Trump bans government scientists from sharing their work with the taxpayers who funded it

[DonViejo]

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 agency’s 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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[annabanana]

1. It's OUR research.. not his. . .n/t

[Jacob Boehme]

2. Crikey! The ACLU lawyers must be going wild...

... they'll be filing briefs 24/7 if this shit keeps up.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. So much for transparency.

[Freethinker65]

4. Wikileaks is still ok though

[Johonny]

5. Only a mushroom grows in the dark

[MANative]

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]

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]

8. Can he actually do that?

[Blue_Tires]

9. Mafia presidency...

[MineralMan]

10. So, that's why the administration ordered all those ball gags.

I was wondering.

[MineralMan]

11. The first rule of government agencies is

you don't talk about government agencies.

[malaise]

12. Cut off all facts

Fuck these fucking fucks - they can't win this fight

[lindysalsagal]

13. Let's hope the scientists organize and hire a public relations firm

to get the word out. I'll pay for that.

[logosoco]

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.