US EditionUS Science Is Being Wrecked, and Its Leadership Is Fighting the Last War
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 23, 2025, aimed at restoring a "gold standard science" across U.S. Federal agencies and national laboratories.
- The order follows years of Trump administration actions that centralized political control over scientific research and canceled numerous peer-reviewed grants, often for ideological reasons.
- The order empowers presidential appointees to vet and correct scientific information, designate misconduct, and discipline researchers, raising concerns about undermining scientific independence and sidelining the scientific process.
- More than 6,000 scientists signed an open letter opposing the order, stating it co-opts open science language to impose political interference that could suppress environmental data and distort health guidance.
- Critics warn that this politicization risks accelerating climate crises, worsening public health, damaging U.S. Scientific leadership amid China's rise, and causing lasting harm to research and communities vulnerable to climate change.
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Peter Daszak’s Smokescreen Attack on Dr. Bhattacharya ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Peter Daszak’s Smokescreen Attack on Dr. Bhattacharya by Randall Bock at Brownstone Institute Peter Daszak’s recent X posts (June 2, 2025) labeling Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the new NIH Director, an “anti-science Luddite” who is “destroying public health” are a masterclass in projection. Daszak, former head of EcoHealth Alliance (facilitator and co-conspirator of that recent pandemic, what was it called? Oh yes, SARS CoV-2 Covid-19), accuses Bhattac…
United States: Government scientists must release data and consider “alternative” options. After turning off the money tap…
VA Order Bars Doctors and Researchers from Publishing in Medical Journals
The Guardian reports the Department of Veterans Affairs is ordering staff scientists not to publish in medical journals without first receiving official clearance. The agency sent an email last week, following the publication of an article by two VA pulmonologists in The New England Journal of Medicine. Their opinion piece warned that the Trump administration’s mass cancellation of contracts and planned staff reduction of 80,000 VA employees is …
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