Sunday, March 02, 2025

Trump Administration Gutting NIH Research

Amid the turmoil, one scientist held onto his position at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), despite the job losses since President Donald Trump took office.

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There's no explanation other than an intentional, willful destruction of US preeminence on the national stage.

Were being imploded by a group of Russian plants as payback for the collapse of the Soviet Union.

And the "MAGA patriots" cheer.

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2025-03-02 03:39 PM

I'm sure the horse paste eaters will show up to cheer this on.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-02 03:46 PM

This is one institution that demands to be investigated.

NIH operates as a political and military asset, imo.

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-03-02 04:00 PM

Stand Up for Science Rallies Will Protest Trump Attacks on Research

Amid President Donald Trump's attacks on government scientists and science funding, researchers are arranging rallies to "Stand Up for Science" in Washington, D.C., and nationwide on March 7

Among the slew of actions that President Donald Trump has taken during his first weeks back in office has been a barrage of attacks on federal scientists and scientific funding. The administration's science agencies have fired thousands of employees, attempted to freeze research disbursements and proposed new policies that would reduce funding into the future.

Against this backdrop, a team of early-career researchers is organizing nationwide rallies on March 7 to "Stand Up for Science""a call for people across the U.S. to demonstrate to show their appreciation of science and its benefits to society. Rallies will take place in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, Nashville, Tenn., Austin, Tex., and many other places across the country. The network of stationary rallies is set to take place eight years after the March for Science protests that met Trump's first administration"which Stand Up for Science's organizers hope helped prepare scientists to wade into politics.

To learn about Stand Up for Science's plans and goals, Scientific American talked with three of its lead organizers: Colette Delawalla, a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology at Emory University, Emma Courtney, a Ph.D. candidate in biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Sam Goldstein, a Ph.D. candidate in health behavior at the University of Florida.


www.scientificamerican.com

#4 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-03-02 04:17 PM

It's time for the United States to stop subsidizing cancer research.

Because it isn't fair to everyone who already died of cancer, if we cure cancer now.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-02 04:45 PM

This is sadistic, irrational behavior on the part of Trump/MAGA.

There is hardly anything more illustrative of Trump/MAGA's desire to bring this country down.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-03 09:03 AM

Finding a cure for cancer or alzheimers is insignificant compared to the tax cut needs of billionaires.

#7 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-03-03 11:57 AM

This type of thing is truly mind boggling. Do these people think they will never get sick?

This will be DEVESTATING to our medical research for decades. You cannot replace the talent that will be lost. Research universities are cutting back on doctorate programs that develop the next generation of scientists. This is already happening btw (Univ. of Iowa).

I just don't get it.

FFS where does Musk think the next generation of scientists HE will need will come from.

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#8 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-03-03 12:03 PM

' where does Musk think the next generation of scientists HE will need will come from."

AI.

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-03-03 12:05 PM


This type of thing is truly mind boggling.
~ TruthNLies

There's a lot of mind boggling things going on ....

NIH federal employees admit getting $100k a yr to do NOTHING.
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#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-03 10:05 PM

#10 | Posted by oneironaut

No, you're just a stupid pile of s(*& who doesn't see a clearly edited and truncated video clip and decide to look further into it because it serves your stupid pile of s(*& narrative.

en.wikipedia.org

Beginning in 1995, McSweegan denounced the Lyme Disease Foundation in his personal time and continued to speak out against the group's influence on the NIH.[7][5] The NIH eventually removed him from responsibilities, both related and unrelated to Lyme disease. The media characterized the NIH's actions as retaliation for McSweegan blowing the whistle on NIH mismanagement.[8] In 1997, after noticing that his personal web site characterized the Lyme Disease Foundation as "whacko", the NIH suspended him for two weeks.[6] However, the NIH's own lawyers felt there was no basis for firing him. The Lyme Disease Foundation later sued McSweegan for slander, but lost. McSweegan won a countersuit against them. Through the process, he continued to receive positive job reviews.

You take one single instance of an extreme exception and make a stupid dumbf(*& comment like "There's a lot of mind boggling things going on."

No, you stupid piece of worthless terarded s(*&, there isn't "a lot of mind boggling things going on."

STFU you worthless dumbf(*&. Duhhhhhhhh I'm A DeMoCrAtZz!!! Yeah, right, dips(*&.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2025-03-04 02:33 AM

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