Politics megathread

Meanwhile, will DOGE and clueless political appointees at various agencies lead to killing important research which is trying to develop new antibiotics?

Lasso-shaped molecule is a new type of broad-spectrum antibiotic

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00901-x

How long, I wonder, before they “accidentally” deport an American citizen because that citizen has the wrong political opinions.

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“Accidentally”?

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Right! I’ll edit to add quotes.

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I must say, when looking for heroes to finally stand up to this dictatorship, I wasn’t expecting it to be Harvard University.

Harvard won’t comply with Trump administration’s demands — Harvard Gazette

Stanford is backing them up:

Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight

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