Trump ousts National Science Board members

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Washington Post

Trump ousts National Science Board members

Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated.

Updated
April 25, 2026 at 2:51 p.m. EDT today at 2:51 p.m. EDT


Members of the National Science Board, which advises Congress and the president and sets policies for the U.S. National Science Foundation, were dismissed recently. (U.S. National Science Foundation/AP)

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Donald Trump.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/25/national-science-board-members-dismissed/

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/carolyn-johnson/

Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2026/04/trump-fires-members-of-national-science-board/

[2naSalit]

1. Well...

There goes the neighborhood.

Next he'll be targeting people who have college degrees, then it will be all the school teachers, then it will be anyone who can read or wears glasses... and on and on until we are all serfs.

[Irish_Dem]

2. When will literacy be made illegal?

[2naSalit]

7. Not long!

[joshdawg]

9. Well, according to trump

literacy will be banned in two weeks.
An E.O. is forthcoming.
An amoeba has an I.Q. higher than trump.

[Ocelot II]

4. Are they trying to re-create Cambodia's Khmer Rouge?

The Khmer Rouge ruled a totalitarian state in which citizens had essentially no rights – they abolished civil and political rights, private property, money, religious practices, minority languages, and foreign clothing. Citizens could be detained for the slightest offenses, and the government set up vast prisons where people were held, tortured, and executed. . . .

The Khmer Rouge based their policies on the idea that citizens of Cambodia had become corrupted by outside influences, especially Vietnam and the capitalist West. The Khmer Rouge referred to people who supported their vision as “pure people,” and persecuted anyone they deemed “impure.” Within days of taking power, the regime killed thousands of military personnel and forcibly moved millions of people out of cities, killing anyone who refused or was too slow. They forced citizens into what they called reeducation schools, which were essentially places of state propaganda. The regime forced families to live communally with other people, in order to destroy the family structure. The Khmer Rouge targeted ethnic minorities, especially Chinese, Vietnamese, and Muslim Cham, of whom an estimated 80% were killed. In addition, anyone who was believed to be an intellectual was killed: doctors, lawyers, teachers, even people who wore glasses or knew a foreign language became targets.

https://sfi.usc.edu/collections/cambodian-genocide

[2naSalit]

8. At some point...

I can imagine that they will go the way of pol pot.

[yankee87]

16. Scary Times

I know it's satire, but could happen.

[IronLionZion]

23. Many of the things they threaten about socialism, we get with MAGA.

Like armed masked goons shooting American citizens dead on the street.

[magicarpet]

3. This is Team trDUMP,... we don't do no scientisty stuff here. Just go away.

[Goonch]

5. ;-{)........

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Zoe Lofgren: "A real Bozo the Clown move"

“This is the latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm science and American innovation,” said Ranking Member Lofgren. “The NSB is apolitical. It advises the president on the future of NSF. It unfortunately is no surprise a president who has attacked NSF from day one would seek to destroy the board that helps guide the Foundation. Will the president fill the NSB with MAGA loyalists who won't stand up to him as he hands over our leadership in science to our adversaries? A real bozo the clown move."

https://democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-lofgren-reacts-to-latest-trump-scheme-to-undermine-science

[GiqueCee]

10. The day is coming...

... when we'll terminate Fatty McPsychopants from his position. And that day can't come soon enough.

[red dog 1]

11. Raw Story article:

https://rawstory.com/trump-science/2676814792/

[NJCher]

18. paywall

couldn't read.

[usonian]

19. Dear NJCHer, bookmark these sites.

1. https://bypasspaywallreader.com/
Bypass Paywall Reader works by finding freely available archived versions of articles — no login, no payment, no subscription required.

1a. Sometimes, https://www.removepaywall.com/

2. A group of sites, basically the same.
The usually reliable archive.today, archive.ph, archive.is, archive.md and so on.
Included in the above.

[NJCher]

21. thank you!

going to give that a try.

[Fil1957]

12. They want to send us back to the middle ages.

[OGBuzz]

13. McMurdo Station (pictured) might be mankind's last refuge from...

the coming Trump/MAGAt global catastrophe.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Doesn't Congress have *some* say in these appointments ?

If we could find out where it's hiding, would it do anything about this ?

[littlemissmartypants]

15. His ears perked up when he heard $9 billion...

More for him to steal.

[Joinfortmill]

17. Impeach him

[usonian]

20. He gets basically everything he wants, because NOBODY IS STOPPING HIM.

[NJCher]

22. I don't know how this will end up

because there's so much material on whether he can fire from an independent board. For a time, it looked like they (SC) were leaning toward letting him do this but I don't know whether they ruled on that or not. It has to do with Humphrey's Executor. During normal times I could wade through it but right now I'm too tired. If anyone wants to look at the situation, though, here are two links that discuss it.


The Likely Weakened Role of “Independent Agencies” in a Post-Humphrey’s Executor World, by Harvey L. Reiter
Harvey L. ReiterJanuary 17, 2026

and

Defending the Fed: agency independence in three dimensions
By
Richard Re

Jan 27, 2026

[usonian]

24. Eventually he will piss off the WRONG (evil) person.

Hear me and hear me well.

MAGATS are cowards and balloons inflated with their own farts.

Killing a bunch of schoolkids? Yeah, that proves your bravery.

A buck Private in the army has more discipline and self-control.

Proving my point about 100% projection, they talk about "nothing but talk libs"

RIGHT. They talk.

And lose their jobs, livelihood, opportunity, dignity, self-respect, and they pay out the wazoo for gas and food, all because they buy the fairy tale told by the heir to the Trump-Epstein illicit sex, blackmail and money-laundering empire.



MAGATS don't need sex, cuz they are experts at



themselves.

And how do they get even?

THEY BEG FOR MORE PUNISHMENT

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. Science is too woke for the slobfather

Don't need these fancy pants intellectuals getting in the way.

[jfz9580m]

26. Wtf?

Can’t he be stopped?

[state of stupid]

29. YES / NO, the only way to stop him right now is the courts because we do not control

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any branch of the government. We can be an itch in his git along, but if the Repuke cowards in
Congress will not stand up to him, then he gets his way, and we are left to fight it out in court.

I am a believer in the system, so our hope is to delay thru the courts and hopefully get at least one
branch of the government in the midterms. Then and only then can we make a dedicated effort to
bring Dickless Dictator Donnie to a place he does not want to be.


SIDENOTE: The republicans (if you want to call them that, I call them RINO s), they are not afraid of
The Dickless Dictator Donald, they are afraid of his nutjob base!!

[Blue Dotty]

27. Another victory...for Putin

Meanwhile, these "Patriots" bury their heads in the quicksand.

[sakabatou]

30. Ugh...

[Hugin]

31. So, it's not really independent?

[murielm99]

33. TSF's only "leadership" ability is

to say, "You're fired!" And he learned that from playing a leader on television.

[Martin68]

34. Undermining everything that makes this country great.

[Evolve Dammit]

35. Our race to the bottom, being sold as our race to the top. Orwellian. Self-Destructive. Insanity is manifesting. nt