Instant justice for foul-mouthed anti-Trump editor of America’s oldest magazine – as it releases shock update

The anti-Trump editor of America’s oldest magazine has lost her job after posting a series of foul-mouthed attacks on the newly elected president.

DailyMail.com can reveal that Laura Helmuth has ‘moved on’ at Scientific American after describing Trump fans as fascists, racists and sexists in a wild late-night rant as it became clear he had won the election.

There had been a growing public campaign demanding that she be fired over the inflammatory comments.

A spokesperson for the magazine said Thursday: “Laura Helmuth has decided to resign from her position as editor-in-chief of Scientific American.

‘We wish her the best for the future. As we enter our 180th year, we will be looking for our next editor-in-chief.”

The announcement comes two days later Newly unearthed messages from February revealed a pattern of vile comments directed at Trump’s allies — including J.D. Vance and Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Helmuth, the editor of Scientific American, which has been published continuously since 1845, described anti-vaxxers as “damned ghosts” in February, and complained days later that he had somehow been subscribed to Kennedy Jr.’s mailing list.

“He can’t possibly be barking up the wrong tree,” she wrote.

Newly unearthed social media posts from February 2024 reveal a pattern of nasty comments directed at Trump’s allies – including Vice President JD Vance and Robert F Kennedy Jr.

“The messages are all sickening and shameless, but today’s message is about how the rules for getting on the ballot in Kansas are persecuting him. The subject line is ”bloody Kansas”. “This damn guy,” she added. At the time, Kennedy Jr. was still running for president.

He subsequently dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, and Trump later revealed that Kennedy Jr. would play a “special role” in his government, focusing on healthcare and women’s health.

in July, Helmuth endorsed Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race.

She set her sights on JD Vance after he was announced as Trump’s running mate, writing, “As a stepparent, stepchild, half-sister and half-aunt, I simply cannot WAIT for whoever Kamala Harris’ VP pick is.

“Kick the bigoted, misogynistic, white supremacist carcass of JD Vance to the goddamn moon.”

Helmuth served as editor-in-chief of the publication for four years and eight months. Previously, she was health and science editor at the Washington Post.

Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris for president in September, asking readers to vote Democrat “in support of science, health and the environment.”

The once-prestigious magazine made its first presidential endorsement of Joe Biden in 2020, prompting accusations against Helmuth and her staff of pursuing a social justice agenda.

When it became clear on election night that Trump would return to the White House and there was no path to victory for Harris, Helmuth once again expressed her frustrations online.

He subsequently dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, and Trump later revealed that Kennedy Jr. would play a “special role” in his government, focusing on healthcare and women’s health.

When it became clear on election night that Trump would return to the White House and there was no path to victory for Harris, Helmuth once again expressed her frustrations online.

“I apologize to the younger voters that my Gen X is so full of damn fascists,” Helmuth wrote on the social media site Bluesky.

She continued: “Solidarity for everyone whose meanest, stupidest and most intolerant high school classmates are celebrating their first results because they have to go to the moon and back.”

Helmuth then went after her own home state: “Every four years I remember why I left Indiana (where I grew up) and why I respect the people who stayed and tried to make it less racist and sexist.

“The moral arc of the universe will not bend itself.”

The next day, Helmuth suggested her staff was as distraught as she was, writing: “Any advice on what workplaces can do to help people devastated by the election? Thank you very much.’

Trump was elected the 47th president on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of a felony and survived two assassination attempts.

She set her sights on JD Vance after he was announced as Trump’s running mate, writing, “As a stepparent, stepchild, half-sister and half-aunt, I simply cannot WAIT for whoever Kamala Harris’ VP pick is.

Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, railed against Trump supporters in now-deleted social media posts, calling them fascists, racists and sexists

Helmuth apologizes profusely for her ‘offensive and inappropriate messages’

Helmuth’s comments sparked immediate backlash, and she later walked back her statements, claiming she was “shocked and confused” when she made them.

“I posted a series of offensive and inappropriate messages on my personal Bluesky account on election night, and I am sorry. I respect and appreciate people across the political spectrum,” Helmuth began.

“These posts, which I have deleted, do not reflect my beliefs; they were a false expression of shock and confusion over the election results. These posts obviously do not reflect the position of Scientific American or my colleagues. I attach great importance to civil communication and editorial objectivity.’

In recent years, loyal readers have complained that the publication has become obsessed with race and transgender issues.

In May 2023, Scientific American was accused of publishing a piece claiming that claiming there are only two genders is “bad science.”

Scientific American also published a recent story accusing Donald Trump of pushing “eugenics.”

Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris for president in September, asking readers to vote for the Democrat ‘in support of science, health and the environment’