The science and research fields are alarmed by President Donald Trump's anti-science policies.  The White House would argue that it is pushing for  gold-standard science . What is that? The administration released their  MAHA Report , injecting politics into science. And in a “Gold Standard Science” executive order last week, President Donald Trump outlined a new level of oversight over what counts as quality evidence and what does not, putting “a senior appointee designated by the agency head” in charge of overseeing “alleged violations.” Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said in a briefing that the goal of the executive order is to “rebuild the American people’s confidence in the national science enterprise … the status quo of our research enterprise has brought diminishing returns, wasted resources and public distrust.” A petition led by the advocacy group Stand Up for Science with more than 5,000 signatories says th...

About that  Ukraine-Russia War , and the meeting in Saudi Arabia about a ceasefire: Ukraine welcomes this proposal. We see it as a positive step, and we are ready to take it," Zelenskyy said. "The United States must now persuade Russia to do the same. If Russia agrees, silence will take effect immediately." So what's happening in the  Gaza Strip  these days? Israel has for 11 days now blockaded the region with no food, fuel or medicine allowed to cross into the territory. Deadly Israeli attacks continue. There is a new round of negotiations in Qatar. Latest info has 61,700 dead Palestinians. What about Trump's plans to convert the Strip into a tourist resort?  No one in the Middle East likes it. Six days ago on March 4, only a few days after the end of the first phase ceasefire, a  Palestine Summit  was held. Involved Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, rejecting Trump's plan, but demanded an end to all forms of violence and a r...

Will Nikki Haley hang in there until Super Tuesday on March 5?    She is behind Trump 58% to 32%   in her home state of South Carolina on February 24. Even before that,   Trump will get all the electoral votes   on February 8 because   Haley will not even be included in the Nevada caucus, which is the only way to get support in that state . The way the Republican primaries/caucuses are designed, Donald Trump will be selected as the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.  Take California, with 169 delegates.   Any candidate that gets more than 50% of the votes gets 100% of the delegates .  This poll as of today has Trump at 69% and Haley at 19%. Here is why the Republicans are weeping.  The latest  Quinnipiac University poll: Biden holds a 6-point lead over Trump, but this narrows to 2 points with the three most logical third party candidates, and much of those court trials are yet to come. Haley leads Biden by ...