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America’s scientists, told that research dollars are drying up and that they face new restrictions on how they discuss their work with the public, join the fight against Trump

By Mark | January 26, 2017

While I loved the “I’d call Trump a cunt, but he lacks the depth and warmth” poster at this past weekend’s Women’s March on Washington, and the one the girl was holding that said “Have your wall, but our generation will tear it down,” I think this one (seen above) was my favorite… And, hopefully, […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Politics, Science, Uncategorized | Also tagged @roguenasa, anti-science, Badlands National Park, border wall, cunts, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fake news, Free Speech, global climate change, Global Warming, Lamar Smith, lies, marches, NASA, National Park Service, peer review, protest signs, Republican lies, research, resistance, Science, scientists, scientists are witches, Scientists' March on Washington, social media, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, truth, Women's March on Washington | 17 Comments

How to survive in a world without facts

By Mark | December 1, 2016

The utter disregard for truth that we’re seeing with Trump isn’t something that’s completely new… I just went through the archive here and found a number of instances over the past decade or so, where we’ve lamented the fact that truth was becoming a thing of the past. Back in 2008, I apparently even posted […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, History, Ideas, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alison Camerota, Barack Obama, Birthers, citizen journalism, CNN, conspiracy theories, Detroit Free Press, fact check, free press, future of journalism, Glenn Thrush, global climate change, Hannah Arendt, Hillary Clinton, James Fallows, journalism, Judith Miller, Lamar Smith, lies, lying, Margaret Sullivan, media literacy, New York Times, post-truth, press, Scottie Nell Hughes, swift boating, the future of journalism, The Origins of Totalitarianism, the sad state of journalism, totalitarianism, voter fraud, voter impersonation, Washington Post, Ypsi-Arbor Progressive Book Club | 97 Comments

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