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*** [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/23/trump-administration-tells-epa-to-freeze-all-grants-contracts/ Trump administration tells EPA to freeze all grants, contracts] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/115565034727718711516/posts/eXhiF98aUL3 via]) | *** [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/23/trump-administration-tells-epa-to-freeze-all-grants-contracts/ Trump administration tells EPA to freeze all grants, contracts] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/115565034727718711516/posts/eXhiF98aUL3 via]) | ||
*** [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PamelaZuppo/posts/CBW1cW8hPZq image: 2nd-hand report from an EPA staffer] | *** [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PamelaZuppo/posts/CBW1cW8hPZq image: 2nd-hand report from an EPA staffer] | ||
| + | *** (2017-01-25) [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-epa-climatechange-idUSKBN15906G Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PamelaZuppo/posts/VvkgJPqGKq5 via]) : "The employees were notified by EPA officials on Tuesday that the administration had instructed EPA's communications team to remove the website's climate change page, which contains links to scientific global warming research, as well as detailed data on emissions. The page could go down as early as Wednesday, the sources said." | ||
** USDA muzzling (may have been overstated): | ** USDA muzzling (may have been overstated): | ||
*** [https://www.buzzfeed.com/dinograndoni/trump-usda USDA Scientists Have Been Put On Lockdown Under Trump] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+jsalsman/posts/VA92Yr2CHhp via]) | *** [https://www.buzzfeed.com/dinograndoni/trump-usda USDA Scientists Have Been Put On Lockdown Under Trump] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+jsalsman/posts/VA92Yr2CHhp via]) | ||
Revision as of 00:01, 27 January 2017
2017-01-20 - 2018-01-19
Week 0: 2017-01-20 - 2017-01-26
- 2017-01-23 (Day 3, Mon)
- 2017-01-24 (Day 4, Tue)
- Rep. Lamar Smith urges Americans to get their new facts and news 'directly from the president' (via)
- EPA muzzling:
- Trump orders media blackout for all employees of top environmental agency (via) "According to the Associated Press, President Trump has instructed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff to freeze all grants — including funding for research, redevelopment of industrial sites, air quality monitoring, and education (among others) — as well as barring employees from discussing this or other EPA news outside of the agency."
- Trump administration tells EPA to freeze all grants, contracts (via)
- image: 2nd-hand report from an EPA staffer
- (2017-01-25) Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources (via) : "The employees were notified by EPA officials on Tuesday that the administration had instructed EPA's communications team to remove the website's climate change page, which contains links to scientific global warming research, as well as detailed data on emissions. The page could go down as early as Wednesday, the sources said."
- USDA muzzling (may have been overstated):
- A free flow of information no longer (via): reactions to the EPA and USDA changes
- At Today’s White House Press Conference, the First Question Came From an Actual Fake News Site
- Donald Trump is already trying to muzzle leakers – but government employees have broad free speech rights (via) by Amanda Marcotte
- 2017-01-25 (Day 5, Wed)
- Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities (share)
- Related: 2017-01-18 How sanctuary cities work and what might happen to them under Trump
- Trump vows federal intervention to quell Chicago gun violence
- Trump seeks 'major investigation' into unsupported claims of voter fraud: an investigation might not find quite what he's hoping to find...
- Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities (share)
- 2017-01-26 (Day 6, Thu)
- State Department resignations:
- Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Says Media Should 'Keep Its Mouth Shut' (via)
- Philly protest:
- The White House will publish a weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants (via)