Revision as of 11:04, 25 January 2017

2017-01-20 - 2018-01-19

see also day 1, day 2

2017-01-23 (Mon)
2017-01-24 (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)
- 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

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 ** [http://rtdna.org/article/a_free_flow_of_information_no_longer A free flow of information no longer] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/WdmnaY9o1U7 via]): reactions to the EPA and USDA changes
 ** [http://www.themarysue.com/at-todays-white-house-press-conference-the-first-question-came-from-an-actual-fake-news-site/ At Today’s White House Press Conference, the First Question Came From an Actual Fake News Site]
+** [http://www.salon.com/2017/01/24/donald-trump-is-already-trying-to-muzzle-leakers-but-government-employees-have-broad-free-speech-rights/ Donald Trump is already trying to muzzle leakers &ndash; but government employees have broad free speech rights] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/bRKMEtBYpNA via]) by [[Amanda Marcotte]]