Citations from "They're Trying To Make Us Stupid"
These are references from this video
References and acknowledgements, in the order they appear.
Cochran, L. L. (2025, February 4). Musk: Trump “will succeed” in dismantling Education Department. The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5125069-department-of-education-trump-musk-doge/
Kozlov, M., & Garisto, D. (2025). Chaos erupts in US science as Trump’s team declares freeze on federal grants. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00266-1
Hillel Italie. (2025, March 20). What’s happening with the Institute of Museum and Library Services? AP News. https://apnews.com/article/institute-doge-musk-museum-library-services-executive-order-trump-30ebde013ce3e9f97e2f4af72c869c0b
The Trump Administration’s Deletion of Environmental Justice Data Does Real Harm. (2025, February 27). The Equation. https://blog.ucs.org/stacy-woods/the-trump-administrations-deletion-of-environmental-justice-data-does-real-harm/
Moorhead, J. (2025, March 5). Democratic congresswoman holds “this is not normal” sign as Trump enters chamber. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/video/trump-this-is-not-normal-sign-digvid
Sunlen Serfaty, Marsh, R., Iyer, K., Treene, A., & Liptak, K. (2025, March 11). Education Department to cut about 50% of workforce. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/department-of-education-cuts/index.html
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Lambert, J. (2025, January 31). National Science Foundation freezes payments in response to Trump’s executive actions. KPBS Public Media; KPBS. https://www.kpbs.org/news/science-technology/2025/01/31/national-science-foundation-freezes-payments-in-response-to-trumps-executive-actions
Wadman, M., & Kaiser, J. (2025). Trump hits NIH with “devastating” freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring. AAAS Articles DO Group. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.z7pm10i
U.S. Research and Development Funding and Performance: Fact Sheet. (2025). Congress.gov. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R44307
Lerner, A. W. (2025, March 24). NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change. ProPublica. https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health
What does the Department of Defense do? | USAFacts. (2025). USAFacts. https://usafacts.org/explainers/what-does-the-us-government-do/agency/us-department-of-defense/
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Gilles Rof. (2025, March 17). The French university welcoming American researchers targeted by Trump’s administration. Le Monde.fr; Le Monde. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/science/article/2025/03/17/the-french-university-welcoming-american-researchers-targeted-by-trump-s-administration_6739235_10.html#
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Melendez, P. (2025, March 17). “RFK’ing the french fries”: Steak 'n Shake becomes a MAHA darling. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/steak-n-shake-rfkd-fries-became-maha-darling-rcna196201
Moody, J. (2021, April 27). A Guide to the Changing Number of U.S. Universities. US News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-many-universities-are-in-the-us-and-why-that-number-is-changing
https://www.chronicle.com/author/karin-fischer. (2025, February 25). NIH Funding Cuts Could Have Ripple Effects on College-Town Economies. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/nih-funding-cuts-could-have-ripple-effects-on-college-town-economies?sra=true
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https://www.westerlylibrary.org/library-things (Library of Things example)
Drenon, B. (2025, March 15). Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz03gjnxe25o
https://pedp-ejscreen.azurewebsites.net/
(an unofficial copy of the EJScreen mapping tool)
American Library Association. (2024, March 14). American library association reports record number of unique book titles challenged in 2023 | ALA. www.ala.org. https://www.ala.org/news/2024/03/american-library-association-reports-record-number-unique-book-titles
The Post reviewed 1,000 school book challenges. Here’s what we found. (2023, December 23). Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/23/post-reviewed-1000-school-book-challenges-heres-what-we-found/
Moms for Liberty. (2023, May 11). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_for_Liberty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#/media/File:Buzz_salutes_the_U.S._Flag.jpg (Buzz Aldrin saluting the flag)
Dunn, M. (2019, July 15). Apollo 11 moon landing had thousands working behind scenes. AP NEWS. https://apnews.com/article/70fb09bc207a4dc1a917f3a5aa9ed86e
Engelberg, S. (2025, March 31). How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse. ProPublica. https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-government-waste-fraud-approach
Michael Waltz’s, RFK, Jr.’s, and Pete Hegseth’s photos are their official White House photos
Arkin, D. (2025, March 21). Fired, rehired and baffled: Confusion reigns for thousands of reinstated federal workers. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fired-rehired-baffled-confusion-reigns-thousands-reinstated-federal-wo-rcna197235
Tracking the lawsuits against Donald Trump’s executive actions | AP News. (2025, February 21). Apnews.com; AP News. https://apnews.com/projects/trump-executive-order-lawsuit-tracker/
The Paul Manafort picture I used is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Manafort#/media/File:Paul_Manafort_at_2016_RNC.jpg
Trump’s remarks on COVID are from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXxuUJJz4VE
The photo of Zelensky and Trump at their meeting is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL4zYCOVtXg
Lanard, N., & Dias, I. (2025, March 26). The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos. Mother Jones. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-el-salvador-venezulea-deportation-prison-cecot-bukele/
Casey, M., Offenhartz, J., & Mccormack, K. (2025, March 27). Turkish student at Tufts University is latest Palestinian supporter swept up in US crackdown. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-08d7f08e1daa899986b7131a1edab6d8
WEISSERT, W., & MILLER, Z. (2025, January 7). Trump refuses to rule out military use to take over Greenland, Panama Canal. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-offshore-drilling-gulf-of-america-fa66f8d072eb39c00a8128a8941ede75
Richer, A. D. (2025, March 20). Judge calls Trump administration’s latest response on deportation flights “woefully insufficient.” AP News. https://apnews.com/article/deportation-flights-trump-boasberg-el-salvador-e2a0b8f5d7e78a64b935f52ed026ce8e
Lubin, R. (2025, March 4). Nearly 15,000 will have died already because of Trump and Musk’s cuts to USAID, advocacy program claims. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-musk-usaid-cuts-deaths-aids-hiv-b2708883.html
Wazer, C. (2025, March 20). DOD removed, then restored, article about Jackie Robinson in anti-DEI “content refresh.” Snopes; Snopes.com. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jackie-robinson-dod-dei/
Protest: https://handsoff2025.com/about (Accessed April 3, 2025).