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Philip Bump
@pbump.com

Also I cannot reiterate often enough that his bullshit about fighting fraud is 1) bullshit and 2) opportunistic, given that the proper methods that exist to uncover fraud are IGs (fired by Trump) and congressional committees (focused on attacking Dems instead).

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Peter Butler
@peter-butler.bsky.social

The notion of fighting for efficiency is ridiculous as well Every $1 spent by NIH grants brings $2.46 in economic activity. Some reports indicate higher return www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

fiercebiotech.comReport: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returnsResearch funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an
Jaec from Tw
@jaec.bsky.social

Mexico's López Obrador used the same excuse—fraud—to destroy institutions and to diminish the judicial branch. Not saying there's no corruption but he was full of bs about fighting fraud.

Frank
@ankfray.bsky.social

I worked at Social Security when Reagan came in as president, and he had everyone who got disability from SSA reviewed, and most of them got cut off, and had to appeal to try to get back on. I expect this is coming again. May come to VA disability too.