The attempted deliberate undermining of "science" -- often driven by political objectives -- continues to accelerate. Then again, these are two very different things: Science vs. Political Science, both of which have been around for a long time. The political goal is, as with so many other terms (e.g., "immigrant"/"illegal alien"; "gender"/"sex" to mention but two), to conflate the terms and sow confusion, confusion being a necessary element to achieve a much larger political objective: replace our Republic with a totalitarian government). It all fits if you think about it.
I agree with you that there is too much politics in science, but it wasn’t politics that made string theory implode.