The nations top scientists cant get through to Trump and theyre alarmed

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The nation’s top scientists can’t get through to Trump — and they’re alarmed

By Joel Achenbach

January 26 at 6:11 PM

Leaders of several of the nation's top science organizations say they've been shunned by the Trump administration and are alarmed by signs that the administration will muzzle government researchers and reject the scientific evidence that informs such critical issues as vaccine safety and climate change.

Their comments in interviews with The Washington Post come as scientists around the country are considering a grass-roots revolt against President Trump that could include a march on Washington. The sudden eruption of activism among people typically more comfortable in a laboratory or manipulating equations was incited in part by reports that the Trump administration is restricting the ability of government employees, including scientists, to communicate with the public.

“The signals are not encouraging, and they’re alarming, and they’re causing a lot of fear in the scientific community,” said Christine McEntee, chief executive and executive director of the American Geophysical Union. ... “I’ve never seen the scientific community so concerned,” said Rush Holt, chief executive of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. “This goes way beyond funding. When fake news is accepted as just one of the alternate approaches, then there are serious problems to be addressed.”
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Soon after the election, Holt, a physicist and former Democratic congressman from New Jersey, and 28 other leaders of scientific organizations wrote a letter to President-elect Trump asking for a meeting and urging Trump to appoint quickly a respected science adviser. Holt said he received only a cursory response and has yet to meet with anyone associated with Trump. He said he's also written to every Cabinet nominee. These efforts have been fruitless, he said.
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Joel Achenbach covers science and politics for the National Desk. Achenbach also helms the "Achenblog." Follow @joelachenbach

[bdamomma]

1. this is SERIOUS

We need everyone to stand up and notice.

Journalists being arrested and scientists, press and media told to shut up????

CALL YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OFFICES.


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/mainstream-media-looks-away-as-trump-era-begins-with-arrests-of-journalists/

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. This needs to be an avatar distributed everywhere:

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. Trump doesn't have a long enough attention span to listen to them anyway.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

But the discussion was soon hobbled by what Schwartz regards as one of Trump’s most essential characteristics: “He has no attention span.”...

Schwartz trailed off, shaking his head in amazement. He regards Trump’s inability to concentrate as alarming in a Presidential candidate. “If he had to be briefed on a crisis in the Situation Room, it’s impossible to imagine him paying attention over a long period of time,” he said....

But Schwartz believes that Trump’s short attention span has left him with “a stunning level of superficial knowledge and plain ignorance.” He said, “That’s why he so prefers TV as his first news source—information comes in easily digestible sound bites.” He added, “I seriously doubt that Trump has ever read a book straight through in his adult life.” During the eighteen months that he observed Trump, Schwartz said, he never saw a book on Trump’s desk, or elsewhere in his office, or in his apartment....