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Just reread this @politico.com story on Russ Vought, Dir. OMB, and it's still very relevant. #RadminSky www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Just reread this @politico.com story on Russ Vought, Dir. OMB, and it's still very relevant. #RadminSky www.propublica.org/article/russ...
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Quite likely my NEH grant (also terminated in April 2025) was one of these.
What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
February 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Quite likely my NEH grant (also terminated in April 2025) was one of these.
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At least 50 students hoping to win a prestigious graduate fellowship this year from the National Science Foundation have already been turned down without even having their research proposals reviewed. https://scim.ag/3MsRbA7
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review
Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored
scim.ag
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
At least 50 students hoping to win a prestigious graduate fellowship this year from the National Science Foundation have already been turned down without even having their research proposals reviewed. https://scim.ag/3MsRbA7
IDC update for #RAdminSky: NSF and now DOD have dismissed their appeals. NIH stubbornly refuses to rescind their NOT. Waiting also for DOE. All the agencies lost in court.
a man is saying `` you lose ! good day sir ! ''
ALT: a man is saying `` you lose ! good day sir ! ''
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
IDC update for #RAdminSky: NSF and now DOD have dismissed their appeals. NIH stubbornly refuses to rescind their NOT. Waiting also for DOE. All the agencies lost in court.
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This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
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🧵Important update on one of the court cases that could affect research grants. #RAdminsky
NEW: An appellate court has just overturned a lower court and ruled that Trump's executive orders cutting DEI programs and funding are constitutional — as long as the government only targets things that are already illegal under civil rights laws.
Read the full ruling below.
Read the full ruling below.
Published authored opinion filed – #106 in Natl. Assoc. of Diversity Officers in Higher Edu. v. Donald Trump (4th Cir., 25-1189) – CourtListener.com
PUBLISHED AUTHORED OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:25-cv-00333-ABA. [1001922624] [25-1189] CH [Entered: 02/06/2026 11:09 AM]
www.courtlistener.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
🧵Important update on one of the court cases that could affect research grants. #RAdminsky
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More on NSF funding data
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
ALT: a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
More on NSF funding data
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
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"NIH has terminated or frozen 116 cancer research grants ($273 million), 65 Alzheimer's research grants ($94 million), 68 diabetes grants ($83 million), and 71 heart disease grants ($111 million)..."
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
www.sanders.senate.gov
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"NIH has terminated or frozen 116 cancer research grants ($273 million), 65 Alzheimer's research grants ($94 million), 68 diabetes grants ($83 million), and 71 heart disease grants ($111 million)..."
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
One year today since NOT-OD-25-068 was dropped panicking the entire research community. It has not been rescinded even though 1st Circuit affirmed district court ruling. #RadminSky
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
www.grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
One year today since NOT-OD-25-068 was dropped panicking the entire research community. It has not been rescinded even though 1st Circuit affirmed district court ruling. #RadminSky
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But, as they say, there is no time like the present
[OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick]
But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves!
2/3
[OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick]
But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves!
2/3
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
But, as they say, there is no time like the present
[OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick]
But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves!
2/3
[OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick]
But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves!
2/3
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"We had to eliminate merit increases, but our president’s life coach swears that extrinsic motivation doesn’t work anyway, and my masseur agrees. Also, our Morale Boosting Consultant has T-shirts."
News, Bad and Good, from the Dean of Arts and Sciences
We have no money for copies. But our Live, Love, Learn program now includes two Undergraduate Scribe Fellows. We have no money for raises, but we’v...
buff.ly
February 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"We had to eliminate merit increases, but our president’s life coach swears that extrinsic motivation doesn’t work anyway, and my masseur agrees. Also, our Morale Boosting Consultant has T-shirts."
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He oversaw preventable patient suffering and he knows that.
Also, "the commitment to **funding** cancer research is undiminished" is technically true about the budget, but he knows that NIH will be using MYF to force as much attrition among scientists, including cancer researchers, as it can.
Also, "the commitment to **funding** cancer research is undiminished" is technically true about the budget, but he knows that NIH will be using MYF to force as much attrition among scientists, including cancer researchers, as it can.
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe patients' care was disrupted. If there were disruptions, it's the responsibility of the researchers, not the NHS
HASSAN: That is an unacceptable and outrageous response. You can make an edict - 'Don't disrupt care!' - but that can be a very complicated thing
HASSAN: That is an unacceptable and outrageous response. You can make an edict - 'Don't disrupt care!' - but that can be a very complicated thing
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
He oversaw preventable patient suffering and he knows that.
Also, "the commitment to **funding** cancer research is undiminished" is technically true about the budget, but he knows that NIH will be using MYF to force as much attrition among scientists, including cancer researchers, as it can.
Also, "the commitment to **funding** cancer research is undiminished" is technically true about the budget, but he knows that NIH will be using MYF to force as much attrition among scientists, including cancer researchers, as it can.
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Ahead of today's hearing with NIH Director Bhattacharya, @sanders.senate.gov released a report on cuts to critical healthcare research. New NIH awards in key health areas were down 16% last year, cutting off innovation for new cures.
Read the whole report: www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
Read the whole report: www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Ahead of today's hearing with NIH Director Bhattacharya, @sanders.senate.gov released a report on cuts to critical healthcare research. New NIH awards in key health areas were down 16% last year, cutting off innovation for new cures.
Read the whole report: www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
Read the whole report: www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
Both chambers of Congress have now passed the FY26 minibus with NIH provisions. The President will sign.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
February 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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The NIH is doing away with a decade-old policy for clinical trials that caused headaches for basic neuroscientists.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/policy/nih-s...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/policy/nih-s...
NIH scraps policy that classified basic research in people as clinical trials
The policy aimed to increase the transparency of research in humans but created “a bureaucratic nightmare” for basic neuroscientists.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The NIH is doing away with a decade-old policy for clinical trials that caused headaches for basic neuroscientists.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/policy/nih-s...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/policy/nih-s...
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Yes, the Harvard news swung from “they’re dropping the request for $200M to get a deal done” to “now they’re demanding $1B in ‘damages’” within six hours.
Universities CANNOT cave to this
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Universities CANNOT cave to this
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump Demands Harvard Pay $1 Billion
Just hours before the latest demand, The New York Times reported he had backed off calling for a cash settlement.
www.insidehighered.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Yes, the Harvard news swung from “they’re dropping the request for $200M to get a deal done” to “now they’re demanding $1B in ‘damages’” within six hours.
Universities CANNOT cave to this
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Universities CANNOT cave to this
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
#RAdminSky ready for fun
Hearing today with the Senate HELP committee and NIH Director Bhattacharya.
www.help.senate.gov/hearings/mod...
www.help.senate.gov/hearings/mod...
Modernizing the National Institutes of Health: Faster Discoveries, More Cures | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Full Committee Hearing on February 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM
www.help.senate.gov
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
#RAdminSky ready for fun
Must listen to this account. Americans report on their own ICE detainment.
The City of Minneapolis vs. Donald Trump
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 02/02/2026 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Must listen to this account. Americans report on their own ICE detainment.
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Note: Biery graduated from Texas Lutheran College and Southern Methodist University.
If he’s a mainliner (in keeping w/those schools), he’d likely use the NRSV translation, which reads “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs”
If he’s a mainliner (in keeping w/those schools), he’d likely use the NRSV translation, which reads “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs”
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Note: Biery graduated from Texas Lutheran College and Southern Methodist University.
If he’s a mainliner (in keeping w/those schools), he’d likely use the NRSV translation, which reads “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs”
If he’s a mainliner (in keeping w/those schools), he’d likely use the NRSV translation, which reads “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs”
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As a graduate of Texas A&M, I can say that the university is essentially giving up on its mission of higher ed. When you vet every single syllabi for 'ideological' content--not to mention terminate an excellent women & gender studies program--you might as well not pretend to stand for anything.
"Texas A&M University said on Friday that it would end its women’s and gender studies program, and that the syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms" (gift article)
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
As a graduate of Texas A&M, I can say that the university is essentially giving up on its mission of higher ed. When you vet every single syllabi for 'ideological' content--not to mention terminate an excellent women & gender studies program--you might as well not pretend to stand for anything.
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Big Event Today
MAHA INSTITUTE PRESENTS
Reclaiming Science: The People's NIH
with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
January 30, 2026
12:00–5:00pm
Registration Starting at 11:00am
The Willard Hotel
The Crystal Room
1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
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MAHA INSTITUTE PRESENTS
Reclaiming Science: The People's NIH
with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
January 30, 2026
12:00–5:00pm
Registration Starting at 11:00am
The Willard Hotel
The Crystal Room
1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
1/5
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Big Event Today
MAHA INSTITUTE PRESENTS
Reclaiming Science: The People's NIH
with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
January 30, 2026
12:00–5:00pm
Registration Starting at 11:00am
The Willard Hotel
The Crystal Room
1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
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MAHA INSTITUTE PRESENTS
Reclaiming Science: The People's NIH
with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
January 30, 2026
12:00–5:00pm
Registration Starting at 11:00am
The Willard Hotel
The Crystal Room
1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
1/5
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New Alliance Aims to Protect Colleges and Universities From Government Meddling
The freshly launched Alliance for Higher Education is working to stave off government overreach in higher ed, arguing it’s critical for democracy and college access. https://bit.ly/4t6m1yM
#EDUSky #AcademicSky
The freshly launched Alliance for Higher Education is working to stave off government overreach in higher ed, arguing it’s critical for democracy and college access. https://bit.ly/4t6m1yM
#EDUSky #AcademicSky
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
New Alliance Aims to Protect Colleges and Universities From Government Meddling
The freshly launched Alliance for Higher Education is working to stave off government overreach in higher ed, arguing it’s critical for democracy and college access. https://bit.ly/4t6m1yM
#EDUSky #AcademicSky
The freshly launched Alliance for Higher Education is working to stave off government overreach in higher ed, arguing it’s critical for democracy and college access. https://bit.ly/4t6m1yM
#EDUSky #AcademicSky
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January 24, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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"All Florida public universities would be banned from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas under a policy change that the Florida Board of Governors will consider next week."
Florida Proposes H-1B Hiring Ban at All Public Universities
All Florida public universities would be banned from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas under a policy change that the Florida Board of Governors will consider next week.
www.insidehighered.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 AM
"All Florida public universities would be banned from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas under a policy change that the Florida Board of Governors will consider next week."