Source: Ars Technica
Article note: The people in charge of managing the science that all the broligarchs made their fortunes by taking from were going to publish a report that - as anyone paying any attention to the current state of essentially any field of research has already noted - the US is rapidly ceding its scientific leadership to China and Europe, so they're being fired for... doing their job.
Now we see what kind of kleptocratic anti-science swamp monsters the administration tries to install to replace them.
All 22 members of the National Science Board were terminated by the Trump administration via a terse email Friday.
The administration has provided no explanation for purging the board, which helps steer the National Science Foundation and acts as an independent advisory body for the President and Congress on scientific and engineering issues, providing reports throughout the year. The ousters represent another severe blow to the NSF and the overall scientific enterprise in America.
On Friday, members received a two-sentence email saying that, "On behalf of President Donald J. Trump," their positions were "terminated, effective immediately."
