[bhadass]

its very transparent what they're doing

they're almost certainly going to replace all the board memebers with political loyalists. the board members served six year terms specifically so they'd span multiple administrations and stay independent.

firing them all at once lets you stack the entire board with people. it's not about making science better, it's about removing the people who'd say no.

[AnimalMuppet]

That works... for the duration of this administration. Given the precedent, though, there's no reason for the next president not to fire all the new ones and replace them again.

[jjk166]

The current administration does not appear to care at all about what the next administration will do, which should terrify us. It's like a kidnapper who doesn't seem concerned with you seeing their face.