Science and Politics

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As our erstwhile friend from the frozen north often reflexively repeated, "Facts don't care about your feelings." As an aphorisms it's a bit of paradoxical deepity of course, as its mere utterance invites one to an emotional response. Nonetheless, Trump Corp are keen to protect us from having certain feelings by excising certain uncomfortable facts or inconvenient truths from the official record. This overt, hot war on science also seems to give truth to another popular aphorism: "Every accusation is a confession."

Scientists push back on Trump plan to break up a critical climate and weather center

The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.

It's the latest climate-related move by President Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, cut funding for climate research, and removed climate and weather scientists from their posts across the federal government. During his first term, Trump famously contradicted the nation's weather forecasting service by redrawing a Hurricane Dorian's path on a map with a Sharpie.

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, in a post Tuesday on X, announced the plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, calling it "one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country." NCAR was founded more than six decades ago to provide universities with expertise and resources for collaborative research on global weather, water, and climate challenges.

Vought said the center was undergoing a "comprehensive review" and that any "vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location."

Antonio Busalacchi, who heads the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a nonprofit consortium of 129 U.S. universities that oversees the Boulder facility, told NPR he received no prior notice before the announcement and believes the decision "is entirely political."

NCAR's job is to study both climate and weather, and Busalacchi says the two cannot be understood separately. "Our job is to state what the science is, and it's for others to interpret what the significance of that science is," he says. "We're very careful not to cross over that line to advocacy or policy prescription."...

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Russ Vought was a big part of the brain trust behind 'Project 2025,' in which the war on science was laid out unapologetically. One of the more despicable dirtbags in the current administration.