Alex Bronzini-Vender reviews Elise Stefanik's new book, 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢’𝘴 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.
www.chronicle.com/article/elise-stefanik-g...
(#paywalled)
"Stefanik…has assembled here the most serious version of the Trumpist […]
"Trump remembers to appoint science panel, fills it mostly with tech bros."
www.theregister.com/2026/03/25/trump_science...
Among the new members of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (#PCAST) are
#MarcAndreessen, #SergeyBrin, #MichaelDell […]
Sorry I missed this: In December 2025, the #NIH called for public comments on a revision to its data access policy, proposing "controlled-access" for certain kinds of data on human subjects. The proposal would also block access to researchers from certain "Countries of Concern" like China, Cuba […]
Update. Also see the 2026 Update to the Academic Freedom Index (#AFI).
academic-freedom-index.net/research/Academic_Freedo...
Extracts from University World News:
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php
"Academic freedom has declined […]
Update. 24 US states have now filed their own lawsuit to restore the endangerment finding.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/19/...
#Climate #DefendResearch #Environment #EPA #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
Love this: "The Forbidden Words Quilt, led by Lorraine Woodruff-Long and Patricia Hickey, is a community quilt project launched in August 2025 and completed in 2026 with contributions from 195 quilters from all 50 U.S. states and D.C. and 5 countries. The quilt features 384 words and phrases […]
Update. It turns out that the National Academies of Science (#NAS) did 𝗻𝗼𝘁 acquiesce in this #censorship of #climate science. In a short statement (March 11) it said “The manual, including the chapter on #climate science, will continue to be available on the Academy’s website.” […]
From #ElizabethGinexi:
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/i-wrote-research-fundi...
"In 2024, #NIH published 756 funding announcements.
In 2025, it published 120.
In 2026, as of March 15, it has published 14…
This is not a temporary slowdown. It is a structural collapse." […]
"Even though Congress rejected cuts to the #NIH budget and passed a funding bill more than a month ago, that money isn't yet making it into the hands of researchers."
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/healt...
#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch […]
Update. The #Trump plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (#NCAR) are proceeding.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/climate/ncar-...
Partly to halt its influential #climate research. Partly to punish #Colorado #Democrats. Partly to transfer its […]
"How #DOGE Gutted the #NEH in 22 Days."
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/rese...
"[A newly released] trove of documents—including depositions with top NEH administrators and DOGE staff, as well as emails, spreadsheets and text […]
Update. Here's a #DOGE bro testifying in the lawsuit about terminating #DEI-related #NEH grants. He's being asked: What is DEI? If that's too complicated, what is your understanding of DEI?
https://bsky.app/profile/404media.co/post/3mgpkttntsk2t
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump […]
I've accused #DOGE of terminating #NEH grants (and other grants) by using dumb keyword searches looking for prohibited words. It turns out that DOGE used dumb #ChatGPT prompts instead. Like this one (quoting verbatim): “Does the following relate at all to D.E.I.? Respond factually in less than […]
Editorial in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘵: "Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/...
"Ten days after his speech about trust and openness, HHS rescinded a 54-year-old policy of soliciting public comments for new rules and […]
"COPE’s renewed commitment to editorial independence."
publicationethics.org/news-opinion/editorial-i...
This new statement from the Committee on Publication Ethics identifies a handful of "geopolitical threats to editorial independence" including several […]
An excellent op-ed by #ArneDuncan and #DavidPressman: "Universities are sending #Trump a dangerous message."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/09/coll...
(#paywalled)
"By conditioning federal research grants on ideological […]
Update. The litigation to restore the endangerment finding has begun.
www.edf.org/media/epa-sued-over-ille...
"A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (#EPA) today [Feb 18] over its illegal […]
Update. The #EPA endangerment finding is gone.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trum...
"The Trump administration has revoked the bedrock scientific determination which gives the government the ability to regulate […]
The Federal Depository Library Program (#FDLP) is calling for public comments on a draft new #preservation policy for US govt public information.
fdlp.gov/news/request-comments-dr...
PS: This is especially important when the #Trump admin is taking down public info […]
"One year after the #Trump administration tried to cap reimbursements for indirect research costs, federal agencies have halted their plans."
www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-...
#Academia #AcademicMastodon […]
While the #Trump #EPA starts repealing #climate regulations…
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114909337147971539
…the Federal Judicial Center (#FJC) is removing the chapter on climate science from its "reference manual" advising federal judges on scientific issues. The removal was […]
Update. The repeal of the endangerment finding is based on a recommendation from Trump's Climate Working Group. Less than two weeks ago, a federal judge ruled that the group violated federal law by failing to represent a balance of viewpoints (all five members were hand-picked skeptics) and […]
"Some 10,109 [Ph.D.s] in science and related fields left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce."
www.science.org/content/arti...
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"#NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-quietly-end...
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"US science after a year of Trump. A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce."
www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-000...
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch […]
The 2025 edition of the #AcademicFreedom Index ranks the United States in the fourth decile, below Madagascar and Mongolia. (See Fig 8.)
academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
#AcadSky #AcademicSky #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
"The Supreme Court has said legal fights over terminated federal grants 'likely' belong in the Court of Federal Claims. But judges there lack authority to restore them."
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#DefendResearch #Funding #Grants #SCOTUS #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
"NIH Approves 100s of Grant Applications It Shelved or Denied."
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
This follows the pillaging pattern of agency layoffs. Reckless cuts followed by partial rehires. Hack first, plan second.
#DefendResearch #Medicine #NIH #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
One of the most important example of #Trump #censorship to date:
"DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing."
archive.ph/Ow3FE
Thanks to the #WaybackMachine for keeping a copy.
web.archive.org/web/20250911...
#DefendResearch #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Excellent piece by @brianpjcronin on the consequences of slashing govt-funded science.
highlandscurrent.org/2025/12/26/out-there-har...
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
