ethan singer
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In 2019, President Trump awarded her the Presidential Early Career Award, the nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists. Last month, the government canceled nearly all of her funding.
Our analysis of the science at risk in Trump's clash with Harvard:
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Our analysis of the science at risk in Trump's clash with Harvard:
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In 2019, President Trump awarded her the Presidential Early Career Award, the nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists. Last month, the government canceled nearly all of her funding.
Our analysis of the science at risk in Trump's clash with Harvard:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Our analysis of the science at risk in Trump's clash with Harvard:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
DOGE debuted a website last month cataloging the contracts the group says it has canceled to save taxpayers money. Since then, the list has undergone dizzying changes.
The story + a fun animated bubble chart (that I've spent way too long staring at) from @emmbadger.bsky.social and I.
The story + a fun animated bubble chart (that I've spent way too long staring at) from @emmbadger.bsky.social and I.
March 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
DOGE debuted a website last month cataloging the contracts the group says it has canceled to save taxpayers money. Since then, the list has undergone dizzying changes.
The story + a fun animated bubble chart (that I've spent way too long staring at) from @emmbadger.bsky.social and I.
The story + a fun animated bubble chart (that I've spent way too long staring at) from @emmbadger.bsky.social and I.
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"The picture of these shifting contracts reflects what has become the erratic hallmark of much of the team’s work"
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See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims
The cost-cutting group removed hundreds of contracts from its “wall of receipts,” added back many of them, and inflated savings values.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"The picture of these shifting contracts reflects what has become the erratic hallmark of much of the team’s work"
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Imagine if all of government reported data like DOGE does -- deleting numbers, altering them without notice, pointing numbers to the wrong things.
w/ another awesome @ethansinger.bsky.social graphic:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
w/ another awesome @ethansinger.bsky.social graphic:
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See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims (Gift Article)
The cost-cutting group removed hundreds of contracts from its “wall of receipts,” added back many of them, and inflated savings values.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Imagine if all of government reported data like DOGE does -- deleting numbers, altering them without notice, pointing numbers to the wrong things.
w/ another awesome @ethansinger.bsky.social graphic:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
w/ another awesome @ethansinger.bsky.social graphic:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
DOGE claimed $8 billion in savings from a single cancelled contract on their new "wall of receipts." It was actually $8 million.
Around the time we published the story, DOGE removed a screenshot that showed the mismatch, but continued to claim 8 bil. in savings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Around the time we published the story, DOGE removed a screenshot that showed the mismatch, but continued to claim 8 bil. in savings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
DOGE claimed $8 billion in savings from a single cancelled contract on their new "wall of receipts." It was actually $8 million.
Around the time we published the story, DOGE removed a screenshot that showed the mismatch, but continued to claim 8 bil. in savings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Around the time we published the story, DOGE removed a screenshot that showed the mismatch, but continued to claim 8 bil. in savings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
The Trump admin and NIH’s latest guidance about overhead rates is confusing, contradictory and vague.
But one thing is clear: hospitals and universities around the country stand to lose billions of dollars in research funding.
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But one thing is clear: hospitals and universities around the country stand to lose billions of dollars in research funding.
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How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Trump admin and NIH’s latest guidance about overhead rates is confusing, contradictory and vague.
But one thing is clear: hospitals and universities around the country stand to lose billions of dollars in research funding.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But one thing is clear: hospitals and universities around the country stand to lose billions of dollars in research funding.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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A few more words about this story:
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
NIH's proposal to cut the grants it pays for medical research will not just hurt elite coastal universities.
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State (Gift Article)
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A few more words about this story:
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
65,000 federal workers have submitted resignations as part of Elon Musk’s “fork in the road” offer. Is that a lot or a little?
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With @sangerkatz.bsky.social @emmbadger.bsky.social and @aliciaparlap.bsky.social
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How Many Federal Worker Resignations Would Be a Lot?
Sixty-five thousand have submitted resignations as part of Elon Musk’s “fork in the road” offer. But 150,000 voluntarily leave every year anyway.
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February 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
65,000 federal workers have submitted resignations as part of Elon Musk’s “fork in the road” offer. Is that a lot or a little?
With @sangerkatz.bsky.social @emmbadger.bsky.social and @aliciaparlap.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
With @sangerkatz.bsky.social @emmbadger.bsky.social and @aliciaparlap.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Is 65,000 federal workers replying "resign" a lot? Some context here. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u... @emmbadger.bsky.social
How Many Federal Worker Resignations Would Be a Lot?
Sixty-five thousand have submitted resignations as part of Elon Musk’s “fork in the road” offer. But 150,000 voluntarily leave every year anyway.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Is 65,000 federal workers replying "resign" a lot? Some context here. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u... @emmbadger.bsky.social
This weekend, we tracked the status of over 150 top government domains. We found over 8,000 pages that got taken down as federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
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Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
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February 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This weekend, we tracked the status of over 150 top government domains. We found over 8,000 pages that got taken down as federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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Part of the confusion around the OMB funding freeze lay in the spreadsheet that was circulated with it: It named about 2,600 federal programs, a virtual copy-and-paste of how the U.S. government spends money.
We translated it more legibly here...
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We translated it more legibly here...
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Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.
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January 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Part of the confusion around the OMB funding freeze lay in the spreadsheet that was circulated with it: It named about 2,600 federal programs, a virtual copy-and-paste of how the U.S. government spends money.
We translated it more legibly here...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We translated it more legibly here...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...