)

So for example , if you’re a graduate student studying “the onset of post partum depression in women over 30”. The word “women” in that research will flag your work. You may not receive grants for the study.

You simple can’t do any statistical analysis without using the words systemic, bias or diversity. Those are basic statistical principles that you can’t get around.

People are talking about how they are going to get creative and rephrase certain words so their work doesn’t get flagged for removal. Like using “people with XX chromosome” instead of female.

What about research on diseases that are predominantly found in black communities? How do you get around to rewriting “black” so that your work doesn’t get flagged? You say “melanin rich people”?

So much stupidity and bullshit.
And dumb black people are supporting this.

Not to mention how disheartening it is that some of the applause is coming from people who should know better. Who you’d swear under different circumstances that they know better.

How coincidental that the organizations he’s picking a fight with are those investigating his businesses. Or those who have fined him in the past. Or those who will have oversight over his projects in the near future.

Even if he stops now the kind of irreparable damage he’s done is unquantifiable. My and everyone else’s social security information on a drive in the hands of a barely legal adolescent who can be kidnapped by anyone and made to sing..

GloriousGbola:
it was the same case with the BBC story
like i said before - all these 'exposes' are noise for the barely literate. the court of public opinion.


the irony is some of those cheering for this actually know this is all BS because they actually have an audit background.

is this how audits are run in professional organisations?

this is the type of shit we get from EFCC - the court of public opinion - going around half cocked announcing results of barely started investigations
even worse from what is coming out - the team are a bunch of racist, edgelord - its just a joke bro trolls

Bookhub:
Una too dey take trump serious,the man is just an attention freak,anyways real countries dont joke with their soveriegnity and security unlike my country.

We should be able to take the president of the most powerful country in the world seriously. Don’t you agree that a president that can’t be taken seriously is not fit to be president?

Acekidc4:
Russia is the biggest winner in all of this💯

Because Trump is a Russian asset

America’s Own goal.

Let’s distrust all scientists and medical experts, researchers and professionals.

Only the guy who asked us to inject bleach must have the right knowledge.

The National Institutes of Health is capping an important kind of funding for medical research at universities, medical schools, research hospitals and other scientific institutions.

In the latest step by the Trump administration affecting scientific research, the NIH says the agency is limiting funding for "indirect costs" to 15% of grants. That's far below what many institutions have been getting to maintain buildings and equipment and pay support staff and other overhead expenses. For example, Harvard receives 68% and Yale gets 67%, according to the NIH.

Morale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job losses
The NIH says the new policy, which marks a major change in how the agency funds research, is more in line what private foundations pay.

"Most private foundations that fund research provide substantially lower indirect costs than the federal government, and universities readily accept grants from these foundations," the NIH says in a notification released Friday announcing the change.

"Although cognizant that grant recipients, particularly 'new or inexperienced organizations,' use grant funds to cover indirect costs like overhead...NIH is obligated to carefully steward grant awards to ensure taxpayer dollars are used in ways that benefit the American people and improve their quality of life," the announcement says.

The NIH says the change will apply to both current and future grants, and even suggests the new policy would apply retroactively.

'Unprecedented': White House moves to control science funding worry researchers
NIH spent more than $35 billion in 2023 fiscal year on nearly 50,000 grants to more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 universities, medical schools, and other research institutions in the U.S., the agency says. This includes $9 billion for indirect costs.

The new policy, which goes into effect Monday, is being condemned by many researchers.

"This is a surefire way to cripple lifesaving research and innovation," Matt Owens, president of the Council on Government Relations, an association of research universities and academic medical centers, said in a statement. "Reimbursement of facilities and administrative expenditures are part and parcel of the total costs of conducting world class research."

Owens says his organization is "carefully reviewing this policy change as it contradicts current law and policy."

"America's competitors will relish this self-inflicted wound," Owens says. "We urge NIH leaders to rescind this dangerous policy before its harms are felt by Americans."

Those sentiments were echoed by other medical researchers.

"We're all reeling," Dr. George Daley, the dean of the Harvard Medical School, wrote NPR in an email. "This would decimate medical research."

The announcement comes as many researchers are already anxious because of other steps the new administration has taken, including restricting communication and travel by the NIH and other federal health agencies and freezing some research grants.

bemeruca:
The CFPB has been throwing cash away like its charity. Chopra fired, They are gonna do their thing so let them cook.

You’re still wiggling yourself around trying to come up with an explanation of what he plans to do. He has said it himself that he wants them to no longer exist. Maybe you should listen more to the words of the people you’re supporting instead of doing interpretative dance of what they might mean.

bemeruca:
Musk is not killing it. they are looking into it. there is a new takeover. Just as how USAID is not being abolished they are rooting out all the fraudulent acts and actors of the organization.

I’m not the one that typed RIP to the agency. You might want to take it up with him.

Of all the agencies to come after it’s the one that investigated him and has retrieved billions of dollars to the American people

Konkoja:
There are no lines he'll cross that will become too much for MAGA. If Trump literarily dunks into their mouths, they will say it's the best portage ever.

I’m seeing that now

bemeruca:
Too much agency is bad. Argentina killed a lot of ministries and they are functioning better.
half a trillion is squandered every year with no trace. I am sure these agencies are the yahoo boys.

Such an empty response.

See how you pivoted from “he’s just looking at them” to “too much agency is bad”. Y’all really don’t have a line that’s too far for them to cross with you, do you? At first you’ll deny that what they plan to do because you know it’s wrong. Then, when they tell you that is indeed what they plan, you pivot to find a way support them on the plan that you clearly know is bad.

So if Bank of America loses your life savings and tells you there’s nothing they can do to compensate you because it’s a risk you took by banking with them, you’d be okay with that? You’d be okay losing your home or children’s tuition because oh well it is what it is. At least we have less agencies. Am I right?

You really don’t have to respond. I’m sure it’ll be another hollow attempt at winning an argument. Nothing you’d really find acceptable in real life.

Sigh

ijebosb:
Have to admit, all these "Nigerians" in this thread defending the obvious racism in this administration is depressing.

It is

bemeruca:
Lol, they said they are going to look at everything. USAID is just one of the agency

Moving on from cars.

I meant to address this last night but I fell asleep

The consumer financial protection agency is not an agency that’s involved in wasteful govt spending. I know you try so hard to twist yourself into weird shapes to defend the indefensible.

But This particular agency protects the common man from financial abuse at the hands of mega corporations and banking institutions. It was formed after the big economic recession where people lost everything after the banks went belly up. You would know this if you read the information I posted earlier instead of rushing to respond.

This is not one of those agencies where anyone should rejoice if they no longer exist. You’re fixing your mouth to say he’s only looking at them meanwhile he has tweeted himself that he wants to destroy them. He literally typed RIP to them on his tweeter. Like it’s a sick joke or something.

You must not have any financial stake in America for this to be good news to you. The only kind of person who hates the financial protection bureau is the kind of person who’s in a position to take advantage of others and doesn’t want to be investigated or held to account for it (A person like an Elon) .

Is there a line he’ll cross that will eventually become too much for you guys? Or are you going to blindly support him as he steers the country to the grave? Because this is insane that an everyday person is cheering on a megalomaniac who’s trying to kill the agency that protects them financial ruin. I’ve never encountered this level of mind control in my life

bemeruca:
I am not wrong. No one buys a Chevrolet and has it broken down the next day. There was a time when reliability was a problem with American cars but those days are gone. you talk about fuel efficiency, they are also on per. When you talk about quality, they are better than the Japanese cars.

It’s okay to not have an opinion on everything. I only speak on certain topics because I know I can defend my stance if it comes to it.

Leave the car conversation for people who understand cars. I’m not one of them. I was only trying to tell you that none of my Benzes ever did me wrong contrary to your unfounded generalization that was not based on fact.

Lioness5280:
The misinformation is from the nazis here in SA. ( well they are one and the same with the rednecks over there). They went around crying genocide ,and now that there's a national backlash and they are being encouraged to leave the country for their own "safety" ...they are suddenly looking to "talk it out" and be part of " national unity building ". The fear of being refugees even in a pro- white country . They thought their little tantrums weren't going to backfire . Their own liberal white brothers are now attacking them here in SA for causing all this drama...it's a beautiful scene to watch

https://www.nairaland.com/8337906/white-afrikaners-turn-down-trumps/3#134062218

Present day Republicans = Nazis

See? I knew someone who understands cars will come and find out what he’s pock-eying about this time.

ijebosb:
It's like everything else you post here, you don't really have an understanding of what you are posting so can't really lie about it well.
If you've lost enough transmission fluid to have to significantly top it off you have either a very old car or your transmission fluid was leaking.
And if your transmission fluid was significantly low before you put any fluid in it esp. the wrong type, you probably already had some transmission issues.

Besides that your story makes sense. . lol.

Bingo.

Plus I read somewhere that some of those flood condemned cars, sometimes gets shipped abroad for resale. I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to sell them to our folks in Nigeria. Well then of course there’ll be issues.

GloriousGbola:
No need for any long story. His friend is in nigaeia and had a mechanic run trial and error on his car. It is what it is. Even then you can't tell what really happened. If you sit in a mechanics workshop you will see shit that will make your head spin. Same goes for any kind of Nigerian artisan.

Go to Amazon looking for anything related to a car and you will be prompted for the car make and model, after which you can source anything you want. Or you go to a hardware store and they will literally give you the exact spec you want.

The guy who with the 80,000 company car is describing the Nigerian experience with the 'kazeem'

bemeruca:
The same can be said for any car except the Mini. How long do you plan to use your new car and how regularly?

My friend's transmission box was damaged in less than 5 hours after accidentally using the wrong fluid. it's not like he did a flush before inserting the wrong one. he just topped the fluid

My newest Benz I’ve had for over 2 years. The ones before this one I sell them and buy a newer one simply for want of a new style. None of them had one issue.

When you say certain types of cars are prone to breaking down, and you own 3 of them in a row. Each one for years at a time, statistically the owner should be running into issues within the first year and even more issues the subsequent years.

I can’t speak for BMW as I’ve only ever driven one for a short time while on a contract. but you’re wrong on your Benz information. Don’t be making generalizations based on your friend not following manufacturer’s instructions. He can say the issues are expensive to fix when they arise but not that they are prone to breaking down.

We are concerned by what seems to be a campaign of misinformation and propaganda aimed at misrepresenting our great nation. It is disappointing to observe that such narratives seem to have found favour among decision-makers in the United States of America.

Concerned about misinformation and propaganda? They must not know the Republicans!

Misinformation and propaganda is their stock in trade. If one tells you the sky is blue, better go outside and look up quickly to confirm

bemeruca:
Benz break down a lot.

Shit chatting.
By their comments you’ll know. lol

Don’t buy old and overused and you’ll be okay. On my 3rd Benz and NEVER one issue. Not even once.

advanceDNA:
So...holocaust is about to happen in America??

From the moment they enter the prison gates, incarcerated people lose the right to refuse to work. This is because the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects against slavery and involuntary servitude, explicitly excludes from its reach those held in confinement due to a criminal conviction. The roots of modern prison labor can be found in the ratification of this exception clause at the end of the Civil War, which disproportionately encouraged the criminalization and effective re-enslavement of Black people during the Jim Crow era, with impacts that persist to this day.
Today, more than 76 percent of incarcerated workers surveyed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics say that they are required to work or face additional punishment such as solitary confinement, denial of opportunities to reduce their sentence, and loss of family visitation. They have no right to choose what type of work they do and are subject to arbitrary, discriminatory, and punitive decisions by the prison administrators who select their work assignments.
U.S. law also explicitly excludes incarcerated workers from the most universally recognized workplace protections. Incarcerated workers are not covered by minimum wage laws or overtime protection, are not afforded the right to unionize, and are denied workplace safety guarantees

I said they are going to be kept in concentration camps and used for free forced labor. Just like our prison systems already do. It’s already legally happens in America. The only difference now is the kind of facility they are to be housed in.


I only mentioned you to let you know I wasn’t being alarmist like you claimed. Simply someone who pays attention to patterns.

About the holocaust, Don’t fast forward. Hopefully not.
A living slave who can work for pennies on the dollar is better value .

Black MAGA are 🤡🤡🤡

This is who Trump means when he says there are fine people on both sides. Exalting racists and white nationalists

Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State Department, multiple sources familiar with the move told CNN.

After being ousted from the Trump White House, Beattie founded the right-wing media outlet Revolver News. The outlet is known for amplifying false conspiracies about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, including allegations that federal agencies orchestrated aspects of the attack and controlled extremist groups involved in the attack.

Beattie also has made a series of racially charged comments, writing in one tweet last year, “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work. Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities , and demoralizing competent white men.” He praised Dr. James Watson, the founder of modern genetics who later suggested Black people were less intelligent than White people, as the “greatest living American scientist.” Beattie repeatedly said Black lawmakers, policymakers, and groups need to “learn” their place and take “a knee to MAGA.”

“‘Shithole countries’ was the high-point of Trumps presidency,” he wrote in 2020

GloriousGbola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8337747/trump-imposes-sanctions-south-africa

for those who thought trump was going to rein isreal in.

enjoy.

So much for America first

More like white racist apartheid people first.

advanceDNA:
U said camps for forced labour.....

There has always been a detention for center for awaiting deportees...there is no crime in building a larger one if u want to do mass deportation......abi u want immigrations to pick pple up from the street and move them to airports immediately??

Yes forced labor. Do you think they are going to be willingly doing the work?

“There’s no crime in building a larger detention center” was how the concentration camps started during the holocaust. Pls don’t be blind to history because it’s repeating itself. First you guys deny it would never happen then when it happens you find ways to justify it.

Did you know some red states are attempting to pass legislation that will imprison illegal immigrants for life? Where’s the deportation plan in that? The only plan there is to have them be slaves until they die.
Pls wake up and realize this is happening.

A Missouri Senate committee heard hours of testimony Monday on illegal immigration legislation that includes life imprisonment for those found guilty and a bounty of $1,000 for reporting people without legal status in the U.S.

Through one of the pieces of legislation, someone who is in the country without legal status who enters Missouri and remains would be guilty of a new felony trespassing charge.

The penalty would be life imprisonment without parole, probation or conditional release except by action of the governor.

GloriousGbola:
shout out to our trump supporter who allegedly got financing from usaid

It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion

Genocide against Israel?

Maeve7:
Sorry but not sorry.

They only care when it happens to them.

RodgersAkpafu:
a lot of our people are willfully blind to these things

Very alarming how many people are willing to be willfully blind

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a US government agency that protects consumers from unfair treatment by financial institutions. The CFPB was created in response to the 2008 financial crisis.

Since its creation in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the bureau has returned more than $17 billion to consumers it determined had been wronged by financial firms.

Whether Facebook and Instagram owner Meta misused financial data obtained from third parties has come under the microscope of the CFPB.

The agency also proposed new rules to oversee digital payment platforms, which would include Apple Pay and Google Pay. Musk's X is working with Visa to launch its own "X Money" payment system, according to the company, which would place the platform's financial services under the CFPB's oversight.

So we’re all intentionally blind to Elon specifically targeting agencies that investigate his businesses for wrong doing or agencies that would potentially be responsible for having oversight over his business dealings?

All good I guess.

advanceDNA:
Lol...
U can quote me when it happens, when concentration camps for forced labour are built.....and I will gladly say "oh and u predicted so"

This is a concentration camp. It has happened.

By American law, slavery is prohibited except you’re a prisoner. Every for-prison in America uses the inmates for free labor or lend them out to corporations who pay them slave wages. I’m talking pennies per hour to work on manufacturing for them.

This one Guantanamo bay will be no different. If anything it will be worse because they’re not beholden to American rule of law.

I don’t know how else to explain to you.
Maybe you need to see them being wiped like it’s done in old slavery movies for it to register? I don’t like when people bury their heads in the sand if what’s happening doesn’t align with what they thought would happen.

This Trump supporter farmer came online to ask for help because he’s about to lose his farm. Ask him how he was able to get assistance for his farm? It was Biden’s inflation reduction act.

Ask him who he voted for? The person who took it away from him. He was okay voting for it when he thought it would only affect others not him.

This was literally in project 2025. They REFUSED to listen to any POV that didn’t confirm their biases. Even when the information was right in front of them.

He’s one of many many many

I’m so sorry about your friend. That was a heartbreaking read.

The minorities who support him knowing they have kids and are themselves susceptible to something like this confuse me. There won’t be any white person sent to this concentration camp. I can bet a limb on that.

As a matter of fact he wants white South Africans granted asylum in the USA. Where’s that energy for black/brown people from other countries fleeing actual terror?

This world has gone to shit

GloriousGbola:
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/he-waited-512-days-behind-bars-for-his-day-in-court-it-never-came-2317166

this dude was my friend

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chinedubond

for some reason i remembered him again

a coder who was chasing the american dream. the guy literally bootstrapped himself in front of me and made it to the us. then somehow he got arrested in an altercation with police and died in prison after 512 days

this happened in georgia in 2016

with trump planning to carry illegal immigrants to guatanamo bay - this can happen to anyone. the slightest misunderstanding with law enforcement and it will be easy for you to be arrested and disappeared to gitmo. out of the reach of activists, legal representation and in the hands of sadists who waterboard for fun.

I was right

cococandy:
Like I said earlier, He already had his cronies building concentration camps for these purposes.

What they are going to do is round up immigrants and put them in concentration camps to use as slave labor for his billionaire friends. That way, when he implements his disastrous 200% tariffs and companies can’t import from China anymore due to cost. They’ll start manufacturing in the USA using slave workers they rounded up from immigrant communities. Of course they can’t pay real USA wages to these workers which is why they were importing from China to start with.

Now they have a free supply of slaves they’ll use under the guise of “detained for deportation”.

Shame on all of you who support this man.

advanceDNA:
Lol....Round up pple and put them in concentration camps for slave labour?? Are we in year 1756..??

Lady.... since wen did u become an alarmist?

You were saying?