It’s about time! But where are #Pennsylvania (@fetterman.senate.gov) and #Virginia (@kaine.senate.gov)? With over $1B in economic activity at stake, they should be in this fight too!! #ScienceMatters #Politics #USPol #ResearchSky Source: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u...

Here are the losses red states will face w/ Trump's assault on NIH's indirect costs. TX: $310,282,120 OH: $171,355,609 TN: $133,514,022 MO: $131,590,159 FLA: $123,982,436 IN: $68,925,255 AL: $46,642,500 UT: $45,974,847 IA: $36,986,835 SC: $33,368,620 www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Government isn't a business. The goal isn't to save money. Success isn't measured by budget surplus. The goal is to spend money, investing in society. Every dollar spent on education, healthcare, and science is an investment in our collective wellbeing.

This energy.

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

The illegal cut of NIH indirect costs will mean $19M cut to @uconn.bsky.social alone, and $130M cut for Yale @blumenthal.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social. A huge hit to our Universities like this will mean fewer opportunities for our students, fewer jobs for people in CT, and less research.

The illegal cut of NIH indirect costs will mean at least $115M cut to University of Pittsburgh @fetterman.senate.gov @davemccormick.bsky.social. This means huge loss of middle and working class jobs and research trials for breakthrough treatments for residents of Pennsylvania, Ohio, & West Virginia

New essay on NIH and indirect costs: goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...

This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”