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With so much emphasis on global politics and the World Cup in recent weeks, we’re going to focus on the somewhat quieter but intensely important bureaucratic dismantling of expertise occurring in health and science.
First, Derek looks into a recent 412-page OMB proposal that hands political appointees veto power over federal science grants, effectively killing peer review, blocking research on health disparities, and walling off American scientists from the rest of the w...
Support the pod on Patreon
With so much emphasis on global politics and the World Cup in recent weeks, we’re going to focus on the somewhat quieter but intensely important bureaucratic dismantling of expertise occurring in health and science.
First, Derek looks into a recent 412-page OMB proposal that hands political appointees veto power over federal science grants, effectively killing peer review, blocking research on health disparities, and walling off American scientists from the rest of the world. Matthew counters with Canada’s own corrosive behavior.
Then we dig into the contradiction of MAHA: the pro-health movement running cover for the EPA quietly approving new forever chemical pesticides mere days after the Supreme Court gutted Americans’ ability to sue Monsanto (by way of their parent company, Bayer). Again, there’s a Canadian parallel: Bill C-30 hands cabinet the power to override Health Canada’s own scientists and approve pesticides they’ve already ruled unsafe.
Finally, Julian removes gravity from the situation by covering congressional UAP hearings where unverified whistleblower claims about alien bodies and secret programs get treated with peer-reviewed science seriousness.
Only, as with everything else in Trump’s America, the science is thin and the theater, thick.
Show Notes
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
Carney's government is cutting hundreds of environment and science jobs
Departmental plans fuel concern over federal job, program cuts
Environment Canada disbands radar research team amid cuts to weather services
Weather experts concerned about public safety as Environment Canada disbands radar research team
Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides
Pesticide regulation changes raise questions in Northeastern Ontario
Amendments buried in Bill C-30 weaken environmental protections
Former Haiti prime minister Smarck Michel dies at 75
Omnibus I: the EU concludes CSDDD and CSRD reforms
EU scales back corporate due diligence and reporting rules
Australia: Labor-Greens deal to fast-track mining and military projects
Task Force Tackles MK Ultra
UFO Disclosure Movement Goes To Washington
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