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US’ Office of Management And Budget head Russ Vought is trying to push through changes that will allow the Trump administration extensive control over how science is done in this country, leaving it open to graft, mismanagement, and bias. This blog post gives some context on what’s happening, links to an extensive discussion of the changes being proposed, and helps explain how you can help.

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

Of course.

Science can provide benefit for humanity as a whole, and the fascist project cannot allow that - benefit must be reserved for the wealthy and empowered few, so that the rest of humanity is relegated to being nothing more than resources to be exploited.