Federal Grant Cuts and Genesis Mission Grants Target American Science
July 27, 2026
The Trump administration is weaponizing federal science funding by canceling grants for political retaliation while funneling billions into the AI-driven Genesis Mission overseen by non-scientists like Michael Kratsios. In response to this tech-broified capture of research institutions, more than 100 former NASA astronauts have launched a voting campaign to restore democratic guardrails against executive overreach.
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Administration Admits It’s Canceling Federal Grants For Purely Political Reasons
We all know this administration is more than willing to reward “red” states and punish “blue” states. There will always be an administration official on hand to claim the incredibly transparent vindictiveness of this administration is actually just regular government business devoid of animus. No on…
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- AI governance
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How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery
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- OSINT methodology
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The tech-broification of American science has officially begun
Trump’s science adviser Michael Kratsios has no science background. | Image: Getty / The Verge The Trump administration unveiled the first "Genesis Mission" grants on Thursday, directing $5 billion toward hundreds of AI-driven science projects in an effort the White House has described as "comparabl…
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‘Our country is the mission’: more than 100 ex-Nasa astronauts launch new voting campaign
Astronauts for America liken effort to instill trust and faith back in constitution’s principles and democratic institutions to ‘making a course correction’ Orbiting 250 miles above the US in the international space station, astronaut Cady Coleman did not look down and see red or blue states, sanctu…