#defendresearch — Public Fediverse posts

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "How the American Diabetes Association tried to hide a critical editorial published in its own journal—to no avail."
https://prospect.org/2026/07/10/appeasing-trump-american-diabetes-association-nih-dei/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "How the American Diabetes Association tried to hide a critical editorial published in its own journal—to no avail."
https://prospect.org/2026/07/10/appeasing-trump-american-diabetes-association-nih-dei/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US."
https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion
(#paywalled)

"The deletions by the Trump administration are broad and indiscriminate. While pages that would support Mamdani’s request to lower thermostats were deleted, so too were pages about water conservation, types of insulation, and its solar decathlon challenge."

Here are preservation copies of the deleted pages in the Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/*

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US."
https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion
(#paywalled)

"The deletions by the Trump administration are broad and indiscriminate. While pages that would support Mamdani’s request to lower thermostats were deleted, so too were pages about water conservation, types of insulation, and its solar decathlon challenge."

Here are preservation copies of the deleted pages in the Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/*

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. So far, so good. But reinstating those #NEH grants is a mess, especially when grantees have incompatible new commitments.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/06/30/neh-asks-grant-recipients-if-they-still-want

PS: When these complexities mean the grants can't be reinstated, the original #DOGE cuts win. This is like many other #Trump actions: move fast and break things; some cannot be repaired.

#DefendResearch #Funding #Humanities #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

EDIT. I originally linked to the wrong article. Just fixed the link.

Update. So far, so good. But reinstating those #NEH grants is a mess, especially when grantees have incompatible new commitments.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/06/30/neh-asks-grant-recipients-if-they-still-want

PS: When these complexities mean the grants can't be reinstated, the original #DOGE cuts win. This is like many other #Trump actions: move fast and break things; some cannot be repaired.

#DefendResearch #Funding #Humanities #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

EDIT. I originally linked to the wrong article. Just fixed the link.

The #NSF is shifting significant amounts of money from research grants to tech investments.
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-slashes-research-programs-support-new-tech-initiative-insiders-say
(#paywalled)

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF is shifting significant amounts of money from research grants to tech investments.
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-slashes-research-programs-support-new-tech-initiative-insiders-say
(#paywalled)

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the new political screening that’s stalling #NIH grants."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01924-8

"Mandatory reviews by [political appointees] and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo."

Here's the Nature list of "disfavored terms" that trigger slow-walking and political scrutiny of grant applications.
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01924-8/52836226

Also see the similar list of "banned words" compiled last year by #PENAmerica (apparently last updated Dec 2025).
https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the new political screening that’s stalling #NIH grants."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01924-8

"Mandatory reviews by [political appointees] and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo."

Here's the Nature list of "disfavored terms" that trigger slow-walking and political scrutiny of grant applications.
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01924-8/52836226

Also see the similar list of "banned words" compiled last year by #PENAmerica (apparently last updated Dec 2025).
https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Great news for great service:

The Data Rescue Project just won the 2026 "Documents to the People" Award from the #ALA, #GODORT, and #ProQuest.
https://www.datarescueproject.org/dttp-award/

#Censorship #Data #DataRescueProject #DRP #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Great news for great service:

The Data Rescue Project just won the 2026 "Documents to the People" Award from the #ALA, #GODORT, and #ProQuest.
https://www.datarescueproject.org/dttp-award/

#Censorship #Data #DataRescueProject #DRP #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US’s climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/

"Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government."

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US’s climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/

"Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government."

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. The #CDC-censored research vindicating #COVID #vaccines has now been published in 𝘑𝘈𝘔𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯:

"Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults Using a Test-Negative Design."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2850668

Also see the Washington Post article on its censorship and publication.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/06/23/cdcs-chief-blocked-covid-vaccine-study-now-its-top-medical-journal/
(#paywalled)

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #StreisandEffect #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics #Vaccines

Update. The #CDC-censored research vindicating #COVID #vaccines has now been published in 𝘑𝘈𝘔𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯:

"Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults Using a Test-Negative Design."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2850668

Also see the Washington Post article on its censorship and publication.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/06/23/cdcs-chief-blocked-covid-vaccine-study-now-its-top-medical-journal/
(#paywalled)

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #StreisandEffect #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics #Vaccines

Update. More here:

"FinCEN [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database."
https://www.icij.org/news/2025/09/fincen-plans-to-delete-data-on-u-s-companies-from-beneficial-ownership-database/

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. More here:

"FinCEN [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database."
https://www.icij.org/news/2025/09/fincen-plans-to-delete-data-on-u-s-companies-from-beneficial-ownership-database/

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The US used to require that corporations disclose the true identities of their beneficial owners (reducing the corrupt influence of shell companies) and kept a database of the info. Now the Trump admin is refusing to enforce the rule and deleting the data.

"Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats."
https://newrepublic.com/article/211855/republicans-making-world-safe-kleptocrats

PS: Because the database was never #OpenAccess -- basically, just for law enforcement officials -- it's probably beyond the reach of data rescue projects.

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The US used to require that corporations disclose the true identities of their beneficial owners (reducing the corrupt influence of shell companies) and kept a database of the info. Now the Trump admin is refusing to enforce the rule and deleting the data.

"Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats."
https://newrepublic.com/article/211855/republicans-making-world-safe-kleptocrats

PS: Because the database was never #OpenAccess -- basically, just for law enforcement officials -- it's probably beyond the reach of data rescue projects.

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update with rare good news:

"Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/ocean-monitoring-system-reversal-trump-administration

Here's the #NSF announcement.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/update-ocean-observatories-initiative

Sometimes protests work.

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update with rare good news:

"Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/ocean-monitoring-system-reversal-trump-administration

Here's the #NSF announcement.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/update-ocean-observatories-initiative

Sometimes protests work.

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US lawmakers fight Trump cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/ocean-monitoring-cuts-trump

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US lawmakers fight Trump cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/ocean-monitoring-cuts-trump

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Excellent statement by Yale epidemiologist @gregggonsalves on why scientists should speak up about the defunding, censorship, deterioration, and ideological distortion of US science -- or at least take notes:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-compact-between-science-and-politics-is-broken/

Scientists now have the responsibility of "bearing witness and putting evidence on the table. It may not be persuasive to Russell Vought or Marco Rubio, but it is for the dossier, for the truth and reconciliation commission, for the Nuremberg trials that come after. Keep the receipts. Write down what you see. Tell them what they did. We’re very good at documenting how X leads to Y."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Excellent statement by Yale epidemiologist @gregggonsalves on why scientists should speak up about the defunding, censorship, deterioration, and ideological distortion of US science -- or at least take notes:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-compact-between-science-and-politics-is-broken/

Scientists now have the responsibility of "bearing witness and putting evidence on the table. It may not be persuasive to Russell Vought or Marco Rubio, but it is for the dossier, for the truth and reconciliation commission, for the Nuremberg trials that come after. Keep the receipts. Write down what you see. Tell them what they did. We’re very good at documenting how X leads to Y."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/fossil-fuels-national-academies-climate-science-00897237

"#Oil industry allies are quietly targeting a field of #climate research that could cost #fossilfuel companies billions of dollars. In the crosshairs is a forthcoming report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [#NASEM] that will examine research into the ways corporate climate pollution is intensifying natural disasters…The heightened scrutiny…involves a secretive opposition research group scouring scientists’ emails."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Harassment #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/fossil-fuels-national-academies-climate-science-00897237

"#Oil industry allies are quietly targeting a field of #climate research that could cost #fossilfuel companies billions of dollars. In the crosshairs is a forthcoming report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [#NASEM] that will examine research into the ways corporate climate pollution is intensifying natural disasters…The heightened scrutiny…involves a secretive opposition research group scouring scientists’ emails."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Harassment #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/fossil-fuels-national-academies-climate-science-00897237

"#Oil industry allies are quietly targeting a field of #climate research that could cost #fossilfuel companies billions of dollars. In the crosshairs is a forthcoming report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [#NASEM] that will examine research into the ways corporate climate pollution is intensifying natural disasters…The heightened scrutiny…involves a secretive opposition research group scouring scientists’ emails."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Harassment #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/fossil-fuels-national-academies-climate-science-00897237

"#Oil industry allies are quietly targeting a field of #climate research that could cost #fossilfuel companies billions of dollars. In the crosshairs is a forthcoming report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [#NASEM] that will examine research into the ways corporate climate pollution is intensifying natural disasters…The heightened scrutiny…involves a secretive opposition research group scouring scientists’ emails."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Harassment #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/fossil-fuels-national-academies-climate-science-00897237

"#Oil industry allies are quietly targeting a field of #climate research that could cost #fossilfuel companies billions of dollars. In the crosshairs is a forthcoming report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [#NASEM] that will examine research into the ways corporate climate pollution is intensifying natural disasters…The heightened scrutiny…involves a secretive opposition research group scouring scientists’ emails."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Harassment #USPol #USPolitics

"Federal science agencies facing a ‘generational loss,’ nonprofit says."
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/06/federal-science-agencies-facing-a-generational-loss-nonprofit-says/

"Currently, there are about 726,000 federal employees working at science-related agencies…That’s after a decrease of close to 118,000 federal employees working in scientific fields between September 2024 and February 2026…While the federal workforce overall has shrunk by about 12% under the Trump administration, a large portion of those staffing losses, roughly 40%, came from science-related agencies, the report found."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Federal science agencies facing a ‘generational loss,’ nonprofit says."
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/06/federal-science-agencies-facing-a-generational-loss-nonprofit-says/

"Currently, there are about 726,000 federal employees working at science-related agencies…That’s after a decrease of close to 118,000 federal employees working in scientific fields between September 2024 and February 2026…While the federal workforce overall has shrunk by about 12% under the Trump administration, a large portion of those staffing losses, roughly 40%, came from science-related agencies, the report found."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Here's the #ADA side of the controversy. It was just following the law requiring nonprofit orgs to be nonpartisan.
https://diabetes.org/newsroom/press-releases/american-diabetes-associations-statement-regarding-nonpartisanship

PS: A few points in reply:
* Then why did the ADA flagship journal publish the pro-science, Trump-critical editorial in the first place? Is the ADA now saying that was a mistake? Will it try to retract that editorial?
* The members distributing copies of the editorial were not acting for the association. Or if that was not clear, what if they'd made clear (as the authors of the editorial made clear) that they were only speaking for themselves, not for the ADA?
* Could the ADA preserve its nonpartisanship by disavowing the peaceful leafleteers? Did it think federal law required it to call the police to remove them from the building?
* Would the ADA have called the police on peaceful pro-Trump or pro-Battacharya leafleteers?
* Would it have called the police on attendees who sat quietly in their seats wearing "We stand with science" buttons?

#Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Here's the #ADA side of the controversy. It was just following the law requiring nonprofit orgs to be nonpartisan.
https://diabetes.org/newsroom/press-releases/american-diabetes-associations-statement-regarding-nonpartisanship

PS: A few points in reply:
* Then why did the ADA flagship journal publish the pro-science, Trump-critical editorial in the first place? Is the ADA now saying that was a mistake? Will it try to retract that editorial?
* The members distributing copies of the editorial were not acting for the association. Or if that was not clear, what if they'd made clear (as the authors of the editorial made clear) that they were only speaking for themselves, not for the ADA?
* Could the ADA preserve its nonpartisanship by disavowing the peaceful leafleteers? Did it think federal law required it to call the police to remove them from the building?
* Would the ADA have called the police on peaceful pro-Trump or pro-Battacharya leafleteers?
* Would it have called the police on attendees who sat quietly in their seats wearing "We stand with science" buttons?

#Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"The Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later."
https://www.27unihted.org/bethesda-declaration-one-year-later

"Today, on June 9, 2026, we provide an update to members of Congress and the public on the current status of #NIH, one year after the #BethesdaDeclaration. The chaos of 2025 has been replaced with coordinated, systematic, institutionalized destruction in 2026. NIH policy directed by #HHS and the Office of Management and Budget (#OMB) and implemented by Director Bhattacharya continues to flout ethical, statutory, and legal standards…
* Concern 1: An anti-science agenda is disrupting research for health advances and cures
* Concern 2: Discriminatory policies are worsening disparities
* Concern 3: Ignoring ethical standards has put research participants and the public at risk
* Concern 4: An unstable research environment is undermining scientific advances and public trust
* Concern 5: Lost critical expertise is hindering the NIH mission
* Concern 6: Changing of policies without staff input is creating foreseeable damage
* Concern 7: Cumbersome and shifting processes are wasting resources and harming health
* Concern 8: Disruption of global research is endangering people in the United States and around the world
* Concern 9: A culture of fear and low morale is eroding scientific integrity."

Also see the original Bethesda Declaration, from one year ago today.
https://www.27unihted.org/bethesdadeclaration2025

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"The Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later."
https://www.27unihted.org/bethesda-declaration-one-year-later

"Today, on June 9, 2026, we provide an update to members of Congress and the public on the current status of #NIH, one year after the #BethesdaDeclaration. The chaos of 2025 has been replaced with coordinated, systematic, institutionalized destruction in 2026. NIH policy directed by #HHS and the Office of Management and Budget (#OMB) and implemented by Director Bhattacharya continues to flout ethical, statutory, and legal standards…
* Concern 1: An anti-science agenda is disrupting research for health advances and cures
* Concern 2: Discriminatory policies are worsening disparities
* Concern 3: Ignoring ethical standards has put research participants and the public at risk
* Concern 4: An unstable research environment is undermining scientific advances and public trust
* Concern 5: Lost critical expertise is hindering the NIH mission
* Concern 6: Changing of policies without staff input is creating foreseeable damage
* Concern 7: Cumbersome and shifting processes are wasting resources and harming health
* Concern 8: Disruption of global research is endangering people in the United States and around the world
* Concern 9: A culture of fear and low morale is eroding scientific integrity."

Also see the original Bethesda Declaration, from one year ago today.
https://www.27unihted.org/bethesdadeclaration2025

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. After the American Diabetes Association (#ADA) physically evicted five members from an ADA event for peacefully handing out print copies of a pro-science, anti-Trump editorial published in the ADA's own flagship journal …
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121657

* two senior leaders resigned in protest -- the new President-Elect and the chair of the Scientific Sessions Planning Committee;
* at least two others might have resigned, but these reports are still unconfirmed;
* dozens of members walked out of the presidential address, holding signs that said "We stand with science"; and
* colleagues launched a "shame on you" open letter against the ADA.
https://www.change.org/p/an-open-letter-to-the-american-diabetes-association-shame-on-you

(I just signed the open letter and hope you will too.)

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. After the American Diabetes Association (#ADA) physically evicted five members from an ADA event for peacefully handing out print copies of a pro-science, anti-Trump editorial published in the ADA's own flagship journal …
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121657

* two senior leaders resigned in protest -- the new President-Elect and the chair of the Scientific Sessions Planning Committee;
* at least two others might have resigned, but these reports are still unconfirmed;
* dozens of members walked out of the presidential address, holding signs that said "We stand with science"; and
* colleagues launched a "shame on you" open letter against the ADA.
https://www.change.org/p/an-open-letter-to-the-american-diabetes-association-shame-on-you

(I just signed the open letter and hope you will too.)

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The flagship journal of the American Diabetes Association (#ADA) just published an editorial criticizing the #Trump admin for attempting to "Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States."
https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/49/6/901/164764/Misguided-Brushes-of-a-Pen-Continue-to-Dismantle

At an ADA conference yesterday, some members tried to pass out copies of the editorial just before #NIH Director #JayBhattacharya was scheduled to speak. They were blocked by security and escorted out of the building by police. The ADA had called in the police. Bhattacharya cancelled his talk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/well/ada-conference-diabetes-trump.html

PS: What's going on at the ADA? The editorial had a disclaimer saying that it only represented the views of the authors, not the association. But the association had the courage to publish it. Then the association blocked its distribution, at its own conference, even calling in the police. Does it support free speech, even in support of science? Or not? And why can police stop peaceful scientists from handing out an editorial, even at an event sponsored by the group publishing the editorial?

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The flagship journal of the American Diabetes Association (#ADA) just published an editorial criticizing the #Trump admin for attempting to "Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States."
https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/49/6/901/164764/Misguided-Brushes-of-a-Pen-Continue-to-Dismantle

At an ADA conference yesterday, some members tried to pass out copies of the editorial just before #NIH Director #JayBhattacharya was scheduled to speak. They were blocked by security and escorted out of the building by police. The ADA had called in the police. Bhattacharya cancelled his talk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/well/ada-conference-diabetes-trump.html

PS: What's going on at the ADA? The editorial had a disclaimer saying that it only represented the views of the authors, not the association. But the association had the courage to publish it. Then the association blocked its distribution, at its own conference, even calling in the police. Does it support free speech, even in support of science? Or not? And why can police stop peaceful scientists from handing out an editorial, even at an event sponsored by the group publishing the editorial?

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/judge-blocks-part-of-trump-admins-effort-to-hurt-colorado-research-center/

The judge ruled that the Trump admin failed "to articulate any rationale" for its action (violating the Administrative Procedures Act) and was "meant to pressure Colorado’s Democratic governor about an unrelated matter."

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/judge-blocks-part-of-trump-admins-effort-to-hurt-colorado-research-center/

The judge ruled that the Trump admin failed "to articulate any rationale" for its action (violating the Administrative Procedures Act) and was "meant to pressure Colorado’s Democratic governor about an unrelated matter."

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

"Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html

"The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global #climate. The #NSF said it would send ships in June to begin removing more than 900 deep-sea instruments anchored off Oregon, Washington State, Alaska, North Carolina, and an area between Greenland and Iceland known as the Irminger Sea."

PS: See my Mastodon thread on the Trump admin decision to destroy a perfectly good satellite gathering climate data.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114977053147871488

#DefendResearch #DontLookUp #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html

"The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global #climate. The #NSF said it would send ships in June to begin removing more than 900 deep-sea instruments anchored off Oregon, Washington State, Alaska, North Carolina, and an area between Greenland and Iceland known as the Irminger Sea."

PS: See my Mastodon thread on the Trump admin decision to destroy a perfectly good satellite gathering climate data.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114977053147871488

#DefendResearch #DontLookUp #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It."
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-justice-department-erases-history--lawfare-restores-it

"Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are…We have restored the vast bulk of what was deleted. We have also started to preemptively archive a raft of material that has not yet been deleted but probably will be, given its thematic relationship to the material that was 86ed."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics