A) I’m not talking about our society in general but our scientific societies: ESA, AGU, AAAS where I would hope science is a priority.
B) the director of NSF is still complying with the EO to freeze funding even though the courts halted it - i.e. PRFBs are not getting paid. This isn’t alarmism

Patriotic names will confuse them (Advancing American Freedom committee). Obtuse names will confuse them more (Chewbacca's student excellence committee). We can sit and do nothing, or we can act. Every small action that slows them down adds up. Think of other ways to make it harder for them.

It is the work that matters, not the name. Make them check every damn committee in existence. Right now, they can Control-F on Diversity and find all our committees. Sow confusion among them while we keep doing the work. If they find your committee, change the name again. The name doesn’t matter.

The name change has worked so far because they are just looking for key words. I suggest we all do the same now. Change your committee to the Advancing American Freedom committee and keep doing the same work. Pick a name that will make it hard for them to find what we are doing.

Let’s take "those" committees as an example. I have served as chair of one for over 5 years now and am involved in many efforts. A few months ago, we changed our name to the Broadening Participation committee because politicians in hostile states were finding links to us and targeting our colleagues

So how is this relevant? They are trying to sow confusion and push things through while we still cling to the old rules. We need to change the way we fight and slow them down until the courts can do their work (assuming they will).

As a veteran, this is something we are taught as the military learned this many times. During the revolutionary war the red coats kept trying to fight by the old rules (line up in formations) while the American used new tactics and won. Similar lessons were learned in Vietnam and Somalia.