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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 “𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞” 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝟕𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐒 — In February 2026, the Massachusetts House voted 𝟏𝟐𝟖-𝟐𝟕 to repeal a 1982 ban on nuclear power plant construction. Governor Healey supported the repeal. The science was settled. The economics were settled. The climate math was settled. And the 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 lobbied the state Senate to kill it — because ideology always trumps evidence when you’re the “party of science.” This is the same Sierra Club that was 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 — recognizing nuclear energy’s power density and zero-emission benefits during the Cold War — before reversing its position in 1974 when environmentalism became more about politics than physics. In 1976, California Governor 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 teamed up with the Sierra Club to kill proposed nuclear plants. By July 1979, 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 rallied at Diablo Canyon for a “No Nukes” concert with Brown on stage — turning anti-nuclear hysteria into a cultural movement. France generates 𝟔𝟕% 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 — the highest share in the world. The United States: under 20%. After Three Mile Island in 1979 — an accident that 𝐤!𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 — 𝟓𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 between 1980 and 1984. Over 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 were ultimately scrapped. No new reactor was ordered in America from 1979 to 2012 — a 𝟑𝟑-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞. The NRC had averaged 𝟏𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 from 1967 to 1978. After TMI: 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨. An entire generation of clean energy, destroyed by fear — while France built a grid that makes American environmentalists’ carbon goals look like a joke. The Vogtle Plant in Georgia — America’s only new nuclear project in decades — was originally budgeted at $𝟏𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 with a 2016 completion date. It came in at over $𝟑𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, after regulatory delays driven by the same activist infrastructure that now lectures you about carbon emissions. Obama promised a “nuclear renaissance” and delivered 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 — a $535 million taxpayer-funded solar company that went bankrupt. The “party of science” picked winners. 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. — — — This is the party that 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 while the science said children were at minimal risk from COVID. AFT President Randi Weingarten 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐃𝐂 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐲’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 — and used it. FOIA emails revealed the AFT lobbied the CDC on reopening guidance in February 2021, 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 that appeared “𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥” in the final federal guidelines, and demanded schools remain closed based on community transmission levels — even after the CDC was prepared to recommend reopening regardless of local spread. The result: fourth-grade math scores dropped 𝟓 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬. Eighth-grade math dropped 𝟖 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 — the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐀𝐄𝐏 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. Reading scores for 13-year-olds hit their 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏 — the year the test was first administered. Black 13-year-olds saw the steepest drops. Recovery timeline according to researchers: fourth-graders won’t recover 2019 math levels until 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟔. Eighth-graders: 𝟐𝟎𝟓𝟎. 𝐀 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. An Israeli study from Maccabi Healthcare Services found that natural immunity provided 𝟏𝟑 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 against Delta than vaccination alone. The Biden administration denied it and required vaccination regardless of prior infection. Dr. Fauci testified before Congress that the six-foot social distancing rule “𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥” and was “𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢.” He admitted there was 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 comparing 6 feet to 3 feet to 10 feet. That arbitrary rule shut down businesses, restaurants, schools, and churches across the country. Outdoor mask mandates were enforced in cities across America despite 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 — a Chinese epidemiological study found 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝟕,𝟑𝟐𝟒 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬. But question any of it, and you were a “science denier.” — — — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — nominated to the Supreme Court — was asked to define the word “woman.” Her answer: “𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵.” The Biden administration rewrote Title IX in April 2024 to redefine sex-based discrimination to include 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 — overriding decades of biological science. Federal judges blocked it in 𝟐𝟔 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. HHS Assistant Secretary 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 declared gender-affirming care for youth has the “𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵” of the administration and promised it would be “𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥.” The Cass Review in the UK found 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 supporting gender treatments for children. Sweden concluded the 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 and restricted treatment to research settings. Finland made the same call in 2020. Denmark and France followed. American Democrats 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 — while every country that actually reviewed the evidence pulled back. — — — This isn’t new. “Science” has always meant whatever the establishment needed it to mean. In 1967, the Sugar Research Foundation paid Harvard scientists Mark Hegsted and Robert McGandy $𝟔,𝟓𝟎𝟎 — $48,000 today — to publish a review in the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 that 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫. The funding was never disclosed. Hegsted later drafted the 1977 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 — the Senate report that shaped federal nutrition guidelines for decades. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲. The obesity epidemic followed. They banned DDT — the most effective tool against malaria — based on Rachel Carson’s 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. Malaria deaths in Africa hit 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. When South Africa replaced DDT with alternatives, cases surged — then 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐃𝐓 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜. The WHO endorsed DDT for indoor spraying in 2006 — 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞. In 1968, Sierra Club executive director David Brower commissioned Paul Ehrlich’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣 — which predicted “𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴” would starve to death in the 1970s. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠. Global food production vastly outpaced population growth. The world went from 3.5 billion to 8 billion while nutrition 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥. But the book shaped environmental policy for a generation. In the early 20th century, 𝐞𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬. Over 𝟕𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 — California alone sterilized 20,000, roughly a third of the national total. In 𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘷. 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭 (1927), the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that states could sterilize “unfit” citizens. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: “𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.” Supporters included Theodore Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, and the presidents of Stanford and Harvard. It was 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 — endorsed by the most prestigious institutions in America. In 1949, Egas Moniz won the 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 for developing the prefrontal lobotomy. By 1951, nearly 𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 had been performed in the United States. Walter Freeman popularized the “ice-pick” method and performed 𝟑,𝟒𝟑𝟗 himself. The Nobel Committee called it “𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦.” Calls to rescind the prize continue to this day. In 2020, every Democratic presidential candidate supported 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 — Kamala Harris said “𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐’𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨” — despite the fact that the natural gas revolution 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐒 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟎% 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓. Before COVID, the anti-vaccine movement was concentrated in 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 — Marin County, California (82% Biden in 2020) had vaccination rates 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝟔𝟎% in some schools. California personal belief exemptions 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝 between 2000 and 2014 — clustered in “𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.”