Trump Signs Government Scientist Gag Order

NEW REPORTS INDICATE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS ISSUED A GAG ORDER ON
CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT.
THIS GAG ORDER HAS TO DO WITH THE EPA AND THE TYPE OF CLIMATE
NEWS AND DATA THEY WISH TO PUBLISH ONLINE.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS,
" ORDERED THE EPA TO REMOVE ITS CLIMATE CHANGE PAGES."
LET ME TO READ THAT AGAIN: ACCORDING TO REUTERS, A VERY
REPUTABLE NEWS ORGANIZATION, DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF ORDERED THE
EPA TO REMOVE ITS CLIMATE CHANGE PAGES.
SO, ESSENTIALLY TELLING THE EPA TO NOT SHARE TAXPAYER-FUNDED
DATA AND STUDIES WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT
GOES AGAINST HIS OWN AGENDA OF DRILLING FOR MORE AND MORE OIL.
IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT DRILLING FOR MORE AND MORE OIL AND THINK
THAT'S GREAT, ALL RIGHT, INTERESTING, BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT BE TELLING SCIENTISTS
WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT PUBLISH AND SHARE WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
SO, IF YOU WEREN'T AFRAID OF SCIENCE AND DATA OR
INFORMATION, YOU WOULD SAY, PUBLISH AWAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE PUBLIC ñ I BELIEVE, CHANGE ISRAEL.
DO I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE GOD TOLD ME, OR I HAVE A PERSONAL
PROCLIVITY TOWARD SOMETHING?
NO, I BELIEVE IT BECAUSE ALMOST ALL THE SCIENTISTS IN THE
WORLD SAY THAT IT IS, AND THEY HAVE THE DATA TO BACK THAT UP.
IF YOU WERE TO FIND DATA THAT SAID, ACTUALLY NO, CLIMATE
CHANGE ISN'T HAPPENING, I WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT DATA, BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO BE AN IDIOT AND GO AND HAS OPINIONS THAT ARE NOT
BACKED UP BY DATA.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT LAWS.
SO IF CLIMATE CHANGE WASN'T HAPPENING, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE
MAY BE OTHER REASONS AGAINST DRILLING FOR OIL, BUT MAYBE LESS
REASONS, SO THAT WOULD BE ME CHANGE MY OPINION ON THAT.
IF THE FRACKING ISN'T CAUSING EARTHQUAKES, WELL, THEN, YOU
KNOW, IT ISN'T AS BAD.
IF IT DOESN'T RELEASE METHOD, IT ISN'T AS BAD.
YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE OPEN TO FACTS?
BECAUSE WE ARE RATIONAL HUMAN BEINGS, AND WE THINK WE'RE
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DEBATE.
IF YOU THINK YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE DEBATE
YOU ARE LIKE, DON'T SHOW ANYONE ANY FACTS, BECAUSE I KNOW
IF THEY SEE THE FACTS THEY WANTED WITH ME.
RIGHT.
WHEN WE WERE IN GRADE SCHOOL WE HEARD THE CHEESY PHRASE OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, AND MAYBE SOME OF US ROLLED OUR EYES, MAYBE SOME OF
US TOOK IT SERIOUSLY, BUT, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, IS REAL.
THERE IS A REALITY TO THAT, BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE,
INFORMATION AND FACTS ON YOUR SIDE, YOU FIGHT THOSE IN POWER
WHO WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS AND DESTROY YOUR
RESOURCES.
HE DOESN'T WANT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
THEY WANT TO DISMANTLE EDUCATION AND MAKE IT ONLY AVAILABLE
TO THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY RICH AND WEALTHY.
SO THE MASSES WON'T GET THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING EDUCATED,
WHICH I DON'T THINK IS A PRIVILEGE, IT IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, THEY STOP SCIENTISTS FROM PUBLISHING
CRUCIAL DATA THAT EMPOWERS US TO MAKE SMART CHOICES ABOUT
OUR FUTURE.
SO, IT'S BEYOND SCARY.
SO NOW WE ARE CLEAR THOUGH, WE KNOW WHO IS IN FAVOR OF SCIENCE
AND WHO WAS AGAINST IT.
SO, IF YOU ARE A CONSERVATIVE
AND YOU LIKE DONALD TRUMP, YOU ARE IN THE ANTISCIENCE CROWD.
JUST OWN UP TO THAT.
YOU ARE AFRAID OF FACTS, SO YOU ARE PART OF THE PARTY OF
IGNORANCE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE ANY LESS INTELLIGENT, ALTHOUGH
THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE.
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE
LESS INTELLIGENT, IT MIGHT MEAN YOU JUST LIKE TO PAY LESS IN
TAXES, OR YOU HAVE CERTAIN FOREIGN-POLICY ISSUES, I GET IT.
BUT IF YOU SAY, I LIKE THE REPUBLICANS BECAUSE OF
THIS, THEN YOU ARE PROBABLY PART OF THE PARTY OF IGNORANCE.
AND EVEN IF YOU GO FOR THE REPUBLICANS AND YOU DON'T LIKE
THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS, WELL, YOU OWN IT, THIS IS WHAT
YOU GET WHEN YOU VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS: THEY BLOCK
SCIENCE AND THEY ARE THE PARTY THAT WANTS TO KEEP YOU IGNORANT.
THAT'S YOU.
ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK IS WORTH MENTIONING IS THAT TRUMP'S
ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED TO FREEZE FUNDS RELATED TO THE
EPA OR ANY NEW RESEARCH OR PRODUCTS ñ
PROJECTS THEY WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
IF THEY DO WANT TO PUBLISH SOMETHING, AND THIS IS ACCORDING
TO A TRANSITION ADVISOR, WHO IS BASICALLY LOOKING OVER THE EPA
TRANSITION, IF THEY DO WANT TO PUBLISH ANYTHING, IT WILL HAVE
TO BE OKAYED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WILL HAVE TO BE LITERALLY POLITICALLY
CORRECT.
DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS SCIENTIFICALLY CORRECT, IT HAS
TO BE PUBLISHED THERE IS ONE MORE LAYER: IT HAS TO BE
POLITICALLY CORRECT, AND IF IT DOESN'T MATCH THE TRUMP POLITICS
ON DRILLING, AND IT SHOWS THAT IT ACTUALLY HURTS THE EARTH AND
OUR CITIZENS, AND CAUSES GRAVE DAMAGE, WELL YOU MIGHT BE
FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT YOU WEREN'T QUICKLY CORRECT,
THAT IS NOT THE CORRECT POLITICAL POSITION TO HAVE,
SO YOU WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.
I WAS LISTENING TO AN INTERVIEW ON NPR TODAY THAT I THOUGHT
WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
ONE PROMISE THAT JOHN HAS MADE IS THAT HE IS GOING TO BRING
BACK JOBS, AND AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR SCRAPS,
THEY WILL MAYBE GET SOME MANUFACTURING JOBS BACK, MAYBE
MORE JOBS IN DRILLING AND OIL AND COAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE REASON WHY I SAY FIGHTING FOR SCRAPS IS BECAUSE A
LOT OF THESE JOBS ARE DANGEROUS, A LOT OF THESE JOBS WOULDN'T PAY
ENOUGH FOR THEM TO LIVE THE LIVES THEY WANT TO LIVE.
SO WE ARE FIGHTING FOR SCRAPS.
BUT KEEP IN MIND, IF WE ACTUALLY FOCUSED OUR ENERGY ON SOMETHING
LIKE RENEWABLE ENERGY, RIGHT, IF WE FOCUS OUR ENERGY ON WIND AND
SOLAR, HYDROPOWER, DO YOU KNOW HOW ME JOBS THAT WOULD CREATE?
THAT WOULD BE A NEW INDUSTRY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BENEFIT
SOCIETY, BOTH ENVIRONMENTALLY AND JOBS WISE.
IN FACT, IN OUR PLATFORM WE SAY THAT WE SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE IN
NOBLE ENERGY.
ñ NUMBER ONE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY.
WE ARE NOT WINNING IN NOBLE ENERGY.
CHINA IS WINNING IN REMOTE ñ
CHINA IS WINNING IN NOBLE ENERGY.
ñ CHINA IS WINNING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY.
WE CAN BE NUMBER 1.
WHY WOULD WE SECEDE IT TO ANYONE ELSE?
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUN OR WIND?
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO VEGAS OR CHICAGO?
JUSTICE DEMOCRATS, WE CAN CREATE JOBS AND BE NUMBER ONE IN THAT
INDUSTRY, AND I GUESS REPUBLICANS SAY, NO, WE SHOULD
BE NUMBER EIGHT OR NUMBER 12.

Trump Signs Government Scientist Gag Order

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