While people at the gas pump and grocery store are rightly concerned about Trump’s war of choice on Iran that, if it were to end today, would leave the United States and the world less safe, his other war of choice, on science and history, is also weakening this nation and strengthening rivals like China.
Over the last week, Trump and his scientifically illiterate and denying staff fired all the members of the National Science Board.
According to reporting from the Associated Press, “the fired scientists hail from academia and industry and specialize in areas including astronomy, math, chemistry, and aerospace engineering.”
The board was in the process of finalizing a report on the state of United States Science.
Guess Mr. Trump and his science denying cronies did not want to see that published.
Reacting to this mass firing, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly posted:
“Science is how we’ve cured diseases and how we just sent four humans around the Moon. It’s a big reason why we’re the greatest country on Earth, but firing the National Science Board shows just how much Trump doesn’t understand that.”
In another move, the Stable Genius and his climate-denying loyalists at the Interior Department have concluded a deal to pay energy companies about a billion dollars to stop building wind farm installations off the New York and North Carolina coasts.
The lease for the wind farms had been finalized during the Biden/Harris Administration.
Think about this. Mr. Trump is sending working and middle-class taxpayers’ money to energy companies to turn the clock back on clean power sustainability.
This is the same person who wants the American taxpayer to foot the bill for his illegal White House ballroom, all for the glory of his inflated ego.
In this case, the only people who will get the glory of this move are the Chinese, who are intensifying their clean energy programs.
House Democrats on the Natural Resources Committee reacted strongly against the move, posting:
Equally disturbing is the recent report from the New York Times that shows that “about 1500 biologists, chemists, and other experts at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development have been laid off, reassigned, or pressured to retire.”
Now only 124 remain and their future is in doubt.
No job security for government scientists in the Trump Dumb Up Regime.
Even in this time, when Trump’s wars against Iran and Science turn the clock back on American security and progress, some positive trends have emerged to counter their misguided efforts.
First, thanks to the rising prices at the gas pump, due to Mr. Trump’s war against Iran, there has been a resurgence in the demand for purchasing electric vehicles.
Second, while Mr. Trump and his climate science-denying apostates are doing their best to stop, despite local Republican opposition in some cases, the Biden/Harris era clean energy and sustainability projects, American Mayors are picking up the slack.
For example, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, in a press release from Climate Mayors, highlighted the efforts of her city to provide solar power to low income residents, writing:
“Here in Tucson, we are taking action. Under my leadership, our council allocated $900,000 to support the installation of solar systems in low-income homes through our Solar Empowerment Program. This investment is about more than clean energy. It is about lowering monthly utility bills for families who need it most and ensuring that the benefits of the energy transition are shared equitably. At the same time, this funding strengthens our local economy. Our nonprofit partners are on the frontlines, working directly with families, guiding them through the process, and installing these systems. As federal funding becomes more limited, these local investments are increasingly critical to sustaining their work and maintaining trusted community relationships. We know that energy policy is economic policy. By expanding access to affordable, clean energy, we are not only reducing costs for residents today, we are building a more resilient, equitable, and locally driven energy future for Tucson.”
America’s leaders and people must fight back against Mr. Trump’s ill advised war on science.
The people will benefit, and the country will move forward and prosper as a result.
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