"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

The Office of Management and Budget (#OMB) proposed regulation changes would give political appointees complete control over federal grants, from vetting to termination at any point for any reason, and that's just the beginning. I’s critical that as many public comments are submitted as possible by the July 13th deadline: https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001.

#DefendResearch has Action Hours every Tues. at 11am ET through June 30th, register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaNR6o3EBtUcISYw50-SfaFuNuj20x7mrc-Dznq9Dfm2QYPw/viewform?usp=preview

#censorship

"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

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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

"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

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