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Midnight Writer

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2. We are currently in the greatest environment in history for new scientific and medical discoveries.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 04:11 PM

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While we play these stupid fucking games to politicize science and research, other countries will be moving ahead, making discoveries that will give them economic, political and military superiority over us.

We laid much of the groundwork for this Age of Discovery, and now Trump and his cult are flushing it all down a gold-plated toilet.

Dumbasses.

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DESTROYING SCIENCE: White House proposes new rules giving *political appointees* final approval on research grants [View all] CousinIT Friday OP

The religion cultists hate science. jeffreyi Friday #1

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS NEW OMB POLICY BEING ACCEPTED NOW HERE: CousinIT Yesterday #5

We are currently in the greatest environment in history for new scientific and medical discoveries. Midnight Writer Friday #2

THIS. n/t CousinIT Yesterday #4

Authoritarianism. The true goal. Orwell was right. The pigs are lindysalsagal Friday #3

The term is "apparatchik". To see where this goes Another Jackalope Yesterday #6

I wouldn't be surprised if Christian fundies are behind this nonsense. Science that must be Jesus approved? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #7