The Washington Post article (gift link) has a photo showing the damage to the National Mall. Weirdly, some of the damage is a perfect rectangle. It might even be the same size and placement as the stage that was set up there.
With what? Last I heard, the US was running out of bombs. Also, if you bomb Oman, who are you going to steal the Hormuz toll money from? I thought the whole point of letting Oman negotiate was so they could cut a deal with Iran and then Trump could bully them. He’s too early!
She was really high in that scene, as was Vincent.
This bullshit on top of a mountain of other federal grants bullshit
Most of the federal agencies mentioned in the article are agencies from which I have sought funding for our organization (including several pending.) Outside peer review is important to evaluating whether a grant project is feasible and in line with best practices. It’s where people with direct service experience can say, “this, here, is not in line with professional standards.”
But now the Trump administration will be deciding who gets domestic violence/sexual assault grants without any outside expert review, based on “the goals of the administration.”
I shudder.
This is almost as wonderful as “consideration will not be given to agencies who frame domestic violence and sexual assault as systemic issues.”
Or the grant I’m working on now for domestic violence services for families, where 10% of the score is dependent on how well we fit the administration’s priority of “promoting marriage.”
It’s a complete fucking cluster. Also VOCA funding has been cut by 20% statewide and will probably continue to decline.
Not a good time to be in this field.
On a personal note, I’ve been trying to be a peer reviewer for a while. I had a chance at the end of July but it coincided with my son’s surgery so I had to decline. Looks like I am never getting that chance.
Could a grant be written to say “goal is to prove that God gave men the right and duty to discipline women and children”-----but then the grant money would actually support shelters for the abused (and such)?
Would that be actionable in court?
I’m not really being facetious. Only “MIGHT MAKES RIGHT” proposals, obviously, will be supported with cash by this Regime. So could the cash be acquired via grants that don’t do the fascist stuff they say they will do?
The best we can do is speak to what we actually do in ways they might like. For the marriage one, for example, I intend to write about how our Prevention Ed and therapy programs both teach skills for healthy relationships. Which is kinda like promoting marriage if you squint really hard.
“Healthy marriages are safe marriages. This program will work to reduce violence in relationships through proven techniques to reduce tension in homes and address the underlying source of the violence.”