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2026-06-09 13:16 UTC

Update. After the American Diabetes Association (#ADA) physically evicted five members from an ADA event for peacefully handing out print copies of a pro-science, anti-Trump editorial published in the ADA's own flagship journal … https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121657 * two senior leaders resigned in protest -- the new President-Elect and the chair of the Scientific Sessions Planning Committee; * at least two others might have resigned, but these reports are still unconfirmed; * dozens of members walked out of the presidential address, holding signs that said "We stand with science"; and * colleagues launched a "shame on you" open letter against the ADA. https://www.change.org/p/an-open-letter-to-the-american-diabetes-association-shame-on-you (I just signed the open letter and hope you will too.) #Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

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@petersuber@fediscience.org 2026-06-09 17:59

Update. Here's the #ADA side of the controversy. It was just following the law requiring nonprofit orgs to be nonpartisan. https://diabetes.org/newsroom/press-releases/american-diabetes-associations-statement-regarding-nonpartisanship PS: A few points in reply: * Then why did the ADA flagship journal publish the pro-science, Trump-critical editorial in the first place? Is the ADA now saying that was a mistake? Will it try to retract that editorial? * The members distributing copies of the editorial were not acting for the association. Or if that was not clear, what if they'd made clear (as the authors of the editorial made clear) that they were only speaking for themselves, not for the ADA? * Could the ADA preserve its nonpartisanship by disavowing the peaceful leafleteers? Did it think federal law required it to call the police to remove them from the building? * Would the ADA have called the police on peaceful pro-Trump or pro-Battacharya leafleteers? * Would it have called the police on attendees who sat quietly in their seats wearing "We stand with science" buttons? #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

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