President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday fired all of the members of the National Science Board
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12 days from now:
“Judge rules firing of science board illegal.”
…but has no jurisdiction, so somehow it stands.
The board, which was created in 1950 to be an independent entity to guide the National Science Foundation, is made up of scientists and engineers from universities and industry.
Doesn’t sound very independent when the president can fire them willy-nilly
There has been a brain drain away from the US since his second election. Since the 60s and 70s, the worlds brightest would move to America. Not only are those people leaving, but so are the US brains.
Easy: just learn mandarin. Or french.



