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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump bans government scientists from sharing their work with the taxpayers who funded it
TRAVIS GETTYS
24 JAN 2017 AT 13:31 ET
Donald Trump wants to be known as the president who tweets, but his administration is prohibiting government researchers from sharing their findings with the Americans who pay for their work.
The president signed executive orders Tuesday that cut off all new contracts and grants for the Environmental Protection Agency and he also banned the agencys employees from providing updates on social media or to journalists, Link to tweet
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent an email Monday morning, which was obtained by BuzzFeed News, prohibiting its employees from communicating with the public about their taxpayer-funded work.
Those public-facing documents include news releases, photos, fact sheets, news feeds and social media content, said Sharon Drumm, chief of staff of the Agricultural Research Service.
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Trump bans government scientists from sharing their work with the taxpayers who funded it (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2017
OP
His next step will be to completely de-fund all government agencies and disband them.
MANative
Jan 2017
#6
Then they must start sending/sharing their work directly with Democrats in congress
Maru Kitteh
Jan 2017
#7
annabanana
(52,791 posts)1. It's OUR research.. not his. . .n/t
Jacob Boehme
(789 posts)2. Crikey! The ACLU lawyers must be going wild...
... they'll be filing briefs 24/7 if this shit keeps up.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,752 posts)3. So much for transparency.
Freethinker65
(10,061 posts)4. Wikileaks is still ok though
Johonny
(20,890 posts)5. Only a mushroom grows in the dark
MANative
(4,112 posts)6. His next step will be to completely de-fund all government agencies and disband them.
It's clear that he wants to dismantle the United State of America as it is today. How can we allow this to stand?!?!
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)7. Then they must start sending/sharing their work directly with Democrats in congress
Who should then collectively disseminate the information directly to the public.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)8. Can he actually do that?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)9. Mafia presidency...
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)10. So, that's why the administration ordered all those ball gags.
I was wondering.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)11. The first rule of government agencies is
you don't talk about government agencies.
malaise
(269,187 posts)12. Cut off all facts
Fuck these fucking fucks - they can't win this fight
lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)13. Let's hope the scientists organize and hire a public relations firm
to get the word out. I'll pay for that.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)14. And we won't hear a word about all those people who are always
complaining about their fellow citizens using food stamps that "their" tax money paid for.
Once again I have to say I knew tRump and his admin. would be bad, but this is much worse and much sooner than I expected.