Andrew Bellinger

Obsessed with Ozymandias, the immense and absurdly photogenic kitten of Magdalen College, Oxford

It’s impossible, inconceivable the the Times would ever write a headline that says “Trump blatantly violates ethical norms with deeply corrupt act” - because it would be seen as partisan - so everything, no matter how bad, gets downgraded to this absurd, plausibly deniable language

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.

The trade war will undoubtedly hurt the Chinese economy. But I honestly don’t think Xi cares. He sees this correctly, as a historic opportunity to destroy U.S. global influence.

Now is a critical time for the U.S. to invest deeply in reinvigorating science, engineering, and medical research across the ecosystem. The alternative is decline.

Together with our allies, we defeated the Soviet Union - an empire so evil it had to build gulags and walls to keep its own people in. Destroying America’s alliances and abandoning the cause of freedom is morally and strategically indefensible.

Trump Intent on Transforming U.S. into Pariah State William Boot's latest dispatch

Someday when the U.S. stands alone as a pariah kleptocratic state led by an authoritarian white nationalist regime, historians will point to Friday as the day the U.S. turned its back on the world and its historic legacy of fighting for freedom. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-inte...

Hegseth confirms he fired JAGs for purely nefarious reason

Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

Another assault on US competitiveness at a time when biomedicine is roaring with innovation, an own-goal in a high-stakes international tournament. Of course the real losers are American people needing medicines and cures.

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