Nazi Germany might have won WW2 if Hitler had been able to develop the nuclear bomb first. Know why he didn't? Because he thought physics was "Jewish" (the Nazi word for "woke") and drove every competent physicist in Germany and Austria to flee into exile. That brain drain benefitted us and may have saved the world. This latest pogrom may do the same, but it won't be pretty for us.
What’s actually being built here isn’t a science policy. It’s an epistemological loyalty test.
The OMB rule makes sense once you stop reading it as administrative reform and start reading it as behavioral architecture. The goal is eliminating every decision node that operates on criteria other than regime approval. The community is defining its own standards of truth.
The Chrysler v. Brown problem is probably fatal in court. But that assumes the goal is durable legal authority rather than a chilling effect during the years it takes to litigate. Researchers don’t wait out three-year circuit battles. The damage is behavioral: labs self-censor, proposals reshape around political palatability, talent reroutes to Europe.
From Portugal, the American science exodus isn’t hypothetical. It’s visible in European hiring patterns, in Swiss federal lab conversations, in American postdocs quietly acquiring residency abroad.
I am seeing this right now.
The administration thinks it’s winning a culture war.
It’s compounding a brain drain that will run for a generation.
I posted a comment. Until we convict the degenerate convicted rapist and fraud, we will not be safe from diseases, climate disasters, and general ignorance, nor will the world look to the U.S. for expertise of the most advanced kind.
I filed a comment and encourage everyone to file a comment. It's actually quite easy (a simple form) and you can use some of the information in this essay to do it. Of course, these Republican lackeys assume that Republicans will continue to control the WH, the House and the Senate in perpetuity. But, imagine what could happen if these regulations are still in effect with a Democratic President, House and Senate. It would be Golden Age of research.
I read recently Kevin Roberts of Heritage Foundation (is Heritage a criminal enterprise?)who wrote 2025 document received a PhD in black studies from TX University. Imagine studying&awarded an advanced degree to use as a weapon in hate.
I can’t fathom hating science. Is this only about not taking money in the form of taxes from the super wealthy?
I am still praying that there is a Blue Monsoon in November, and that the democratic majority is sworn in immediately and impeachment begins. I am okay with breaking a few rules ourselves. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Thank you for the heads up, Lisa and Public Notice. Your contribution to the efforts of saving America is invaluable and well worth the subscription price.
filed a comment, based on several rare diseases I have which don't have much research on heritability and male/female rates of occurrence: the question is what do my kids and grandkids have to know about these. Also the restrictions on SHARING research sounds a whole lot like prior restraint to me.
Nazi Germany might have won WW2 if Hitler had been able to develop the nuclear bomb first. Know why he didn't? Because he thought physics was "Jewish" (the Nazi word for "woke") and drove every competent physicist in Germany and Austria to flee into exile. That brain drain benefitted us and may have saved the world. This latest pogrom may do the same, but it won't be pretty for us.
And let’s not forget Hitler’s great interest in eugenics—a “science” touted by Smithson himself.
What’s actually being built here isn’t a science policy. It’s an epistemological loyalty test.
The OMB rule makes sense once you stop reading it as administrative reform and start reading it as behavioral architecture. The goal is eliminating every decision node that operates on criteria other than regime approval. The community is defining its own standards of truth.
The Chrysler v. Brown problem is probably fatal in court. But that assumes the goal is durable legal authority rather than a chilling effect during the years it takes to litigate. Researchers don’t wait out three-year circuit battles. The damage is behavioral: labs self-censor, proposals reshape around political palatability, talent reroutes to Europe.
From Portugal, the American science exodus isn’t hypothetical. It’s visible in European hiring patterns, in Swiss federal lab conversations, in American postdocs quietly acquiring residency abroad.
I am seeing this right now.
The administration thinks it’s winning a culture war.
It’s compounding a brain drain that will run for a generation.
🐌Johan
I’m betting there will be a resurgence in phrenology.
Russ Vought is the face of post-Trump. He’s ushering in - along with Hegseth - the Great Age of Christian Nationalism: Racism in a suit, not a robe.
Vought as the gatekeeper of science is like having Torquemada as the Pope.
Make the Inquisition Great Again! When did politics become a Behavioralist experiment to see how much misery we can tolerate?
Vought is at the top of my list of those to be tried for TREASON when the fascist Trump regime finally crumbles.
I posted a comment. Until we convict the degenerate convicted rapist and fraud, we will not be safe from diseases, climate disasters, and general ignorance, nor will the world look to the U.S. for expertise of the most advanced kind.
I filed a comment and encourage everyone to file a comment. It's actually quite easy (a simple form) and you can use some of the information in this essay to do it. Of course, these Republican lackeys assume that Republicans will continue to control the WH, the House and the Senate in perpetuity. But, imagine what could happen if these regulations are still in effect with a Democratic President, House and Senate. It would be Golden Age of research.
I read recently Kevin Roberts of Heritage Foundation (is Heritage a criminal enterprise?)who wrote 2025 document received a PhD in black studies from TX University. Imagine studying&awarded an advanced degree to use as a weapon in hate.
I can’t fathom hating science. Is this only about not taking money in the form of taxes from the super wealthy?
Imagine being so greedy, so hateful??
I am still praying that there is a Blue Monsoon in November, and that the democratic majority is sworn in immediately and impeachment begins. I am okay with breaking a few rules ourselves. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Thank you for the heads up, Lisa and Public Notice. Your contribution to the efforts of saving America is invaluable and well worth the subscription price.
filed a comment, based on several rare diseases I have which don't have much research on heritability and male/female rates of occurrence: the question is what do my kids and grandkids have to know about these. Also the restrictions on SHARING research sounds a whole lot like prior restraint to me.
Thanks Lisa, is there a email address to send comments?