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22. The "war on knowledge itself" is true and under-appreciated

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2026, 06:08 PM

11 hrs ago

. @jamellebouie.net's point about the "war on knowledge itself" is true and under-appreciated

Itâ€™s one thing for an administration to discard evidence; itâ€™s something else when it embraces willful ignorance and deliberately denies itself access to information it needs but doesnâ€™t want. For example:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-02T11:08:01.440Z

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Someone call the Avengers superpatriotman Monday #1

If you don't monitor it, it's not happening, right? Ocelot II Monday #2

+1 dalton99a Monday #4

This immediately came to mind too! Mad_Machine76 Monday #18

Just like not doing covid tests. wnylib Monday #6

More like delete facts/discovery that harms GOP/MAGA views. Nt BadgerKid Monday #13

If you erase the data or stop the data then a fact no longer exists, I guess. Problem solved. Snort. Solly Mack Monday #3

That 48M could be going to Donnie's pocket. Buzz cook Monday #5

Or hide out in a bunker. wnylib Monday #8

This kind of crap only promotes more stupidity. Emile Monday #7

I can sort of understand why people might not want to live close to a wind farm VMA131Marine 11 hrs ago #23

The science that we are capable of is like a precious treasure. yellow dahlia Monday #9

They want to make sure the damage is permanent ThoughtCriminal Monday #10

It's the Crybaby COVID Corollary making another round AZJonnie Monday #11

That information is also very useful to the Navy, and that was probably used to justify the cost in the first place. eppur_se_muova Monday #12

Why??? BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #14

Because it owns Libtards. That's it. That's all it is, and all it ever was. hatrack Monday #17

Our to-do list just got longer Wild blueberry Monday #15

"collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research." Botany Monday #16

Democrats when back in control timms139 Monday #19

Maybe some billionaire will pony up and save it ..... Nah. Better to have a ballroom. rickford66 Monday #20

And lots and lots of penis rockets, and Met Gala sponsorships!!! hatrack 23 hrs ago #21

The "war on knowledge itself" is true and under-appreciated LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #22