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Lonestarblue

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3. Exactly.

Reply to DBoon (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 10:51 AM

12 hrs ago

The focus is on STEM only. On the one hand, they push STEM while the other hand takes away money for science and medical research by universities and the NIH that provide jobs. Everything this administration does makes zero sense.

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