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ARTICLE · 10 FEBRUARY 2017

American Government Agencies Taking To Twitter To Defy Trump

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For those in Canada, we are familiar with our leaders gagging our government's scientists.

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Donald Trump campaigned on the idea that climate change does not exist—calling global warming "bullshit" and referring to it as a conspiracy created by China.

Now, it has only been 10 days since he became the 45th President of the United States, and in that short time, he has already used the powers of the presidency to silence those within the government who disagree with him.

Internal e-mails from the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Agriculture that were obtained by news agencies indicate that the Trump administration is gagging people at these government agencies, forbidding them from tweeting, going on any social media, or issuing press releases about their science.

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