“This is the latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm science and American innovation.” US President Donald Trump on Friday quietly fired every member of the independent board that governs the National Science Foundation, a move seen as an escalation of the administration’s destructive war on science. Members of the National Science Board (NSB) were […]
“We who are prudent would like to know what mistakes were made that thrust us into this nightmare we are living.” The Democratic National Committee is still refusing to release its internal “autopsy” report about Democrats’ defeat in the 2024 election, but at least one progressive advocacy group isn’t letting party leaders off the hook. RootsAction has […]
“You can’t just redefine how you calculate percentages,” said one mathematician in response to Kennedy’s claims. US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday tried to defend President Donald Trump’s mathematically absurd claims about prescription drug prices by saying the president has his own unique method of calculating percentages. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing, […]
Annual influenza vaccines are no longer mandatory, said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a video posted today on social media. “The notion that a flu vaccine must be mandatory for every service member, everywhere, in every circumstance, at all times, is just overly broad and not rational,” the secretary said. “Our new policy […]