Reposted by Drew Gillett, Ph.D.
for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.
![Nature, which previously reported on NSF’s grants shortfall, said it can “be attributed mainly” to the agency keeping more than $1 billion in an account, much of which is for the White House’s Grand Research Challenges project, which is meant to support specific fields, including artificial intelligence. The project was mentioned in one line in a Sept. 10 NSF memo: “In the coming weeks and months, NSF will announce a series of Grand Research Challenges to take thesis-driven bets that stand to unlock new frontiers of S&T [science and technology].”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l6arnocvhn2zrll2gn6xlxn2/bafkreigeeuixy2hyhxsvqcsqz7vvnahfxz6kcjt4fxmw4mqhb46ud2hmzq)
