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Peter Suber
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One year after 300+ NIH staff signed the #BethesdaDeclaration, the #NIH has descended into hell.
Jay Bhattacharya gaslights as Russ Vought dismantles the NIH, little by little, disrupts funding, replaces valuable non-partisan expertise w/ political ideology.
Detailed 🧵
🧪 archive.today/5Yb1j
This is bad. At least 9 county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas of Virginia have now openly declared that they won't enforce the assault weapons ban that the Dem state legislature recently passed.
It's a MAGA nullification movement.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2114...
Governor Spanberger signed an assault weapons ban. Some county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas say they won’t enforce it. Is a new MAGA nullification movement brewing?
In a report published on the first anniversary of the Bethesda Declaration, 71 staffers write that they feel NIH leadership “largely ignored" their concerns.
"Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles appointed by President Trump, is desperately trying to crowdsource proof of voter fraud after Republicans’ defeat." newrepublic.com/post/211545/...
"Judge Learns #Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used #AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case."
www.404media.co/judge-learns...
There was no AI (as we know it today) when I was in law school. But we had a name for this kind of case: 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘷. 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦.
#USLaw
So, has anything changed since we sent the #BethesdaDeclaration?
🚫 Still no direct response.
🚫 Still no invite to that round table Jay Bhattacharya talked about inviting us to. (Not holding my breath, because #JayLies.)
