Under new guidelines released by the National Institute of Health,...

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Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald
247 views Apr 22, 2025 ~1 min read
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Under new guidelines released by the National Institute of Health, any medical researchers will have all funds terminated if they support a boycott of Israel.

They can support a boycott of any other country, or even other US states -- just not Israel.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…
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A research institute could be close to developing treatments or cures for cancer or Alzheimer's, but will lose NIH grants unless they certify they don't support a boycott of Israel.

I was happy @DrJBhattacharya was made NIH director given his free speech advocacy, and yet...
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@DrJBhattacharya Beyond everything else: it's absolutely amazing how the Trump Admin and US Congress issue new rules, laws, measures, threats and other policies on a virtually daily basis about this one single foreign country on the other side of the world, all under the banner of America First.
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@poker69696 @BrettWooldridge Americans have the right to boycott whatever the fuck we want without being punished by the government for it.

If you think it's permissible to boycott other US states, but should only be punished when boycotting one foreign country, you should think about what that makes you.
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