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White House used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

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Re: White House used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

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Another example of keyword driven policies https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/diversity-documen... I wonder how many grants were cancelled because some keyword matched but it had completely nothing to do with DEI

They should pass the pages through Gemini for classification first

Re: White House used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

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do we have a word for the kind of crime where a person is found guilty of attempting to undermine the nation itself?

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=%2Fprelim%40title18...

  §2381. Treason

  Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States

  §2382. Misprision of treason

  Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both
Is our sitting President and his administration guilty of these crimes? Well, good question, but I do know that I feel a strong chilling effect over the idea of even suggesting that to be the case on the public internet, and that chilling effect itself may provide the answer.

Re: White House used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

#8

Another example of keyword driven policies https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/diversity-documen... I wonder how many grants were cancelled because some keyword matched but it had completely nothing to do with DEI

The DEI grants shouldn't have been cancelled just because they were DEI either
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