NIH Cuts and Washington’s Favorite Word: “Trust”
United States – April 8, 2026 – NIH is slated for billions in cuts, and Washington is calling it “trust” while tightening the leash on universities.
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Smoke-Stack Science: DOJ Roasts an NSF SBIR Grifter and a PPP Handshake
United States – April 8, 2026 – DOJ says a North Carolina researcher and his company agreed to pay $152,500 to resolve allegations tied to NSF SBIR grant payments and PPP expens…
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A Budget With a Body Count: Trump’s FY2027 Science Cuts Aim at NSF and NIH
United States – April 8, 2026 – They call it “alignment” and “efficiency.” I call it a planned collapse of public science, gift-wrapped for private power.
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One AI Rulebook, Fifty States, and the Old Federal Power Grab in New Clothing
United States – March 21, 2026 – The White House wants to preempt state AI laws; fine, but show the guardrails before you grab the keys, in daylight.
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Trump’s AI Rulebook: One Nation Under Code, Not 50 Little Bureaucracies
United States – March 21, 2026 – Trump tells Congress: one AI rulebook, not 50. The deep soy state squeals while I crank the F-150 radio.
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Political Appointees Over Peer Review: The NIH Brain Drain as a Feature, Not a Bug
United States – March 9, 2026 – NIH scientists are fleeing as political appointees tighten their grip on grants, turning public health into donor-friendly ideology.
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EPA Just Tried to Repeal Gravity: The Endangerment Finding Is the Receipts File They Want Shredded
United States – March 7, 2026 – EPA axed the climate ‘endangerment finding’ and got sued. This is fossil fuel accounting dressed up as law.
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COPPA 2.0 moves forward, and Congress flirts with an ID checkpoint
United States – March 6, 2026 – Congress can protect kids without turning the internet into an ID checkpoint, but it keeps buying age-verification snake oil.
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Don’t Make Farmers Read Weather Like It’s a Lobbyist Invoice
United States – March 6, 2026 – Proposed funding cuts could squeeze USDA Climate Hubs that translate NOAA and NASA data into usable guidance, leaving producers to gamble on weat…
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DOE Waves $352 Million for Energy Science, Then Wraps It in ‘Gold Standard’ Tape
United States – March 6, 2026 – DOE just put $352 million on the table for energy research, and stapled ideological branding to the grant forms.
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