🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨 In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk. Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵) - ThreadSky

standupforscience.bsky.social • 4 days ago

🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨

In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.

Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)

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standupforscience.bsky.social•4 days ago

NIH is laying off scientists and gutting research programs. Lifesaving work on cancer, Alzheimer’s, and rare diseases is being abandoned midstream.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-layoffs-budget-cuts-medical-research-60-minutes/

standupforscience.bsky.social•4 days ago

The White House is proposing to substantially cut NOAA’s budget —cutting critical science that tracks extreme weather, rising seas, and climate change impacts.
We need more climate science, not less.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/white-house-proposes-eliminate-noaa-climate-research-budget-proposal-2025-04-11/

dkilts.bsky.social•4 days ago

I live near Mt Rainier. I hope they are still watching it!

standupforscience.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump is stacking the EPA with fossil fuel and chemical lobbyists—people who spent their careers fighting clean air, clean water, and climate protections.
This isn’t leadership. It’s a hostile takeover of the agency meant to protect us.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/trump-epa-lobbyists-attorneys

standupforscience.bsky.social•4 days ago

The Trump administration has circulated lists of “banned words” for federal agencies—targeting terms like “community,” “bias,” “diversity,” and “equity.”
When you control the language, you suppress the truth.

https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

standupforscience.bsky.social•4 days ago

The Trump administration is pushing to shut down the Department of Education—framing it as “streamlining,” but it’s really about dismantling federal protections for students, teachers, and civil rights.

Education isn’t the problem. Undermining it is.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-education-department-shutdown-b1d25a2e1bdcd24cfde8ad8b655b9843

standupforscience.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hundreds of NSF grants have been cut or frozen under the Trump administration—derailing research across medicine, climate, education, and more.
This isn’t trimming fat. It’s gutting the future of science in America.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/science/trump-national-science-foundation-grants.html

counterpoint4.bsky.social•3 days ago

joannepdx.bsky.social•18 hours ago

📌

slamont.bsky.social•4 days ago

Important thread. Great work!

savemicrobes.bsky.social•1 hour ago

There is no information about how this group is planning to use the money. What is the overhead?

craightonicguild.bsky.social•4 days ago

With this kind of massive failure of government - the arts, STEM, and academia need to unite and create their own fund, independent of government and anti-science folks - to resolve humanitarian and environmental issues. See my link for Guild if you’re practical. Apologies for self-promotion.