Scientists are not going to let this sit.
People who predict and analyze our weather and climate, protect us Endangered speciesbeware Infectious diseasesand even the wildfires of the battle are under attack by President Donald Trump’s administration. They are fighting against layoffs, fundraising freezes and other systematic efforts.
Now these scientists and their supporters are It’s gathered all over the country We will organize measures against Trump’s first filming strategy. Thousands gathered at the Seattle Center on Friday afternoon. Increased national efforts be against Right wing policy and False information It spreads throughout the country.
“We’ve seen a lot of people who have had a lot of trouble with their health,” said Abraham Flaxman, professor of global health at the University of Washington. “We need to save ourselves.”
A deep roster of interdisciplinary scientists has taken the stage, with some recently being fired for widespread cuts across the federal government. They outlined how the Trump administration agreed with their research.
IRA Hyman, a professor at West Washington University, outlined Trump’s disinformation campaign aimed at winning distrust in widely accepted and peer-reviewed science. The president and his allies are spreading lies, he said. He took a short time to reaffirm two widely accepted principles that have been under attack recently. Vaccine work and climate change are caused by humans burning fossil fuels.
Larry also wanted to show up at such a rally, and in large numbers, people across the country, that they could feel that they were not alone, but had the power to be pushed back.
On a Friday afternoon, the crowd felt empowered. For hours, the group repurposed old protest songs, they wanted to hear them in Washington, D.C.
“Hey hey, hoho, we need to refund science!”
“When Day gets attacked, we’ll stand up and fight back!”
They booed loudly about Trump’s efforts to dismantle the scientific community.
Many took action, exchanged signs of protest and phone numbers, and grabbed them from a bundle of postcards addressed to representatives of the Congress. Among them was Lagan Masterson. He drove from Puyal Up, tired of feeling annoyed and helpless for months.
Masterson said she was inspired to speak up more, especially to her representatives, and would be more careful about meetings like this. Scientific research is the foundation of the American economy, and the Trump administration should not be allowed to unilaterally decide which findings are important and which sees the light of day, she said.
Some civil servants were also present. Recently elected Gov. Bob Ferguson took the stage for a few minutes. He expressed his disappointment that he and other politicians had to confirm their support for science.
Ferguson promoted his records as state attorney general when he successfully filed repeated suits for the first Trump administration, and he promised a more legal pushback from Washington in months and years.
Public land commissioner Dave Uptegrove also robbed the microphone and cried out that the evidence, research and truth deserved support, not silence.
Upthegrove said his team still valued the significance of things like damage to federal partners and the risk of widespread drought and wildfires. At the very least, the Trump administration’s disruption spreads uncertainty and creates additional risks across the field. However, the newly elected commissioner said he is trying not to panic, and instead is preparing to make the necessary adjustments to fill the gaps left by the federal government.
