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And on the traitor's side, they are NOT HAPPY with GOP, who are cabcelling "Town Halls" because of this.
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"The president didnโt give a public reason for firing archivist Colleen Shogan, but he has long held a grudge against the agency for notifying the Justice Department of his alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office following his first termโฆA Trump-aligned archivist might also be less inclined to enforce the Presidential Records Act or ask questions if Trump leaves office with troves of classified documents, said Norm Eisen, executive chair of the State Democracy Defenders Fund."
#Censorship#DefendResearch #NARA#Takedowns #Trump#USPol#USPolitics
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"PubMed is the backbone of biomedical research in the U.S. That's not an exaggerationโฆHowever, there are reasons to be extremely concerned about its continued existenceโฆThere are [at least five] ways the administration could interfere with PubMed."
PS: Although the author mixes up #PubMed and #PubMedCentral, her concerns apply to both.
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Medicine#Takedowns #Trump#USPol#USPolitics
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"The #Trump administrationโs assault on the #NSF represents precisely the kind of political interference [#VannevarBush] sought to prevent โ one that threatens not only scientific progress but also the very foundation of academic freedom."
"How, then, should those of us who are part of the global enterprise of education, health, science and engineering respond? One priority must be to denounce these actions, to shout about their negative effects, to support researchers and to defend their ability to work and study without fear for their jobs. Understandably, those working at โ or even leading โ federal agencies might feel that they cannot speak up, but researchers at other organizations, such as universities, scientific societies, businesses, labour unions and campaign groups have more freedom, and must exercise it by showing support for affected colleagues."
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Takedowns #Trump#USPol#USPolitics
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"President Donald #Trump recently picked Rep. Mick #Mulvaneyโฆto head the White Houseโs Office of Management and Budget [#OMB]โฆIn a stunning September 9 Facebook post (thatโs since been deleted but is still cached), Mulvaney asked, '... what might be the best question: do we really need government funded research at all.'"
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Thanks to Herve Maisonneuve for his French translation of the key recommendations of the Feb 13 Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship. He adds this good conclusion: "We are free to consider that these initiatives are uselessโฆ but [signing them] allows us to support colleagues who cannot express themselves in public."
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"I know that the rapidly evolving external environment is unsettling to many in the community. Some of us have received directives to stop our research activities; some of our students have had job offerings rescinded; some have read repeated external communications that question the value of their workโฆWe promote scholarship freely based on inquiring mindsโฆWe do not conduct these activities alongside our mission; they are the essence of our missionโฆBe assured that we are actively tracking all developments as they occur, assessing whether they affect our missionโs work, quickly partnering with those community members affected, and supporting them as they navigate change."
#Censorship#DefendResearch #Trump#Universities#USPol#USPolitics
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"How, then, should those of us who are part of the global enterprise of education, health, science and engineering respond? One priority must be to denounce these actions, to shout about their negative effects, to support researchers and to defend their ability to work and study without fear for their jobs. Understandably, those working at โ or even leading โ federal agencies might feel that they cannot speak up, but researchers at other organizations, such as universities, scientific societies, businesses, labour unions and campaign groups have more freedom, and must exercise it by showing support for affected colleagues."
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Takedowns #Trump#USPol#USPolitics
Where are you #Starmer?
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European leaders have overwhelmingly sided with #zelenskyy over #trump regarding the Oval Office Showdownโฆbut the UK PM is still bathing himself in yesterdayโs limelight.
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#Trump has rapidly progressing #dementia
It got noticeably worse every month during the campaign.
It was not magically cured on Election Night.
Trump will produce increasingly batshฮฏฯ word salad going forward.
His blather about Canada, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico is this weekโs version of โTheyโre eating the dogs, theyโre eating the cats.โ
It is not 9-Dimensional Chess. Please stop treating it as if it were.
