If confirmed as OMB Deputy Director, Hal Duncan will be second in command to Russell Vought at perhaps the most powerful office in this administration.
The public deserves to know whether Duncan is on board with Vought's villainy, from impoundment to the politicization of disaster aid.
HISTORY.
crazy to think that perhaps because trump is not an ideologue and is a little attentive to public sentiment he is less likely to go full tiananman square than miller and vance
We have no money.
You know this. Why do you keep asking why we’re not doing things we used to do? It’s because we have no money. We. Have. No. Money.
We have no money. There is no money left. It’s all gone. None of us have it. No money. Nope. Money gone. We don’t have it.
No.
Along with everything else he has destroyed, Trump is destroying the environment.
This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations.
For example:
1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵
🚨UPDATE: We will launch our action center on this issue tomorrow.
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Our Policy Team has read through the entire 400 page hot mess express from Russ Vought...here are the high level details.
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An OpEd in Diabetes Care would not have been my first candidate for scientific samizdat, but such are the times.
RELEASE: Hal Duncan's testimony confirmed he'll be a Trump/Vought lackey as OMB Deputy Director.
“Though they operate with a more polished veneer, Duncan and Vought’s continued chokehold of the federal government deserves the same scrutiny afforded to the DOGE bros during their deadly rampage.”
It's time to rewrite reviews-aKG doesn't just regulate demethylation. Work from my lab and @mzspectrum.bsky.social demonstrates a new role for aKG in promoting histone acetylation and DNA repair through regulating carnitine synthesis. Congrats Apoorva Uboveja! www.nature.com/articles/s41...