David Vassar (@davidvassar) 's Twitter Profile
David Vassar

@davidvassar

Higher Education and International Relations professional. Sports junky. Student of Latin American literature.

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calendar_today23-08-2009 04:59:43

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Lily Kepner (@lilykepner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: More than 170 students at UT System have been impacted by visa terminations, the system confirms to the American-Statesman. More: statesman.com/story/news/pol…

Moshe Vardi (@vardi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The administration is also reportedly considering slashing NSF’s annual budget from approximately US$9 billion down to about US$3–$4 billion. cacm.acm.org/opinion/big-te…

Protect Kamala Harris ✊ (@disavowtrump20) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨NEW: Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) just voted to advance Trump's nominee for head of Social Security who supports cuts to the agency. Tillis previously voted against restoring benefits for millions of Americans. RETWEET to let North Carolina know he voted against Social Security!

🚨NEW: Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) just voted to advance Trump's nominee for head of Social Security who supports cuts to the agency. Tillis previously voted against restoring benefits for millions of Americans.

RETWEET to let North Carolina know he voted against Social Security!
Houston Chronicle (@houstonchron) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Gov. Abbott's veto didn’t just reject a bill. It rejected the wellbeing of millions of Texas children. houstonchronicle.com/opinion/letter…

Houston Chronicle (@houstonchron) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wealthy Texans would benefit heavily from President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” getting new tax breaks of little use to the middle class. houstonchronicle.com/politics/artic…

Tony Payan (@payantony) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of the most important lessons of #SouthPark's episode on #Trump, much as any comedian in #Mexico, e.g. #Brozo, is that one of the best antidotes to autocracy is #comedy & #satire. It exposes their objectives & tactics better than any fact-based critique. It also annoys them.

David Vassar (@davidvassar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Does anyone at the Houston Astros know why none of the water fountains work on the club level at @Daikin Park? Seems like a pretty basic amenity to provide season ticket holders.

Kate from Kharkiv (@bohuslavskakate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I know Trump is Trump. I know he says things that are bizarre and untrue. But reading about the “Zelenskyy's war” again isn’t just upsetting, it’s infuriating. People here die every day In a war russia started and continues, yet somehow it’s blamed on us. It’s tragic.

I know Trump is Trump. I know he says things that are bizarre and untrue.

But reading about the “Zelenskyy's war” again isn’t just upsetting, it’s infuriating. People here die every day In a war russia started and continues, yet somehow it’s blamed on us. It’s tragic.
Neil Stone (@drneilstone) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Credit to Dr Susan Monarez for refusing to be a part of the pseudoscientific circus that ringmaster RFK Jr wants to build at the CDC

Credit to Dr Susan Monarez for refusing to be a part of the pseudoscientific circus that ringmaster RFK Jr wants to build at the CDC
Jo (@jojofromjerz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

They want to decide what books you can read, what history your children can learn, what medicines you’re allowed to take, what surgeries you can have, what gender you’re permitted to be, what sports you can play, which bathroom you can use, who you can love, and who you can

They want to decide what books you can read, what history your children can learn, what medicines you’re allowed to take, what surgeries you can have, what gender you’re permitted to be, what sports you can play, which bathroom you can use, who you can love, and who you can
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@peterhotez) 's Twitter Profile Photo

But none of this is true: outside of annual flu vaccines it’s closer to 30 immunizations, all or most tested in placebo-controlled trials. We’ve gone from immunizing kids vs 8 diseases when I was a resident in the 1980s, to 16, including 4 for bacterial meningitis, 2 for cancer