Republicans target universities over China and political research

Two cans of worms here, both concerning to academic freedom. Summoning researchers to Washington to explain what they are doing has unfortunate echoes of McCarthyism. If the Republicans feature large in research into misinformation this SHOULD mean that they take a long hard look at their own ethics, not harass those who have exposed their behaviour. As for China, we are all part of a connected world and most of us are working towards more open research practices.