The Atlantic on the government’s attacks on science

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Censorship, reduction, falsification and blockade: Researchers in the US are threatening to lose their scientific freedom during Trump's second term of office. This also has an impact on Germany. By A. Dannecker.

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References to climate change removed, censorship of information about the state of the environment, threats to world-renowned agencies... The Trump administration is conducting an unprecedented offensive.

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Intimidation, money lock-up, censorship: US President Trump acts with power against science. Fear is dealt with in the environmental and health authorities. The consequences could be drastic – even for the rest of the world.

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The Atlantic on the government’s attacks on science

A lot of what the Trump administration is doing is aimed at health and science, and not necessarily in a good way.  The most obvious blunder is the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a palpably unqualified man with some bizarre views, as Secretary of Health and Human Services,  the person who advises the President on all health matters. Given Trump’s abysmal ignorance of science, having someone like RFK Jr. guiding government policy is scary.…