Cutting off funds and grants to organizations like the National Institutes of Health, major universities like Harvard, the National Weather Service, and clean energy projects.
Publishing fictitious science health reports sanctioned by Anti Vaxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. using fake source material and information from A.I.
Driving our best national and international scientists to consider moving out of the country for fear they will no longer have the resources or frankly freedom to conduct the research in groundbreaking scientific innovation areas.
Denying the science behind settled facts like vaccinations, pollution, and climate change.
This is Trump 2.0’s MAGA war on science, an explosive escalation from Trump 1.0 and the second Bush Administration that, partnered with know nothing extremists in their party, challenged fact based reality because it did not match their political calculations or, in some cases, warped belief systems.
Unfortunately for the nation, this new war on science and knowledge, reminiscent of earlier authoritarian attempts to suppress facts and reality (think Totalitarian Governments in the 1920’s and 30’s) will only make America’s competitors, including China, stronger, while making the United States economically and culturally weaker while costing good paying jobs and jeopardizing the health and safety of the populace.
Kate deGruyter, Senior Director of Communications at Third Way, responding to a request for comment to Blog for Arizona, issued the below statement on Trump’s War on Science and the adverse effects it poses to the country.
“Donald Trump’s presidency is built on broken promises and the mass destruction of America’s greatest achievements—and global leadership.
Voters sent a clear message that they wanted Trump to fulfill his vow to bring down costs for American families. But nobody voted to gut funding for lifesaving cancer research or throw veterans out of their jobs and off their benefits or cut healthcare coverage for working people. A supermajority of voters are very concerned about all of these things.
It will take decades to repair the havoc he has wreaked on America’s leadership in science, energy, and research. In gutting our clean energy incentives alone, household energy bills will spike, the economy will take a $1 trillion hit, and the move will cost us 800,000 jobs over a decade. Working Americans will pay higher costs.
Republicans’ economic chaos and uncertainty is a gift to our adversaries, who would love to capitalize on America’s retreat. The GOP talked a lot about creating more manufacturing jobs, and their agenda and reconciliation bill does that—just not in America. The danger is that our allies will turn to foreign competitors instead of building American-made nuclear reactors and purchasing our technological innovations, developing lucrative, long-term economic and strategic partnerships across the globe that cut out US workers and businesses.
Democrats need to make sure voters know that Trump’s attacks on American innovation in health care, infectious disease research, clean energy technologies and more don’t just risk Americans’ safety and security, they make us weaker on the world stage.”
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly focused a recent post on the cost to the people of the Grand Canyon State if Biden/Harris Era investments in infrastructure and clean energy were eliminated in Mr. Trumps “Big Beautiful” budget and tax bill for billionaires, stating:
“The shift to clean energy has been a big boost for Arizona’s economy, but Trump’s plan could undo all of that — and thousands of Arizonans could lose their jobs because of it. I’m going to keep fighting to stop this bill in the Senate.”
Arizona House Representative Greg Stanton issued a similar post, writing:
“25,000 clean energy jobs in our state are in jeopardy so billionaires can pad their pockets.
Here’s what the GOP tax scam does: guts clean energy investments, drives up your power bill, and brings more pollution to Arizona.”
Three of the Democrats running to succeed the late Raul Grijalva in Arizona House Congressional District Seven also offered their perspective on Trump’s attack on science and knowledge.
Deja Foxx commented:
“Trump’s attacking the very things that make our future possible — clean energy, public health, cutting-edge research. We should be investing in solutions that set up my generation and the next to thrive, not tearing them down to score political points.”
Adelita Grijalva wrote:
“Donald Trump’s ongoing war on common sense, from undermining clean energy initiatives and public health programs to attacking university research efforts and threatening to ban foreign students isn’t just shortsighted; it’s dangerous. These assaults weaken the very pillars that drive American innovation, health, and economic strength. By sidelining science and undercutting our own expertise, we’re handing opportunities to others and hurting our families and children. If Trump continues down this path, our nation risks sabotaging its long-term prosperity and ceding leadership to those who understand the power of knowledge, innovation, and forward-thinking policy.”
Daniel Hernandez offered:
“In college, I worked at a cancer research lab and know firsthand how important public funding is to fighting complicated diseases like cancer. At Planned Parenthood, we also relied on public funding to support patients with their reproductive health care. By attacking science, research, and public health programs, Donald Trump is setting us back and is risking the health of our communities. In Congress, I will do all in my power to fight this.”
As mentioned in previous articles on this subject, when Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany went to war on physics (Hitler and his cronies called the discipline Jewish Science,) scientists fled those nations en masse for Democratic nations like the United States and United Kingdom.
Germany went from being a nation that routinely winning the Nobel Prize in the sciences to zilch.
The United States benefited from the scientific exodus and has largely captured Nobel Prizes in the sciences ever since.
Until perhaps now.
Something to think about when considering Mr. Trump’s prescriptions for making America Great Again.
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Science is math.
Scientists measure something, size, temperature, distance, volume, brightness, whatever, then wait, or heat it up, or add some ingredients, and measure again.
Other scientists then check their math in peer review, then they share it all with everyone so we can also check their math.
MAGA and conservatives hate science, they want to tell you 2 + 2 = whatever Jesus says it does, and Trickle Down economics is going to make us all rich!
Also, Third Way helped create the current Clinton-esque Democrat Party, is one of the root causes of the Dems current problems.
And oh, look, there’s a picture of Nancy “Insider Trading” Pelosi on the About section of their website.
Cool, cool.