Remember how we were talking a few days ago about Trump and his sharpie, and how, instead of just owning up to his misstatement about the path of Hurricane Dorian, he’d doubled down, restating the lie that he’d been told that the hurricane was headed for Alabama, and holding up a crudely doctored weather map […]
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Sharpiegate takes yet another turn, illustrating the threat to both science and reality under the Trump administration
Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alabama, Bahamas, Birmingham, Climate Change, Dan Sobien, Donald Trump, Global Warming, Hurricane Dorian, hurricanes, Jane Lubchenco, Julie Kay Roberts, Michael Halpern, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, NOAA, NWS, politicizing science, post-fact, post-truth, Red Cross, sharpie, Sharpiegate, Trump Inaugural Committee, Union of Concerned Scientists, weather, weather forecast 16 Comments
Liars on the Storm
This past Sunday, Donald Trump repeatedly said in public statements that Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian. He tweeted it. He said it at the White House. And he said it during his visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This, however, just wasn’t true. No one had forecast the hurricane making its […]
Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 18 U.S. Code § 2, Alabama, apology, Donald Trump, ederal Emergency Management Agency, eschewing responsibility, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Dorian, hurricanes, lies, National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service, personal responsibility, Peter Brown, post-fact, post-truth, refusal to admit being wrong, rewriting history, sharpie, white fragility 14 Comments