USDA scientists ordered to shut down and shut the fuck up.

This gets better and better

The US Department of Agriculture has banned scientists and other employees in its main research division from publicly sharing everything from the summaries of scientific papers to USDA-branded tweets as it starts to adjust to life under the Trump administration, BuzzFeed News has learned.

According to an email sent Monday morning and obtained by BuzzFeed News, the department told staff — including some 2,000 scientists — at the agency's main in-house research arm, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), to stop communicating with the public about taxpayer-funded work.

"Starting immediately and until further notice, ARS will not release any public-facing documents," Sharon Drumm, chief of staff for ARS, wrote in a department-wide email shared with BuzzFeed News.

"This includes, but is not limited to, news releases, photos, fact sheets, news feeds, and social media content," she added.

Indeed, the last tweet from ARS's official account was sent the day before Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.

Don't tell the public what their tax payer dollars have found out.

And again, more faux outrage.

Standard procedure for new administrations until they get their appointees in place.

So FAKE NEWS and again you and the lefties fall for it.

LooseGoose wrote:And again, more faux outrage.

Standard procedure for new administrations until they get their appointees in place.

So FAKE NEWS and again you and the lefties fall for it.

Wasn't aware that appointees changed science. Who knew.

LooseGoose wrote:And again, more faux outrage.

Standard procedure for new administrations until they get their appointees in place.

So FAKE NEWS and again you and the lefties fall for it.

Anything you say.

Did you get a job as a stringer for Russia Today yet?

GRR Spartan wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:And again, more faux outrage.

Standard procedure for new administrations until they get their appointees in place.

So FAKE NEWS and again you and the lefties fall for it.

Anything you say.

Did you get a job as a stringer for Russia Today yet?

How much do they pay? As long as they allow me to spread truth I'll take their $$.