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markie

(23,495 posts)
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 11:57 AM Feb 2025

"....data purge has begun"

https://www.theverge.com/news/604484/donald-trumps-data-purge-has-begun

"......Warnings floated on social media Friday about an impending purge at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), spurring calls to save as much data as soon as possible. The CDC shares data on a wide range of topics, from chronic diseases to traffic injuries, tobacco use, vaccinations, and pregnancies in the US — and it’s just one of the agencies in the crosshairs.

The CDC’s main data portal, which housed much of those datasets, was offline by Friday night. “Data.CDC.gov is temporarily offline in order to comply with Executive Order 14168 Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” a notice on the webpage says, adding that it will become available again once it’s “in compliance” with the executive order...."

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"....data purge has begun" (Original Post) markie Feb 2025 OP
It's easier to control the propaganda louis-t Feb 2025 #1
Still no united opposition speaking out against any of this. Doodley Feb 2025 #2
united markie Feb 2025 #4
This is impeachable. Am I right? OLDMDDEM Feb 2025 #3
I would think markie Feb 2025 #5

louis-t

(24,408 posts)
1. It's easier to control the propaganda
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
Feb 2025

if there is no data. Government controls the narrative. You have no access to the real data. The truth is what der fuhrer tells you is the truth.

markie

(23,495 posts)
4. united
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 12:49 PM
Feb 2025

key word here... we must not fight amongst ourselves... we must unite and work in unison to confront the absurdity and harmful actions

we need a strong charismatic leader...

markie

(23,495 posts)
5. I would think
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 12:51 PM
Feb 2025

although, where is the leadership if it is... the masses are getting restless

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