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Dulcinea

(9,138 posts) Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:46 AM Aug 6

How Trump is reshaping government data

(NBC News) Meteorological data collected by some weather balloons has been halted. Statistics for HIV among transgender people were scrubbed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website. And basic public figures, like how many people work for the federal government, have been frozen or delayed for months.

Across the federal government, President Donald Trump has been wielding his influence over data used by researchers, economists and scientists, an effort that was playing out largely behind the scenes until Friday, when he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The agency collects and publishes economic data, and Trump accused its former chief, Erika McEntarfer, of giving fake employment data last week showing a recent slowdown in the labor market.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-reshaping-government-data-162239057.html

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How Trump is reshaping government data (Original Post) Dulcinea Aug 6 OP

How are they gonna reshape the 2nd Great Depression?..................... Lovie777 Aug 6 #1

I was thinking to write my governor ( Newsom ) lapfog_1 Aug 6 #2

Is "reshaping" the new word for "doctoring" ? yourout Aug 6 #3

Lovie777

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1. How are they gonna reshape the 2nd Great Depression?.....................

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Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:50 AM

Aug 6

lapfog_1

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2. I was thinking to write my governor ( Newsom )

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Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:56 AM

Aug 6

that California should fly it's own remote sensing climate data collection satellites. And in LEO so, well, we collect data on everything, not just CA or the USA.

While expensive, it could collect remote sensing data on polar ice, on sea surface temps, on vegetation, and on direct CO2 concentrations. We could even fly a number of these. Satellites with limited lifespan ( less fuel thus less weight ), much smaller in size... on board data storage for download over CA, etc. Start thinking large cooler sized satellites. Get Bezos to launch them ( better him than Eloon ). No federal involvement. We can do our own data link ground station and data collection of all remote sensing instruments.

Maybe under a billion dollars for the entire program... maybe even less.

yourout

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3. Is "reshaping" the new word for "doctoring" ?

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Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:01 AM

Aug 6

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