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Daniel Carkner🥀<p>God willing the music manuscript project I was supposed to work on, that was killed with a generic form letter, might be revived 🫣<br><a href="https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/sanitized-view-of-our-history-judge-blows-up-trumps-plans-to-scrap-dei-related-grants-and-history-projects-that-do-not-conform-to-preferred-triumphalist-version-of-the-past/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawandcrime.com/high-profile/s</span><span class="invisible">anitized-view-of-our-history-judge-blows-up-trumps-plans-to-scrap-dei-related-grants-and-history-projects-that-do-not-conform-to-preferred-triumphalist-version-of-the-past/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>"Walt Whitman Would Have Hated DOGE —</p><p>... an essential question that any artist and civic figure who believes American ideals are worth sustaining must ask: How shall we honor, remember and learn from our national past? And how shall we transmit essential values of the past to citizens of the future?<br>... "<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/opinion/doge-nea-neh-walt-whitman.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/06/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/doge-nea-neh-walt-whitman.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;Because that’s exactly what they’re doing when it comes to Trump’s Big Bullshit Bill (BBB) - Republicans introduced this 940-page bill shortly before midnight on Friday. Why introduce a bill with even more draconian terms in the dead of night? For the SECRECY, folks.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SuperRich</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SNAP</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CoverofDarkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoverofDarkness</span></a><br />/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;The late, great journalist, Bill Moyers, once said, &#39;Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.&#39; I wonder if he knew just how prescient he would be about Convicted Felon, Donald Trump, and his merry band of feckless Republicans who operate more like a crime syndicate than actual legislators.&quot;</p><p>~ Katie Phang</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SuperRich</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SNAP</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CoverofDarkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoverofDarkness</span></a><br />/5</p><p><a href="https://katiephang.substack.com/p/secrecy-is-the-freedom-tyrants-dream" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">katiephang.substack.com/p/secr</span><span class="invisible">ecy-is-the-freedom-tyrants-dream</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>As Josh Marshall notes, citing a TPM Reader, &quot;the &#39;Big Beautiful Bill&#39; budgets fully $40 million dollars through what’s left of the National Endowment for the Humanities to the President &#39;for the procurement of statues&#39; for the President’s &#39;Garden of Heroes.&#39;”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SuperRich</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SNAP</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CoverofDarkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoverofDarkness</span></a><br />/4</p><p><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/40-million" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/4</span><span class="invisible">0-million</span></a></p>
JeanEvergreen<p>It's all topsy turvey: <a href="https://montereybay.social/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://montereybay.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> funding cuts affect other arts organizations in a big way. jeanvengua.substack.com/p/topsy-turvy</p>
Regina Kammer<p>Statement of Support for Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of the National Endowment for the Humanities<br><a href="https://www.pbk.org/statement-neh-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">pbk.org/statement-neh-lawsuit</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalEndowmentForTheHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEndowmentForTheHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PhiBetaKappa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhiBetaKappa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PBK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBK</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a></p>
Michael Magras<p>No major news outlet has reported the story (what was that again about the need for strong journalism?), so I'll post it again: The Federation of State Humanities Councils and Oregon Humanities have filed a lawsuit against DOGE and the NEH to stop the termination of grants to the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils, including the one here in Maine. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://www.statehumanities.org/federation-of-state-humanities-councils-and-oregon-humanities-file-lawsuit-against-neh-and-doge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statehumanities.org/federation</span><span class="invisible">-of-state-humanities-councils-and-oregon-humanities-file-lawsuit-against-neh-and-doge/</span></a></p>
Michael Magras<p>Good. The Federation of State Humanities Councils and Oregon Humanities have filed a lawsuit against DOGE and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to stop the termination of grants to the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils, including the one here in Maine. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://www.statehumanities.org/federation-of-state-humanities-councils-and-oregon-humanities-file-lawsuit-against-neh-and-doge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statehumanities.org/federation</span><span class="invisible">-of-state-humanities-councils-and-oregon-humanities-file-lawsuit-against-neh-and-doge/</span></a></p>
Michele Weigle<p>This semester, all of my federal grants were terminated. In a new blog post, I write about the importance of federal funding for academic research and the impact of these cuts. <br>@WebSciDL <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a><br><a href="https://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-05-08-thank-you-to-neh-imls-dod.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/202</span><span class="invisible">5-05-08-thank-you-to-neh-imls-dod.html</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>The Austin arts and humanities are being hit hard by the Trump mandated cuts to the NEA and NEH:</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2025/05/07/trump-federal-cuts-austin-arts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/local/austin/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/07/trump-federal-cuts-austin-arts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2025/04/08/austin-national-endowment-humanities-grants-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/local/austin/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/08/austin-national-endowment-humanities-grants-trump</span></a></p><p>I have no doubt that communities across the USA are also being hit by these crippling NEA/NEH grant cancellations.</p><p>The money that would have benefited a host of artists, performers, researchers, writers and , most importantly, myriad American audiences and readers is now going to be diverted to Trump's pet "history" project, The National Garden of American Heroes.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Garden_of_American_Heroes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National</span><span class="invisible">_Garden_of_American_Heroes</span></a></p><p>If this Garden of OFFICIAL HISTORY kitsch ever comes into being, visitors who are not distracted by parties of bored school children will be left to wonder what criteria required the commemoration of Calvin Coolidge but not LBJ, or of Steve Jobs but not Walter Reuther. They might also lament that the compilers of this list of "American" heroes did not pause before including Tecumseh, whose gallant resistance against US expansionism ended with the desecration of his body at the hands of American soldiers. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEA</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GardenOfAmericanHeroes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenOfAmericanHeroes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tecumseh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tecumseh</span></a></p>
Carwil Bjork-James<p>Trump proposes elimination of <br>National Endowment for the Arts, <br>National Endowment for the Humanities;<br>Inter-American Foundation; <br>Institute for Museum and Library Sciences in 2026 budget. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEA</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>“The humanities are not a luxury,” said MLA executive director Paula M. Krebs. “They are a necessity, teaching people vital skills, including how to effectively communicate, construct arguments, evaluate evidence, and build connections across cultures." Which of course is why the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> want to eviscerate the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.mla.org/Resources/Advocacy/Joint-Lawsuit-over-Dismantling-of-National-Endowment-for-the-Humanities" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mla.org/Resources/Advocacy/Joi</span><span class="invisible">nt-Lawsuit-over-Dismantling-of-National-Endowment-for-the-Humanities</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MLA</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a></p>
Michael Magras<p>Good: Three members of the National Humanities Alliance's Executive Committee -- the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association, and the Modern Language Association -- have filed a lawsuit in federal district court (and have standing to do so) to reverse DOGE actions that could destroy the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://nhalliance.org/nha-statement-neh-lawsuit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nhalliance.org/nha-statement-n</span><span class="invisible">eh-lawsuit/</span></a></p>
Regina Kammer<p>If you were affected by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant termination and have not yet seen this document for advice about how to file an appeal, here it is:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lHGciRYjETxum-4JPpMyRfb7yJJQJOKxTyVyiD24anE/edit?tab=t.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1lH</span><span class="invisible">GciRYjETxum-4JPpMyRfb7yJJQJOKxTyVyiD24anE/edit?tab=t.0</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalEndowmentForTheHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEndowmentForTheHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NEH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GrantFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrantFunding</span></a></p>
Michael Magras

Excellent news: The Mellon Foundation has announced $15 million in emergency funding to the Federation of State Humanities Councils in response to the funding cuts that have affected the nation's 56 humanities councils. #Politics #DOGE #Humanities #NEH #US #USpol prnewswire.com/news-releases/i

Cision PR Newswire · In Response to Recent Cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million Emergency Funding to Federation of State Humanities Councils to Preserve Cultural Infrastructure in States and Territories Across the Country/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Mellon Foundation announced a $15 million emergency funding commitment to the Federation of State Humanities Councils (Federation)...
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️

Ought to revive the bullets into bronze movement.
$30 million directly to the construction of statues

“It is absurd to think that grant dollars that were being used to do things like publish President George Washington’s writings, restore Mark Twain’s artifacts, and support civics education are instead being directed to commission statues,” A spokesperson for the American Federation of Government Employees Local (AFGE) 3403, union representing NEH employees.

#NEH #NEA
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Hyperallergic · NEH Calls for Proposals for Trump’s Bizarre Sculpture GardenBy Isa Farfan
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