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2026-06-06 16:24 UTC

The flagship journal of the American Diabetes Association (#ADA) just published an editorial criticizing the #Trump admin for attempting to "Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States." https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/49/6/901/164764/Misguided-Brushes-of-a-Pen-Continue-to-Dismantle At an ADA conference yesterday, some members tried to pass out copies of the editorial just before #NIH Director #JayBhattacharya was scheduled to speak. They were blocked by security and escorted out of the building by police. The ADA had called in the police. Bhattacharya cancelled his talk. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/well/ada-conference-diabetes-trump.html PS: What's going on at the ADA? The editorial had a disclaimer saying that it only represented the views of the authors, not the association. But the association had the courage to publish it. Then the association blocked its distribution, at its own conference, even calling in the police. Does it support free speech, even in support of science? Or not? And why can police stop peaceful scientists from handing out an editorial, even at an event sponsored by the group publishing the editorial? #Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

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@petersuber@fediscience.org 2026-06-09 13:16

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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