Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Sat Feb 22 2025 08:16:30

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to MIKE POWELL <=-

 RM> Some part of the problem may be that the gov't has some control over
 RM> what ends up on the news, as much as we'd hope that isn't the case,
 RM> and that's why I mentioned we may see things you don't.

 Given the fact that the president is openly threatening news networks,
 after years of criticizing them openly, I'd hope people understand that
 completely.

 RM> to find a news story from a while back, maybe 2 years, when Trump made
 RM> some long speech and a news channel down there fact checked it and,
 RM> if I recall, found more than 100 'inaccuracies' in facts that Trump
 RM> was giving. I tried to find the exact info on that online but it seems
 RM> to have vanished, or been deeply buried. While looking for it I did
 RM> find similar references to recent talks he gave siting between 20
 RM> and 40 'errors' in his talks.

We need more archiving efforts. I know the Internet Archive tries to
grab everything from government sites at the change of administrations,
don't know if you could do something with news outlets.

 RM>> Fortunately this is his last term and I fear he is trying
  >> to do something to really stand out in the history books more than
  >> it actually being something to 'make America Great again'...

There's already a movement to change the constitution to allow a 3rd
term, tactically written to disallow Obama from running again. Who
knows what's going to happen after 3 years of Trump to make beating him
impossible (more unfettered voter suppression? Disallow married women
from voting due to "documentation inconsistencies"? More jerrymandering?
Tampering with electronic voting devices? Prohibiting mail-in voting?
Destroying the USPS? Or just declaring by executive order that elections
are cancelled? He's got the immunity now, thanks to the supreme court he
and McConnell ushered in...)

 
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