Remember this, when you hear: "Some mysterious and shadowy cabal of ideologues in higher-education are using unspecified means to brainwash a generation scientists into not liking the Republican party!"

No, the party has been earning that bad reputation. To use The Emperor's New Math, it's fallen by "600%" or more.

P.S.: Even if you honestly want the US federal government to just not-have science funding or fund different kinds of work... this is the stupid/wasteful/corrupt way to do it.