Analysis of the Trump Administration's Dismantling of American Scientific Institutions
By
Allie Cashel Campaign Strategist, Protect Democracy
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Summary
The article discusses how the second Trump administration has systematically dismantled American scientific institutions over 16 months, including eliminating thousands of federal scientific positions, cutting funding at NIH and NSF, dismantling the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, and manufacturing political justifications to abandon evidence-based science. It appears to be a critical analysis of these actions and their implications for American science.
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Over the past 16 months, the administration has eliminated thousands of federal scientific positions, imposed sweeping funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF), dismantled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine advisory committee, and worked systematically to manufacture political justification for abandoning the evidence
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