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The Trump administration is preparing a sweeping executive order that would clear the way for the C.I.A. to reopen overseas “black site” prisons, like those where it detained and tortured terrorism suspects before former President Barack Obama shut them down.

President Trump’s three-page draft order, titled “Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants” and obtained by The New York Times, would also undo many of the other restrictions on handling detainees that Mr. Obama put in place in response to policies of the George W. Bush administration.

If Mr. Trump signs the draft order, he would also revoke Mr. Obama’s directive to give the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all detainees in American custody. That would be another step toward reopening secret prisons outside of the normal wartime rules established by the Geneva Conventions, although statutory obstacles would remain.

For American science, the next four years look to be challenging. The newly inaugurated President Trump, and many of his Cabinet picks, have repeatedly cast doubt upon the reality of human-made climate change, questioned the repeatedly proven safety of vaccines. Since the inauguration, the administration has already frozen grants and contracts by the Environmental Protection Agency and gagged researchers at the US Department of Agriculture. Many scientists are asking themselves: What can I do?

And the answer from a newly formed group called 314 Action is: Get elected.

The organization, named after the first three digits of pi, is a political action committee that was created to support scientists in running for office. It’s the science version of Emily’s List, which focuses on pro-choice female candidates, or VoteVets, which backs war veterans. “A lot of scientists traditionally feel that science is above politics but we’re seeing that politics is not above getting involved in science,” says founder Shaughnessy Naughton. “We’re losing, and the only way to stop that is to get more people with scientific backgrounds at the table.”

McParadigm wrote:
...40% of Trump voters identified the wrong picture as being the one of trump's inauguration. 15% of Trump voters in another group identified the correct picture as being from this year, but insisted that IT HAD MORE PEOPLE IN IT than the other image. Not from memory, but WHILE looking at the image.

If he tells them he found proof of 10 million illegal votes, and that "certain measures" have to be taken to address voter fraud, they will believe it and cheer for how he is saving democracy.

digster wrote:

McParadigm wrote:
...40% of Trump voters identified the wrong picture as being the one of trump's inauguration. 15% of Trump voters in another group identified the correct picture as being from this year, but insisted that IT HAD MORE PEOPLE IN IT than the other image. Not from memory, but WHILE looking at the image.

If he tells them he found proof of 10 million illegal votes, and that "certain measures" have to be taken to address voter fraud, they will believe it and cheer for how he is saving democracy.

Far more than anything to do with 'fake news', this is the thing that is most in danger of screwing us. The backfire effect is the scariest thing in political debate, and it's ever-present.

bune wrote:Don't you have to divide by a fraction to make numbers bigger? Multiplying makes them smaller...

Kaius wrote:

bune wrote:Don't you have to divide by a fraction to make numbers bigger? Multiplying makes them smaller...

The picture on the right had more people. And black people. Of whom their ancestors were once slaves. It's a throwback joke. Good one too.

Kaius wrote:

bune wrote:Don't you have to divide by a fraction to make numbers bigger? Multiplying makes them smaller...

The picture on the right had more people. And black people. Of whom their ancestors were once slaves. It's a throwback joke. Good one too.

dimejinky99 wrote:Soooo...Where will he get the Manuel labour to build this wall? Eh? Eh?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Kaius wrote:

bune wrote:Don't you have to divide by a fraction to make numbers bigger? Multiplying makes them smaller...

The picture on the right had more people. And black people. Of whom their ancestors were once slaves. It's a throwback joke. Good one too.

Kind of an odd question though, right? I mean both scenarios are of your partner ploughing someone, so whats the difference?

wease wrote:Ha ha. Steve Bannon is registered to vote in 2 states. Keep that investigation rolling Trump.

dimejinky99 wrote:Hasnt trump ever heard of all the tunnels under the border used to smuggle drugs into the US?

Strat wrote:Why doesnt Stip post in here?

bune wrote:Thanks to Trump, Scientists Are Planning to Run For Office

For American science, the next four years look to be challenging. The newly inaugurated President Trump, and many of his Cabinet picks, have repeatedly cast doubt upon the reality of human-made climate change, questioned the repeatedly proven safety of vaccines. Since the inauguration, the administration has already frozen grants and contracts by the Environmental Protection Agency and gagged researchers at the US Department of Agriculture. Many scientists are asking themselves: What can I do?

And the answer from a newly formed group called 314 Action is: Get elected.

The organization, named after the first three digits of pi, is a political action committee that was created to support scientists in running for office. It’s the science version of Emily’s List, which focuses on pro-choice female candidates, or VoteVets, which backs war veterans. “A lot of scientists traditionally feel that science is above politics but we’re seeing that politics is not above getting involved in science,” says founder Shaughnessy Naughton. “We’re losing, and the only way to stop that is to get more people with scientific backgrounds at the table.”

Hope this goes well for them.