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The government has, until now, been the gold standard for basic information -- jobs, public health, crime, science.

On the health of the economy alone, the government is the keeper of most of the major statistics. Will they continue to be reliable?

The government keeps statistics on national crime trends and, particularly important in this environment, on hate crimes.

Will hate crime data continue to be reliable? Will it even be collected, analyzed and released?

While we rightfully been fret about climate policy, we also rely on government data for climate research. It needs to be unimpeachable.

I could go on all night, but you get the idea. We're an information-driven society that depends the USG's data objectivity and reliability.

If we're entering a brave new world of government assault on consensus reality, that will have far-reaching consequences not yet obvious.

@intelwire The last 8 years were copies of Obama press releases. No one trusts you. @wdmichael3

@VanWagoner Shut up @intelwire @wdmichael3

@flocktard @intelwire @wdmichael3 My long-standing response to 13 year-olds: Make me.

@VanWagoner My long standing response to Ignorant hate spreaders. Just shut up. @intelwire @wdmichael3

@flocktard @intelwire @wdmichael3 Great. See you outside at recess. I know you are but . .

@VanWagoner Moron...

@intelwire Canada lost science when Stevie Harper was PM. I don't know how much was saved. We counted on USA for science :(

@Pennyvane10 @intelwire Day one, Justin Trudeau "unmuzzled the scientists". Really. Get ready to do workarounds for information retrieval.

@intelwire This thread just freaked me the hell out. Wow. How do we protect the data? Is it on tape backup? You can't destroy server rooms. Right?