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[Peter Lemkin]

Donald Trump Issues Media Blackout at Multiple Federal Agencies


"Americans recognize that science is critical to improving our quality of life, and when science is ignored or politically corrupted, it's the American people who suffer," said physicist Lewis Branscomb. (Eric Vance / USEPA / flickr)

Though the majority of President Donald Trump's controversial cabinet nominations have not yet been confirmed, his so-called "beachhead" teams have arrived at their respective agencies, carrying out orders that make clear that the "War on Science" has begun.
On Tuesday, BuzzFeed broke the news that scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are no longer allowed to share information about taxpayer-funded research with the public.
In an email sent Monday and obtained by the news outlet, Sharon Drumm, chief of staff for the USDA's primary in-house research arm, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), told the department: "Starting immediately and until further notice, ARS will not release any public-facing documents…This includes, but is not limited to, news releases, photos, fact sheets, news feeds, and social media content."
As BuzzFeed noted:

Though some Agricultural Research Service work touches on sensitive subjects like pesticides and genetically modified food, its research is generally less politically charged than that conducted by other agencies, especially those focused on understanding climate change, such as the Environmental Protection Agency. But under the Obama administration, the Agriculture Department funneled research money into finding ways of cutting down the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from cows.

At the same time, Trump surrogate Myron Ebell, a climate change denier who has led the transition for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has confirmed reports that the new administration has ordered a "freeze" on grants and contracts at the agencya move that the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) warns "could seriously impede the agency's work…protect[ing] our health and the environment from pollution."

Good luck with that Trump. There will be leaks. ::

Yes, there will be leaks but leakers if caught will be imprisoned, and I predict a LOT of resignations of scientists, sadly....the only way to stop this will be legal action. I think an easy case [but taking years of legal action] can be made that under current laws any non-classified research and agency programs funded by the Public [i.e. the US Treasury] must be made public. These evil idiots in the Trumpf Demolition Team however base their beliefs on fundamentalist religion and on corporatism - they will fight to the end, and for now, knowing if an Agency is doing X or Y, even what the regulations are, what they are based on, is blocked....amazing - it is like a dictatorship where the public has no right to know how and why/where their money is being spent - what the government is doing even in agriculture, environment, health, public lands, energy, etc. They are now as secret as the NSA. This is as dangerous an administration as was feared. His mantra of 'America First' can be read as 'destroy America first...the rest of the World we'll get around to next'. The whole government is slowing being cloaked in secrecy.