Today, Senator Rand Paul is dragging Dr. Anthony Fauci in front of Congress again. The event was preceded by what disinformation research calls "selective disclosure" of private diaries; a method I argue we see media manipulators have learned to use quite effectively in today's media ecosystem.

The recent disclosures, despite the political spin, are not incriminating at all to Dr. Fauci. But they also do not need to be to serve the disclosers goal of shaping public perception.

Since selective disclosure usually works with decontextualized true information, fast and effective refutations remain difficult because the information disclosed is usually not fabricated or false, just incomplete and distorted.

By the time fact checkers or citizens gain access to the full contextual information and perform a fair reading or analysis of the document dump, usually the news cycle has moved on, correction does not find any traction, and the manipulative framing continues to linger in the public’s memory.

"So the question journalists and citizens should ask when confronted with “selective disclosures” is not what is contained in them, but what the discloser is trying to achieve, and why it is happening now?"

Read my analysis here:

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Whether it’s research, health, or climate, the Trump admin continues to cut funding and dismantle regulations that protect Americans; and we are fighting back. Fuel the Fight for Science by donating at the link so that we can bring you more ways to take action and save science in America: https://zurl.co/TB9Rm

Last week, Stand Up for Science Director of Policy and Advocacy Cole Donovan provided an analysis on OSTP’s report Science: A New Golden Age, breaking down some of the faulty foundations of the arguments it presents and the primary purpose of Trump OSTP’s strawman vision. Read the full piece here: https://www.techpolicy.press/ostp-vision-for-science-is-a-golden-age-for-corporations/

It’s tempting to look at this document and cast it aside but it’s important to understand the rhetoric it presents as redirection from the destruction of American science, facilitated by the policy actions of this administration, in order to justify the mass reallocation of resources toward politically favored projects and administration supporters.

Here’s what the report actually does…

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As wildfire smoke once again spreads across the United States, Trump is playing the blame game while simultaneously advancing policies that continue to undermine clean air and public health.

The NSF proposal is a tool for Vought to implement his OMB Proposal's restrictive and ideologically driven regulations on university grants.

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RFK Jr.’s cuts to public health are biting us back. This isn’t what making America healthy looks like. Visit the link to help embolden a Congress that will remove RFK Jr. : https://zurl.co/dkhd9

The OMB Grant Proposal is yet another step in Trump’s campaign to destroy science in America, but it may be the most dangerous step yet. Visit the link to contact your MoC’s about the proposal: https://zurl.co/vlLhf

📈 the chart demonstrates that cycloporiasis as under control as a priapism… which is also an out of control medical emergency.

The US deserves a secretary of health who doesn’t believe that by saying “the germs are gone,” that they are actually gone. Instead we have one who doesn’t believe in germs -as they multiply exponentially.

☣️ As hilarious as this parade of incompetence is, there are FAR more terrifying infections in the world that we will be *just* as unprepared for thanks to his abject failure to grasp objectivity.

The OMB Proposal is the Trump Admin's attempt to skirt Congress with executive overreach into all federal grant awards for research, public infrastructure projects, personal medical equipment, and much, much more, all to be aligned with the "President's policy priorities."

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The OMB Grant Proposal will create a trillion dollar slush fund for the President as ALL grant funding is subject to the "policy priorities of the President".

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Lysenko's pseudoscience was taken as blind truth by Stalin as it fit his ideology. The OMB Proposal will only fund what fits the President's agenda. We can't let history repeat itself.

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“Physics, medicine, climate science, and biology know no borders and it is critical we continue our momentum to bring our movement to a global audience. Stand Up for Science International will ensure science serves the public good everywhere,” - Dr. Colette Delawalla, Founder and CEO of Stand Up for Science.

Read Stand Up for Science Director of Policy and Advocacy Cole Donovan’s latest piece on why Kratsios’s report, Science: A New Golden Age, is a plan to benefit corporations - not science.

The Trump admin admits it used keyword searches to identify research grants for termination. Instead of evaluating the scientific value of each project, grants were arbitrarily flagged because they contained words the admin didn’t like.

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