03 October 19
Protesters who support President Trump's impeachment rallied outside of the Capitol last week. (photo: Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
Members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, in November. (photo: Eric Gay/AP)
Trump Also Wanted US Forces Equipped With Bayonets at BorderOlivia Messer, The Daily BeastExcerpt: "In addition to a border-wall moat that could be filled with dangerous reptiles and for U.S. forces to shoot approaching migrants in their legs, President Trump also told aides last year that he wanted U.S. border forces to be armed with bayonets to block people from crossing the border from Mexico."READ MORE
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. (photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty)
New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor, center, and Megan Twohey appear in conversation with The Washington Post's Bob Woodward to discuss their new book, 'She Said,' at Sixth & I synagogue Wednesday. (photo: Ari Strauss/IG)
Bob Woodward Heckled for Pushing 'She Said' Authors to Explain Weinstein's MotivationsLisa Bonos and Emily Yahr, The Washington PostExcerpt: "It seemed like the perfect combination of three Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalists: the Washington Post's Bob Woodward interviewing the New York Times's Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on Wednesday about their best-selling book, 'She Said,' a deep dive into their investigation of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein."READ MORE
Demonstrators at a protest rally over unemployment, corruption and poor public services in Baghdad. (photo: Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)
Critics of the Trump administration's war on science participated in the 2017 March for Science in cities across the country. (photo: Molly Adams)
Trump Administration's War on Science Has Hit 'Crisis Point,' Experts WarnOliver Milman, Guardian UKMilman writes: "The treatment of science by the Trump administration has hit a 'crisis point' where research findings are manipulated for political gain, special interests are given improper influence and scientists are targeted for ideological reasons, a nonpartisan taskforce of former government officials has warned."
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The taskforce, formed under the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, cites the recent “sharpiegate” scandal, in which Trump erroneously claimed a hurricane would hit Alabama, subsequently holding up a doctored map. Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were reportedly pressured to back the president or face being fired.
In another case, economists at the Department of Agriculture were relocated after they published findings showing the Trump administration’s trade policies would harm farmers. Meanwhile, the Department of Interior reassigned a climate scientist to an accounting role after he warned about the impact of global heating on Arctic communities.
At the Environmental Protection Agency, scientific advisory boards have been redrawn to include more industry representatives. The EPA’s leadership also told scientists to reverse their findings in a report that showed the economic benefits to protecting wetlands from pollution, while suppressing a separate study that found a far greater threat is posed by a toxic chemical in water than previously thought.
