May 30, 2025
“Trump is cancelling research funding like he’s back on an episode of The Apprentice”
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Today, 314 Action announced a new texting campaign, following Trump’s threats to cancel all federal funding to Harvard. The text campaign issued a “public health alert” to Boston and Cambridge area residents who’ve been hurt by Trump’s attacks, urging them to submit their story about how DOGE cuts have impacted them to 314 Actions’ digital tip line, ‘Chroniclers of Pain: Voices from the Frontline of a Public Health Crisis’.
“Trump is cancelling research funding like he’s back on an episode of The Apprentice. This dangerous temper tantrum will have real world consequences—it will kill Americans,” said Shaughnessy Naughton, President of 314 Action. “These funding cuts are going to put life-saving research into new treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s, and infectious diseases in a complete chokehold. Trump doesn’t care about the millions who will be impacted—or those who are already hurt by his funding freeze.”
New polling from Navigator Research released this week shows that cuts to disease research funding is a top concern among a list of current issues facing the country, with 65 percent saying they are “worried” about research into cures for diseases being cut.
314 Action’s text urges constituents to submit their story to the organization’s tip line
Naughton continued, “We’re shining a spotlight on the stories that Trump and his cronies want to sweep under the rug. Our tip line will uncover the real human cost of these reckless cuts—from patients denied life-saving care to researchers forced to abandon critical breakthroughs.”
The new text campaign is part of 314 Action’s ongoing seven-figure advocacy work to hold the Trump administration and top health officials accountable
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