Scientists aren't allowed to do things that are key to science:
tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.
— Alex Wild (@alexwild.bsky.social) May 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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This is why, last year, I wrote Cthulhu Is My Alma Mater: The president thinks we’re undead (7 min read), Aug 4, 2025. The Trump regime said to Brown University, essentially, give up certain kinds of diversity we don't like, and we'll let you continue to have federal funding. The university administration, claiming it had no choice, said OK. Yet the Trump regime continues to yank federal funding from everything, everyone, everywhere.
At the time, Brown said: Since, as we've promised the Trump regime, our university health services will no longer provide gender-affirming care to anyone under 18, we'll just refer 17-year-olds to providers at nearby hospitals.
Welp, any kid who went to RI Hospital just had their name given to a judge who is essentially working for the Trump regime:
DOJ Files In Texas To Force RI Hospital To Hand Over Trans Patient Lists In Judge Shopping Move 1,800 Miles Away: The only basis for the lawsuit being filed in Texas is "the investigation is held there." Erin Reed, May 1, 2026
Brown University could have chosen to protect those kids' names. Instead, Brown referred them out to a hospital that then turned over their names to a Texas judge, simply because they are trans kids and the Project 2025 folks want to know who they are.
The Trump regime's goal was always to defund science and make lists of trans people.
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