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Jul 18 2025
05:57 am
Dr. Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, talks about the devastating consequences of President Trump’s attack on America’s scientists and why many are now taking their work overseas
A Scientific Brain Drain Has Followed Trump’s Gutting Of The NIH - Dr. Francis Collins
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Government cheese!
My cancer doc said it was one thing to work for low pay but job security in a government job but to work for low pay and no job security is another.
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I don't know what people thought they were electing.
Trump said he would gut our national infrastructure and outlined a plan to let a few wealthy people buy America. Eventually, when one begins taking apart the foundation of a structure, the whole thing implodes and collapses. That is the precipice upon which we now stand.
Renowned geneticist says NIH under Trump is ‘untenable’ and he a
Renowned geneticist says NIH under Trump is ‘untenable’ and he and staff were ‘muzzled’