How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine (Gift Article)

A Trump policy strategist said: “Funds taken away from one university could eventually make their way to other schools whose behavior and ideology the White House approved of”. This article is an incredibly accurate summary of what Trump is doing to US science, and utterly infuriating.

How the Trump regime is destroying America.

The lead story on NYTimes this morning. Comprehensive coverage of “How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine”. Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c... Gift article.

Just appalling, and part of a pattern of the Trump administration purposely weakening or destroying pillars of strength for the country and the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Big overview in the NYT on the seismic changes the Trump administration has wrought on the US research enterprise. None of it is new if you’ve been reading Nature, Science, STAT and other outlets that cover this, but it’s a good one-stop overview: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c... 🧪

No question about this; the real question is how can it recover and, if so, how long will that take? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

I’m a pretty upbeat person by nature but I don’t know if I can read this without falling into a pit of despair. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Say goodbye to being #1 in the world in biomedical research and science in general. The damage already done by this administration in <2 yrs is already such that, no matter what happens in 2028, within five years China and the EU (at minimum)will be eating our lunch. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

I would say this an incredibly important article on the systematic destruction of our scientific capacity for no apparent reason than our government profoundly misunderstands how science works, but literally folks like @propublica.org and @statnews.com were first, www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c....

I didn't necessarily learn anything new in this article, but it was good to see it written up in a fairly comprehensive way. It is very important to keep reporting about the destruction of the American scientific enterprise by the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

An absolutely essential, infuriating piece. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

NYT article on damage to science across the federal government. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Good morning team. This is an important article. I'll leave further comment until I'm more fully awake, but this is one of the big problems we're going to have to fix.

"By the time the full consequences of the administration’s actions become apparent, experts warn, it could be too late to fix" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

DOGE fired scientists & refilling critical positions is proving difficult due to Trump’s demand that new hires be screened for their loyalty to his goals. A report issued by the Pentagon, pointed to “potentially grave consequences for the future of national defense.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

If the goal of the a Republican regime were to destroy the United States, would they be doing anything differently? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

“Even NASA, which shrank less than other science agencies, lost 20 percent of its employees with Ph.D.s.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Great work out from a powerhouse team at @nytimes.com! If you want to take a(me even) deep(er) dive, we’ve got you! www.standupforscience.foundation/how-we-got-h... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

A seven-byline banger. We will be suffering the consequences of this for the rest of our lives.

#GiftLink: I personally know scholars and doctoral students now working abroad because the support for science in the US has been too flaky. And other countries are aggressively going after our brightest. There will be consequences. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

“The impact of Chinese research papers, as measured by citations from other scientists, has caught up with the U.S. […] By the time the full consequences of the administration’s actions become apparent, experts warn, it could be too late to fix.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

All of the Trump administration spokesbots are fiddling away.

“You can’t run a research operation when you have to constantly pivot,” said Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, vice chancellor for research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison… “The current state of affairs is that it’s really very hard to plan long term… and research is a long-term kind of enterprise”

For 80 years, science has been at the heart of American prosperity, power, and success. Trump is working overtime to wreck that success. If not quickly reversed, it’ll lead to irreparable harm I’ve led on scientific research funding in California, and I’ll fight for science as a member of Congress

Some of my colleagues think this will just “blow over”. All I can say is VOTE next week! 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine. Universities and agencies are being attacked as ‘woke,’ by Christopher Flavelle www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c... via @nytimes.com

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Making America dumber again. First in a series of NYT articles about how the Trump regime’s policies and ideology control are dismantling America’s scientific research machine. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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🧪⚛️. It’s good to see a major outlet like the NYT putting out a long form piece like this. I don’t agree with everything in it, and they present some administration assertions with very little pushback, but at least it gets eyeballs on the issue. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Very good piece in @nytimes.com on how the Trump Admin is dismantling scientific research in U.S. Three pillars to this are: -Mass job cuts & grant cancellations -Pressure on research universities -Efforts to politically control research Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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A choice to make the US less competitive www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

The actions of Traitor #Trump are eroding the scientific edge of #America as global rivals challenge the US in fields that will define the 21st century, according to scientists, university leaders, government officials and a review of documents and budgets. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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The NY Times reporting on what we’ve been talking, writing, and protesting about since the Trump administration began. There is an attack on science that threatens our country and democracy. Thanks to @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.net for their work. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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Honestly, Russ Vought and the other zealots who are destroying the greatness of American science for pure ideological reasons deserve to be publicly flogged for the damage they are doing to our future. No amnesty for these monsters. Make an example of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

2 things: yes, the erasure of research & expertise is troubling. Idea oblivion poses 1st Amendment re: to access to ideas/info. But also: I hate this NYT imperialist framing that centers the essentiality of our global prowess as reason to value safeguarding thought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Our scientific infrastructure is one the ropes Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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"Scientists across the country are still receiving grants; universities are still being funded. But beneath the surface, the system of federally funded science that helped make the United States a global superpower is under intense strain from Trump policies..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine

Dismantling America's research machine, the engine of its superpower status, sure is a peculiar way to "Make America Great Again."

Damning report of ideological sabotage of American science www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Seven bylines on this lengthy report. Why? Because the insane attack on U.S. Sci-Tech higher ed institutions by Idiot, Corrupt 47 has deep and far-ranging implications for the future of America’s socioeconomic and environmental prospects. It is DIRE. 🥺🔬🧬🧪🔭 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

"beneath the surface, the system of federally funded science that helped make the United States a global superpower is under intense strain from Trump policies, jeopardizing the nation’s advantages in defense, medicine and technology" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine (gift article). I know you know, but maybe some folks who aren't scientists need to read this 👇. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Can confirm. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

when we need science the most www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under attack. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

So, this is making America great? Brilliant scientists forced to leave our country? Every day he is here, he inflicts untold damage on the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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in addition to not predicting that Trump would start an endless war in the middle east, I also did not predict that Trump would gut the NIH … I thought everybody likes medical research …  www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

I am often disappointed by the @nytimes.com, but some of its long form articles remain very good. Here is one.

Living this everyday is a nightmare impossible to wake from. Trying to stay optimistic for students knowing that I may have to close my lab this summer is getting increasingly difficult. Will we ever recover? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

As a scientist living in Canada, I used to look across the border with envious eyes at the support for science in the US. How do so many Americans embrace policies that are destroying a system that has produced so many great discoveries and so much knowledge? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

A big NYT article describing the ongoing destruction of American science. Most of us already see this first hand, but good for the NYT for covering it: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

By the time the full consequences of the administration’s actions become apparent, experts warn, it could be too late to fix. That’s because basic research funded by federal grants often takes decades to mature into the technology, medical treatments and consumer products that change American life.

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This is the first in a series of articles examining how the Trump administration has upended the pursuit of science. By Christopher Flavelle, Irena Hwang, Adam Sella, Alan Blinder, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Benjamin Mueller and Michael C. Bender in @nytimes.com

If not obvious, brain drain is not a good thing for America’s future… 😔 #FDT #AbolishICE #VoteBlueNoMatterWho How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine. The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

The top 3 reasons I’ll vote blue on election day: • To vote *out* officials who enforce & magnify prejudice • To vote *in* officials who will repair the abysmal economy & apply justice for all people • To vote *out* officials who have been working to destroy science www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

This is the personal topic that makes me the angriest. Here’s free access to an article about how Trump, DOGE and Vought have devastated our scientific research, China’s gains, and how it may be permanent. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Sweeping job cuts and grant cancellations, pressure on research universities, and political control over funds allocated by Congress are dismantling the greatest research enterprise in the world. Once it is weakened it will take decades to rebuild. Meanwhile, science in China surges ahead.

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Thank goodness the repubs have made America so great again. A leader of science. Not. They are destroying our advantages, as they “lead” us back into the Dark Ages, www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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This. Beyond unconscionable. Trump seeks to spread his darkness so that he can kill our democracy.

Gift article. Replacing the NYT display image for this report (of a flag reflected in an office building window) with a more telling photo of Trump's wrecking crew. Click on the link to be taken to "How Trump is Dismantling America's Scientific Research Machine" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Trump is dismantling America’s scientific research machine. His attacks on universities, cuts to government agencies & fights against “woke” have eroded the system that supports scientific research, setting back the US & our future. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

"Science under siege." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. There are more reasons to try and stop trump, and his thieving republican enablers, than you can count! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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“By the time the full consequences of the administration’s actions become apparent, experts warn, it could be too late to fix...basic research funded by federal grants often takes decades to mature into the technology, medical treatments and consumer products that change American life.”

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Comment Trump est en train de démanteler la recherche scientifique aux USA. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

This is catastrophic and will undercut American ingenuity and economic growth www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c... How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine

Not making America great... again. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

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Free NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c... The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain. Science & knowledge is our strength. #tRump is destroying us. PLEASE everyone - #VOTE to stop them

A thoroughly depressing article: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

For my entire 25+ yr. career, advice I got from NSF program officers was to write in my proposals about steps I’d take to meaningfully involve underrepresented people in my science: as participants and on my research team. Had no idea this would become a litmus test to terminate my grants.

The scientists in your lives are nonplussed by this article because we’ve been living this hell for 2 years. Don’t read our apathy for acceptance this Thanksgiving. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/c...

Gift link provided. This admin continues to tear down science. This includes #ADRD research by Dr. Ann Cohen. #dementiasky #sciencesky #geronsky #NIH

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