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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org · Mar 08, 2026
I've accused #DOGE of terminating #NEH grants (and other grants) by using dumb keyword searches to look for prohibited words. It turns out that DOGE used dumb #ChatGPT prompts instead. Like this one (quoting verbatim): “Does the following relate at all to D.E.I.? Respond factually in less than 120 characters. Begin with ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html #Censorship #DefendResearch #DEI #Funding #Humanities #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org · Mar 11, 2026
Replying to @petersuber@fediscience.org
"How #DOGE Gutted the #NEH in 22 Days." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2026/03/11/how-doge-gutted-neh-22-days "[A newly released] trove of documents—including depositions with top NEH administrators and DOGE staff, as well as emails, spreadsheets and text messages—suggest rushed, chaotic funding termination decisions and reveal the extent of DOGE’s influence in terminating 97 percent of the agency’s grants." Example: DOGE terminated an NEH grant to replace the HVAC system at a museum, acting on this #ChatGPT rationale: "Improving HVAC systems enhances preservation conditions for collections, aligning with the goal of providing greater access to diverse audiences." #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Humanities #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org · Jul 05, 2026
"White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US." https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion (#paywalled) "The deletions by the Trump administration are broad and indiscriminate. While pages that would support Mamdani’s request to lower thermostats were deleted, so too were pages about water conservation, types of insulation, and its solar decathlon challenge." Here are preservation copies of the deleted pages in the Internet Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/* #Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org · Jun 22, 2026
The US used to require that corporations disclose the true identities of their beneficial owners (reducing the corrupt influence of shell companies) and kept a database of the info. Now the Trump admin is refusing to enforce the rule and deleting the data. "Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats." https://newrepublic.com/article/211855/republicans-making-world-safe-kleptocrats PS: Because the database was never #OpenAccess -- basically, just for law enforcement officials -- it's probably beyond the reach of data rescue projects. #Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org · May 31, 2026
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"The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It." https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-justice-department-erases-history--lawfare-restores-it "Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are…We have restored the vast bulk of what was deleted. We have also started to preemptively archive a raft of material that has not yet been deleted but probably will be, given its thematic relationship to the material that was 86ed." #Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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