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SamuelTheThird

(586 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 04:49 PM Dec 17

Vought says National Center for Atmospheric Research will be dismantled

The National Science Foundation will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced Tuesday night, the latest salvo in the Trump administration’s push to gut federally funded climate research.

“This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country,” Vought wrote in a post on X.

Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and in operation since 1960, NCAR has long provided universities and academics with state-of-the-art resources to perform advanced earth system research.


Its loss, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said in a statement Tuesday, would mean “science is being attacked.”

“NCAR delivers data around severe weather events like fires and floods that help our country save lives and property, and prevent devastation for families,” he said. “If these cuts move forward we will lose our competitive advantage against foreign powers and adversaries in the pursuit of scientific discovery.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/national-center-for-atmospheric-research-ncar-dismantled-00694685


lunatics

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Vought says National Center for Atmospheric Research will be dismantled (Original Post) SamuelTheThird Dec 17 OP
They are literally destroying our institutions Nictuku Dec 17 #1
You just saw during DOGE that they won't be stopped. maxsolomon Dec 17 #6
Sooner or later, they will destroy something that everyone cares about... LakeVermilion Dec 17 #2
These dumb f*cks will get us all killed, one way or the other. NotHardly Dec 17 #3
Really? surfered Dec 17 #4
ignorance is bliss.... markie Dec 17 #5

Nictuku

(4,549 posts)
1. They are literally destroying our institutions
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 04:50 PM
Dec 17

Somehow they must be stopped. Midterms is too far away in the future. The damage they do every fucking day is heart wrenching.

maxsolomon

(38,152 posts)
6. You just saw during DOGE that they won't be stopped.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 06:20 PM
Dec 17

They're burning it to the ground and making it impossible to recover what's being destroyed.

If you just destroy the science confirming it, Anthropogenic Climate Change won't happen.

LakeVermilion

(1,486 posts)
2. Sooner or later, they will destroy something that everyone cares about...
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 05:02 PM
Dec 17

I have to believe that they will eventually go too far for MAGAts.

MAGAts are their cover; the MAGAts really have no agenda, they just go along. Eventually there will be trouble.

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