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14. I heard the reverse in 2008

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 11:25 AM

Jan 2017

A Pew Resesrch employee was at our house for a GOTV launch. She said that everyone she'd talked to had stopped doing any work waiting for W to be gone. W&Co. had political operatives deep into agencies who reviewed, spun, added opinion, or just flat out changed public reports. The researchers were sick of their work being altered so they were just sitting back and waiting.

I expect the same editing in Snowflake's regime.

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USDA Scientists Have Been Put On Lockdown Under Trump [View all] n2doc Jan 2017 OP

Science is hard underpants Jan 2017 #1

Science is an Alt-Fact! Cryptoad Jan 2017 #24

The corporate "scientists" of the GMO chemical pharmaceutical cabal will love this Achilleaze Jan 2017 #2

GMOs???? Apparently some people do not understand science. nt longship Jan 2017 #28

This must violate some FOI law randr Jan 2017 #3

That was my first thought. Pacifist Patriot Jan 2017 #12

That was back in good ole days... Cryptoad Jan 2017 #25

Not necessarily metalbot Jan 2017 #17

So an organization can still make a FOIA request and then release a news release. MissB Jan 2017 #20

Trump doesn't have time for laws IronLionZion Jan 2017 #23

Not wasting any time implementing fascism, are they? highplainsdem Jan 2017 #4

That is what this is and millions of his supporters love it. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #27

I guess we knew this would be happening, but horrifying. enough Jan 2017 #5

So, we will be treated like mushrooms. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #6

The growth of science is based on the sharing of knowledge Botany Jan 2017 #7

Violates 1st Amendment and FOIA and Accountability and Transparency. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #8

Cons PM Harper tried this in Canada & it was part of why the Liberals won big majority. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #9

So basically Rowdyag Jan 2017 #10

Time for their "alternative facts" training! n/t Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #11

Sounds like it's about time to bury the administration in FOIA requests. Pacifist Patriot Jan 2017 #13

Yep. MissB Jan 2017 #21

I heard the reverse in 2008 underpants Jan 2017 #14

Very troubling. There needs to be major media coverage of his shutting down transparency. JudyM Jan 2017 #15

This is how it starts. TranssexualKaren Jan 2017 #16

Time for guerilla research kjones Jan 2017 #19

The only releases can come from Minitrue."the office of communications' uppityperson Jan 2017 #18

I hope that department leaks like a sieve. I hope they all do. But it will take enterprising journos Hekate Jan 2017 #22

We don't need no stinking science! longship Jan 2017 #26

We can't access the information we have paid for? charlyvi Jan 2017 #29

Locking... DonViejo Jan 2017 #30