Politicization of Federal Bodies under trump Administration

[Phil1111 1,149]

Trump administration 'forbids health agency officials from using words like fetus and transgender' in official documents

List covers terms used in preparation for next year's budget

Trump administration officials are forbidding officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases - including "fetus" and "transgender" - in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are: "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-administration-forbid-words-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-fetus-transgender-a8113996.html

How Unprecedented Is President Trump’s Politicization of Science?
Political interference in science is nothing new, but experts agree that what is happening to scientific integrity under Trump is unusual.

Barring Government-Funded Scientists from Serving on Panels — Unprecedented

On 31 October 2017, Scott Pruitt, the Trump-appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced a new policy barring anyone who receives federal funding from advising the agency on funding decisions. As reported in Science:

Scientists receiving grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., many of them leading university researchers, are being purged from the agency’s advisory boards. The move, announced today by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, bars scientists from serving on these boards if they are now receiving money through an agency grant. It marks a major change in who can serve on the committees, which help steer EPA research and regulations by providing input on scientific questions....

During the president’s first sixty days in office, legislators rescinded a number of environmental, health, and safety regulations without the required scientific review. Usually, in order to pass new regulations or repeal old ones, Tai told us, “agencies have to justify it, and that’s where some of the scientific analysis comes from.”

With Trump’s blessing, Congress has circumvented the required review through what had been (until 2017) an obscure and almost never-used law known as the Congressional Review Act (CRA). This act provides a fast track to overturn recently-approved regulations through a joint statement of disapproval by both chambers of Congress. In both the House and the Senate, such a statement requires only a majority vote. Halpern told us that this legal maneuver “absolutely [substitutes] political judgment for scientific and technical analysis.”...

Halpern warned that agencies devoted to science could take a long time to recover from the damage done by the Trump administration:

We have invested as a country in independent scientific research because it benefits public health and safety. If that enterprise is deteriorated, it takes very little time to destroy the culture of science at an agency and a couple decades to rebuild it.
https://www.snopes.com/2017/11/15/trump-science-politicization/

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Phil1111

Trump administration 'forbids health agency officials from using words like fetus and transgender' in official documents


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Halpern warned that agencies devoted to science could take a long time to recover from the damage done by the Trump administration:

We have invested as a country in independent scientific research because it benefits public health and safety. If that enterprise is deteriorated, it takes very little time to destroy the culture of science at an agency and a couple decades to rebuild it.
https://www.snopes.com/2017/11/15/trump-science-politicization/

Michael Halpern is my late wife's cousin.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[rushmc 23]

Phil1111

Trump administration 'forbids health agency officials from using words like fetus and transgender' in official documents

List covers terms used in preparation for next year's budget

Trump administration officials are forbidding officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases - including "fetus" and "transgender" - in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are: "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-administration-forbid-words-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-fetus-transgender-a8113996.html

How Unprecedented Is President Trump’s Politicization of Science?
Political interference in science is nothing new, but experts agree that what is happening to scientific integrity under Trump is unusual.

Barring Government-Funded Scientists from Serving on Panels — Unprecedented

On 31 October 2017, Scott Pruitt, the Trump-appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced a new policy barring anyone who receives federal funding from advising the agency on funding decisions. As reported in Science:

Scientists receiving grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., many of them leading university researchers, are being purged from the agency’s advisory boards. The move, announced today by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, bars scientists from serving on these boards if they are now receiving money through an agency grant. It marks a major change in who can serve on the committees, which help steer EPA research and regulations by providing input on scientific questions....

During the president’s first sixty days in office, legislators rescinded a number of environmental, health, and safety regulations without the required scientific review. Usually, in order to pass new regulations or repeal old ones, Tai told us, “agencies have to justify it, and that’s where some of the scientific analysis comes from.”

With Trump’s blessing, Congress has circumvented the required review through what had been (until 2017) an obscure and almost never-used law known as the Congressional Review Act (CRA). This act provides a fast track to overturn recently-approved regulations through a joint statement of disapproval by both chambers of Congress. In both the House and the Senate, such a statement requires only a majority vote. Halpern told us that this legal maneuver “absolutely [substitutes] political judgment for scientific and technical analysis.”...

Halpern warned that agencies devoted to science could take a long time to recover from the damage done by the Trump administration:

We have invested as a country in independent scientific research because it benefits public health and safety. If that enterprise is deteriorated, it takes very little time to destroy the culture of science at an agency and a couple decades to rebuild it.
https://www.snopes.com/2017/11/15/trump-science-politicization/

You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it? Why not?

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[theplummeter 15]

Rushmc, what specifically did the Obama administration do to which you are referring?

[wmw999 2,545]

Which words did Obama forbid?

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[theplummeter 15]

wmw999

Which words did Obama forbid?

Wendy P.

Get out of my head, Wendy

[AlanS 1]

theplummeter

Rushmc, what specifically did the Obama administration do to which you are referring?

Not Obama, or the federal govt. but California is using dubious claims about cell phones causing cancer to tell people to keep them out of thier pockets.

Really?

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/california-advises-against-keeping-phone-190200089.html

Plenty of scientist have debunked these claims and yet this myth persists, and now it is being promoted by a California agency.

[kallend 2,108]

rushmc

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The forbidden words are: "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-administration-forbid-words-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-fetus-transgender-a8113996.html

You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it? Why not?

Obama forbad the use of the words: "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based" ?

Please provide a cite for that.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[rushmc 23]

wmw999

Which words did Obama forbid?

Wendy P.

I never said anything about wordsWendy.

Look at the title of this thread. It's about politicization of the government . The Obama admin politicized doj, the FBI, the IRS, and those are just the ones we know about

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[gowlerk 2,253]

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You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it?

What exactly does the term "pitch a baby bitch" mean? And where did you get it from? A Breitbart source no doubt. The right wing sure does get creative in finding words to denigrate people. Too bad they have so much trouble with honesty and decency.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[jakee 1,564]

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I never said anything about wordsWendy.

Since the post that you quoted and directly replied to was solely about banning certain words, yes you actually did say something 'about words'.

It's no-one else's fault that you're too lazy to be more accurate in writing your posts.

rushmc

Look at the title of this thread. It's about politicization of the government . The Obama admin politicized doj, the FBI, the IRS, and those are just the ones we know about

So he didn't do the same thing Trump is doing.

So what did he do with those agencies? Specifics, please.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[rushmc 23]

gowlerk

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You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it?

What exactly does the term "pitch a baby bitch" mean? And where did you get it from? A Breitbart source no doubt. The right wing sure does get creative in finding words to denigrate people. Too bad they have so much trouble with honesty and decency.

The phrase pitch a bitch has been around way longer than Breitbart. So I'll just let you wallow in your ignorance

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[kallend 2,108]

rushmc

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You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it?

What exactly does the term "pitch a baby bitch" mean? And where did you get it from? A Breitbart source no doubt. The right wing sure does get creative in finding words to denigrate people. Too bad they have so much trouble with honesty and decency.

The phrase pitch a bitch has been around way longer than Breitbart. So I'll just let you wallow in your ignorance

Why would anyone be considered to wallow in ignorance on account of not knowing a vulgar expression dating back only to 2003?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[jclalor 12]

rushmc

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You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it?

What exactly does the term "pitch a baby bitch" mean? And where did you get it from? A Breitbart source no doubt. The right wing sure does get creative in finding words to denigrate people. Too bad they have so much trouble with honesty and decency.

The phrase pitch a bitch has been around way longer than Breitbart. So I'll just let you wallow in your ignorance

I’m guessing that term originated in a prison or a middle school.

[kallend 2,108]

jclalor

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You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it?

What exactly does the term "pitch a baby bitch" mean? And where did you get it from? A Breitbart source no doubt. The right wing sure does get creative in finding words to denigrate people. Too bad they have so much trouble with honesty and decency.

The phrase pitch a bitch has been around way longer than Breitbart. So I'll just let you wallow in your ignorance

I’m guessing that term originated in a prison or a middle school.

pitching a bitch
Definition
pitching a bitch rate
(Adult / Slang)
In African American parlance, to cause a disturbance.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[gowlerk 2,253]

kallend

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You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it?

What exactly does the term "pitch a baby bitch" mean? And where did you get it from? A Breitbart source no doubt. The right wing sure does get creative in finding words to denigrate people. Too bad they have so much trouble with honesty and decency.

The phrase pitch a bitch has been around way longer than Breitbart. So I'll just let you wallow in your ignorance

I’m guessing that term originated in a prison or a middle school.

pitching a bitch
Definition
pitching a bitch rate
(Adult / Slang)
In African American parlance, to cause a disturbance.



I see. Pretty fly for a white guy there Marc. But I'm still pretty sure you are using it because you heard or read one of your Reich wing leaders use it. You've always been such a loyal soldier.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[billvon 3,078]

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Trump administration officials are forbidding officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases - including "fetus" and "transgender" - in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are: "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."

Sounds like what an incompetent principal would do at a high school where kids were using "bad language" and he didn't like it. Just outlaw the words! Because there's no way kids will get around a restriction like that.

New approved (or perhaps just not yet banned) replacements:

fetus developed blastocyst
transgender tranny ("hey, I could have meant transmission!")
diversity the opposite of the Senate
science-based issues too hard for republicans to understand
evidence-based uncomfortable facts

[ryoder 1,590]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJLLS-LpV-8

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[normiss 858]

Since pulling my first transmission when I was 15, and thanks to my dad, I've always used the term "tranny". Lately, I'm getting looks of perplexity when I do.
I've used the term "dikes" in reference to diagonal cutters or pliers since my first electronics and electrical classes in high school. I hear gasps occasionally using that words now days.

Sometimes change is hard and takes personal effort.
I'm trying.

This list of forbidden words is beyond logic.
I was relieved to hear the head of the agency respond with "There are no banned words here".

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gowlerk

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You didn't pitch a baby bitch when Obama did it?

What exactly does the term "pitch a baby bitch" mean? And where did you get it from? A Breitbart source no doubt. The right wing sure does get creative in finding words to denigrate people. Too bad they have so much trouble with honesty and decency.

The phrase pitch a bitch has been around way longer than Breitbart. So I'll just let you wallow in your ignorance

I’m guessing that term originated in a prison or a middle school.

pitching a bitch
Definition
pitching a bitch rate
(Adult / Slang)
In African American parlance, to cause a disturbance.



I see. Pretty fly for a white guy there Marc. But I'm still pretty sure you are using it because you heard or read one of your Reich wing leaders use it. You've always been such a loyal soldier.


Actually the phrase has been around way longer than I've been alive. So nice of you guys to turn it into a PC racist bulshit line

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[billvon 3,078]

>So nice of you guys to turn it into a PC racist bulshit line

Pitching a bitch eh?

[rushmc 23]

billvon

>So nice of you guys to turn it into a PC racist bulshit line

Pitching a bitch eh?

LOL

Got to give you that one

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[rushmc 23]

wmw999

Which words did Obama forbid?

Wendy P.

Opps

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/wapo-report-anonymous-source-claims-trump-banning-words-forgot-obama-actually-did

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[Phil1111 1,149]

rushmc

***Which words did Obama forbid?

Wendy P.

Opps

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/wapo-report-anonymous-source-claims-trump-banning-words-forgot-obama-actually-did

Removing terms and words from a strategy document. "Literally banned" , I assume you understand Literally and directing an entire department of the government. That if they want money, want funding they better not use banned words. Do have different meanings and contexts.

Hopefully someday, a sharper interpretation of fact, arises of your viewing of FOX news. Your searching of alternative news sources. To reinforce your preconceived ideas and thinking. Will help your understanding of government, politics and life.

To refresh your memory. trump released a strategy document today. It was the printed version, different, from his speech today.

[rushmc 23]

Phil1111

******Which words did Obama forbid?

Wendy P.

Opps

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/wapo-report-anonymous-source-claims-trump-banning-words-forgot-obama-actually-did

Removing terms and words from a strategy document. "Literally banned" , I assume you understand Literally and directing an entire department of the government. That if they want money, want funding they better not use banned words. Do have different meanings and contexts.

Hopefully someday, a sharper interpretation of fact, arises of your viewing of FOX news. Your searching of alternative news sources. To reinforce your preconceived ideas and thinking. Will help your understanding of government, politics and life.

To refresh your memory. trump released a strategy document today. It was the printed version, different, from his speech today.

Of course it is different.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln