Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts

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By SETH BORENSTEIN Updated 4:05 PM CST, March 7, 2025



WASHINGTON (AP) — Giving a new meaning to the phrase mad scientists, angry researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters ventured out of labs, hospitals and offices Friday to fight against what they call a blitz on life-saving science by the Trump administration.

In the nation’s capital, a couple thousand gathered at the Stand Up for Science rally. Organizers said similar rallies were planned in more than 30 U.S. cities.

Politicians, scientists, musicians, doctors and their patients made the case that firings, budget and grant cuts in health, climate, science and other research government agencies in the Trump administration’s first 47 days in office are endangering not just the future but the present.

“This is the most challenging moment I can recall,” University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann told the crowd full of signs belittling the intelligence of President Donald Trump, his cost-cutting aide Elon Musk and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Science is under siege.”


Astronomer Phil Plait told a booing crowd, “We’re looking at the most aggressively anti-science government the United States has ever had.” ..................

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1. #StandUpForScience protest in #WashingtonDC today

#StandUpForScience protest in #WashingtonDC today

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2. Boston

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3. empowering to join concerned Americans, scientists, USAID and NIH workers, Bill Nye, and of course some Beatles music to

empowering to join concerned Americans, scientists, USAID and NIH workers, Bill Nye, and of course some Beatles music to #StandUpForScience 💙🙌

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6. whow. LOTS of people in DC for "stand up for science"..........

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4. @SenatorDurbin I'm Standing Up for Science today in Chicago again........

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I’m Standing Up for Science today in Chicago against the shameful, destructive, and illegal funding cuts by President Trump and Elon Musk. Researchers at National Institutes of Health find breakthrough treatments and cures. They deserve support—not attacks.

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5. Thousands rallied in DC -- and throughout the country -- today to "Stand Up For Science" amid federal funding cuts, layoff

Thousands rallied in DC — and throughout the country — today to “Stand Up For Science” amid federal funding cuts, layoffs, hiring freezes, and what they see as government censorship of scientific research. @chronicle

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7. K&R for science.

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8. Great turnout in Boston, come join us!!! #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScienceBoston

Great turnout in Boston, come join us!!!

#StandUpForScience #StandUpForScienceBoston

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9. Impressive! Wish I could have been there in Washington as I have so many times in the past.

My doctoral dissertation was an analytical study of the nursing shortage during the Raygun era, and although it’s gotten progressively worse ever since, what tfg and his cohorts are doing to research and healthcare is unspeakable — and unbelievably scary.

Thanks to everyone for participating and for sharing the images and videos.

[Martin68]

10. I marched in the March for Science during Trump's first administration.

I applaud those who are there now.