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MadLinguist

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3. And how in the hell

Reply to Attilatheblond (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:51 AM

4 hrs ago

is it that rescinding already appropriated funds is legal?
There's not nearly enough pushback. I don't understand why this freefall is happening. Do we still have gravity in this place?

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Trump administration agrees to review stalled NIH research grants after lawsuit [View all] BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago OP

Ok, but who will be conducting the "reviews"? Tanuki 5 hrs ago #1

Aren't the pertinent reviews done in Congress, when THEY appropriate the money? Attilatheblond 4 hrs ago #2

And how in the hell MadLinguist 4 hrs ago #3

Cowardly GOP does not appreciate the gravity of the situation. Attilatheblond 4 hrs ago #4

They've done that all over the place Bayard 1 hr ago #6

More info: the reviews are to be conducted "in good faith"by NIH Tanuki 4 hrs ago #5