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Standing up for science in Boston
March 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Standing up for science in Boston
New: Trump-controlled NIH begins targeted purge of LGBTQ+ research.
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New: Trump-controlled NIH begins targeted purge of LGBTQ+ research.
Citing "agency priorities," some grants were terminated on Friday, leaving researchers with uncertain futures.
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March 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New: Trump-controlled NIH begins targeted purge of LGBTQ+ research.
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NIH is now abruptly canceling active grants that don’t align with WH executive orders.
March 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NIH is now abruptly canceling active grants that don’t align with WH executive orders.
Ten reasons for modest optimism
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Ten reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
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February 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ten reasons for modest optimism
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“The leading category of study at NIH is cancer research, an area that has produced breakthrough drugs that have significantly extended survival for people with certain blood cancers and skin cancers…”
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Trump Administration Cuts Put Medical Progress at Risk, Researchers Say
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. A planned $4 billion cut would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
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February 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“The leading category of study at NIH is cancer research, an area that has produced breakthrough drugs that have significantly extended survival for people with certain blood cancers and skin cancers…”
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Just to say the quiet part out loud, the point of having unelected judges in a democracy is so that *whether* acts of state are “legitimate” can be decided by someone other than the people who are undertaking them.
Vermeule knows this, of course. So does Vance.
Vermeule knows this, of course. So does Vance.
February 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just to say the quiet part out loud, the point of having unelected judges in a democracy is so that *whether* acts of state are “legitimate” can be decided by someone other than the people who are undertaking them.
Vermeule knows this, of course. So does Vance.
Vermeule knows this, of course. So does Vance.
Why be worried about tiktok getting our data when we are just emailing it out anyway 💀 www.huffpost.com/entry/cia-ne...
CIA Lists Names Of All New Hires In Unclassified Email: Reports
"I remember when Donald Trump was always talking about Hillary’s emails," Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said. “What about this email?”
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February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM