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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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Summary of the infuriating blockade of US medical research “This crisis...has already consumed one funding cycle” Carole LaBonne said. “But if this block to publishing in the register continues on much longer, it’s going to swallow two funding cycles, and that will put many labs out of business.”🧪⚕️

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““Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair to CQ. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter,” Hegseth wrote.” — apnews.com/article/trum...

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The last time I can find anything comparable to this was 2009, where the Republican Party's leaders had +6 favorability among their own voters. That's still better than the Democratic numbers today. www.pewresearch.org/politics/200...

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oh boy -- Rich McCormick bailed on CNN after his ill-fated town hall

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"Seven western WI Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union ... as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

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Jack Posobiec told CPAC that Trump is not violating the Constitution because "Trump is the living embodiment of the American Constitution."

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Also in other news for today. Musk has picked a fight with another astronaut, Scott Kelly.

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Did the @nytimes.com really quote the mf-ing communications director of the Houston YOUNG REPUBLICANS as if he were just some random young Black person who likes Trump? Cause it sure looks like it.

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We know. The trainees know. We can read. The silence from our PIs, from our programs, from our institutions... It does not help. We feel insane, like we are freaking out for no reason. The core idea of science is confronting reality, facing the truth of the data. Please say it out loud. 🧪

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JWST observations of our very own black hole (the one at the centre of the Milly Way) show that its brightness changes basically all the time. A very nice ABC News article (including some quotes by me 😎) 🔭🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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drugs have taken too many beloved celebrities from us over the years but drugs also have a rare chance right now to radically rehabilitate their image

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DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

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THR: “.. Paramount now signaling that it’s prepared to go on the offensive .. leveraging the threat of uncovering information about Trump’s financials, including with respect to his social media company .. and the cryptocurrency he launched, in discovery.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

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Its possible we've found a class of guys who don't think about the Roman Empire enough?

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To translate this into a more common currency: every dollar spent auditing the top 0.1% returns roughly 9 eggs.

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NEW: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from immediately deporting 8 asylum seekers who say they're fleeing violence, torture, rape and other horrors in their home countries. But one may already be on her way home. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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FFS! 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 are firing National Park Service EMTs There will be no one to attend to you if you get attacked by wildlife, fall while climbing/hiking, have a skiing incident, are drowning, break a leg/arm/your neck, etc Alex Wilds is one such federal employee. Read what he's saying

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VOA - The vast majority of human rights groups focused on North Korea face an existential crisis after receiving notices from the US government that their grant funds have been frozen. www.voanews.com/a/north-kore...

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NEW — I wrote about Leland Dudek, a Social Security Administration (SSA) staffer who went from being on admin leave for aiding DOGE to acting head of the agency overnight. I talked to multiple SSA employees about how this prolific LinkedIn poster became Musk's poster boy for government allegiance:

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Here in Illinois, we're making education more attainable, affordable, and accessible. We want to make sure our students can apply to our public universities with no fees and full confidence. And enabling community colleges to offer the programs for in-demand career paths.

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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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I literally cannot emphasize this enough

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A friend of mine had his life saved by a Bradley IFV which took a direct russian hit but protected him, he then started wearing an American flag patch on his plate carrier He ripped it off today :)

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You know? I still find it remarkably easy to remain patriotic throughout this administration. Trump and the MAGA crowd are a repudiation of every single civic ideal that the United States is meant to represent—and I see no reason to stop believing in those ideals because of them.

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Poles are probably also fucked like the Poles in 1939 now.

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SCOOP: USDS Engineering Director Resigns Anne Marshall, who was only promoted to the role in December, resigned from USDS/DOGE on Wednesday following dozens of terminations at the organization. "This is not the mission I came to serve." More here: www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

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it appears Delaware Dems and the (also Dem) governor are attempting to rip up Delaware corporate law so they can give 55 billion dollars to Elon Musk, with a bill written by Elon's own lawyers www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/...

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hello cis friends this is what people mean by trans genocide if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

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Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.

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🧪 More impacts of plastic; “…micro-& nanoplastics…could be creating a dangerous cycle of contamination: making plants absorb more toxic chemicals…while making our bodies more likely to also absorb both those toxins and the plastics themselves & increasing risks for diseases” phys.org/news/2025-02...

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Laying off thousands of IRS agents will worsen budget deficits. I understand the IRS is deeply unpopular, but the more we encourage tax evasion among high-earners and corporations, the more they'll eventually need to raise your taxes to plug the gap. washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Even though CDC recently allowed to resume publication of its weekly morbidity & mortality report, THREE studies on bird flu that had been scheduled to run in the journal are still being suppressed. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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