The last employees departed from the science division of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy last week, leaving the division completely unstaffed, according to a Friday report by CBS News.
CBS News reported, citing unnamed sources, that the division was unstaffed as of Friday, but noted the White House may assign the policy subjects previously handled by the division to other staff within the office.
Eleanor Celeste, formerly the office’s assistant director for biomedical and forensic sciences, tweeted a farewell on Friday.
science division out. mic drop. pic.twitter.com/RoYTJqLoXa
— Elle Celeste (@elleabella1112) June 30, 2017
An unnamed White House official familiar with the matter told CBS News that all the work previously handled by the division was “still being done,” but did not specify if or how the policy subjects have been reassigned.
The Republican War On Science continues—and shows no signs of ending.
They can hand off the science policy agenda to Kushner. His wheelhouse contains multitudes.
And so it came to pass.
The Idiocracy Model of governance was adopted by the Trump White House
Brawndo!
It’s got Electrolytes!
Well. This certainly isn’t a shock.
Science is here to stay - all its rules and real world applications aren’t going anywhere.
You can put your head in the sand and pretend it’s fake or doesn’t exist, but it does.
Meanwhile, other countries with more respect for the natural world will study and exploit their knowledge and understanding of the world to our economic detriment.