Epidemiologist. AIDS Activist. Dog lover. New Haven.
Gregg Gonsalves
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Anyone who argues that Democrats should move to the right on their most popular political issue either has no understanding of abortion politics, or is anti-abortion themselves.
In the case of yesterday's NYT op-ed—it appears to be both
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This puts all federal grants and contracts under the thumb of a commissar. It is profoundly anti-democratic and destructive. Political control will be instituted over science and every cent the USG disburses. Speak up now. This is really bad. It cannot stand. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
Of course you could believe that the left is growing more extreme and then the center would drift leftwards, but only if this movement outpaced the rise of the far right in the US. I don't find that credible.
Worth a read. Many have taken note of the growing solidarity in the science community in opposition to the OMB proposed rule. But this must be just the start.
For an example, we can look to @sekahn.bsky.social, Justin Ryder & co who spoke up at ADA and were removed for it.
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Pundits and consultants keep talking about moving to the center. What happens to "the center" if the right moves ever sharply rightwards while the left stays the same? Answer: the center moves right. From the @thirdway.bsky.social, @nytimes.com: moving to the center means moving rightwards.
Get ready now. We lost a lot of time because we didn't think it would get that bad, that quickly.
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The strong collective response of the science community to the proposed OMB rule has demonstrated the broad unity that’s possible when we all work together. We'd do well to apply this same level of activation to the larger assaults on science and democracy. My new post: blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
