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N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/h...

"We will protect DOGE." This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer. The text:

We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.

I’m the dairy farmer running to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District. Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?

Background reading for those of you who might find it helpful: "Manufacturing Backlash" report from @aaup.bsky.social covers legislative maneuvers targeting higher ed 2021-2023 - www.aaup.org/article/manu...

BREAKING The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders. The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.

Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here's how we would've spent that $$: Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year. Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID

The Heritage Foundation appears to be the source of claims (inaccurate) about some institutions not accepting grants from organizations that do not pay the full federal negotiated indirect rate.

To go along with the “why is IDC 50-75%” questions. Not only does IDC support the infrastructure of research (IRB, IACUC, COI, Grants and Finance Admins and efficient eRA systems), it’s also to ensure they are following EVERY regulation and requirement of accepting and spending the federal dollars!

The NIH Notice about the new indirect cost rate "plan"