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Trump's attacks on universities get darker, with shadows reaching our shores


The US has become a hostile and authoritarian state to foreign scientists and is choosing ideology over science.

An Indian student of Georgetown University in Virginia was arrested outside his home for ‘spreading Hamas propaganda’ for social media posts supporting Gaza, but has not been accused of any crime. Rubio is also mandating a social media review for all visas of new and returning foreign students or academics, looking for “conduct that bears a hostile attitude toward U.S. citizens or U.S. culture (including government, institutions, or founding principles).” The administration continues to cancel dozens of awarded grants every day, each one meaning that important science does not get done and that people lose jobs and possibly careers.

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