Fascism doesn't want education or truth. It just wants loyalists who follow the fascist doctrine
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2026
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How much longer until he fires congress?
So that's what the shooting was a distraction from
Conspiracy theorists are the worst.
Honest question: does he have the authority to do this? Not that it changes anything in the immediate term, just wondering if this is yet another move that will eventually be undone by the courts.
That's an interesting question.
I'm not familiar with it, but it sounds like it advises Congress as well as the President.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Board
The National Science Board (NSB) of the United States establishes the policies of the National Science Foundation (NSF) within the framework of applicable national policies set forth by the president and Congress. The NSB also serves as an independent policy advisory body to the president and Congress on science and engineering research and education issues.
As an independent federal agency, NSF does not fall within a cabinet department. Rather, NSF's activities are guided by the National Science Board. The Board was established by Congress to serve as a national science policy body and to oversee and guide NSF's activities. It has dual responsibilities to: a) provide independent national science policy advice to the president and the Congress; and b) establish policies for NSF.
While most of the government is under the Executive Branch, there are some institutions that are in the Legislative Branch, like the Congressional Research Service:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a nonpartisan public policy research institute under the Library of Congress of the United States Congress. CRS works primarily and directly for members of Congress and their committees and staff on a confidential, nonpartisan basis. CRS is sometimes known as Congress's think tank due to its broad mandate of providing research and analysis on all matters relevant to national policymaking.[3]
CRS is one of three major legislative agencies that support Congress, along with the Congressional Budget Office (which provides Congress with budget-related information, reports on fiscal, budgetary, and programmatic issues, and analyses of budget policy options, costs, and effects) and the Government Accountability Office (which assists Congress in reviewing and monitoring the activities of government by conducting independent audits, investigations, and evaluations of federal programs). Collectively, the three agencies employ more than 4,000 people.[4]
I'm pretty sure that Trump doesn't have authority over the CRS.
I suppose that there will probably be some lawyers opining on it, though given that it's seven people, they may not bother challenging it.
He didn't have the authority to do half the stuff he has. Why should this be any different?
Oh, I'm aware. Just wondering which one this is. (I'm betting he doesn't.)
A lot of the stuff he does is successfully challenged in court, that's why.
The USA is killing itself and everyone is just shrugging.
72% of Republicans think the US is going in the right direction. They are not just shrugging, they are applauding.
It is pretty clear at this point that almost nothing Trump could do would lose their support. How can the US ever work if Republican voters are so utterly detached from reality? It is likely a symptom of corrupt media.
"... Will the president fill the NSB with MAGA loyalists who won’t stand up to him as he hands over our leadership in science to our adversaries? A real bozo the clown move."
Laying it on the line for Pedophile President Drink Bleach.
Will the president fill the NSB with MAGA loyalists
Does a bear poop in the woods?
I hate Trump as much as most people, but Zoe Lofgren is quite literally one of the most corrupt of the congressional class. She has been in office for decades and enriches herself through silicon valley tech donations...
Nice whataboutism.