RonSupportsYouJun 5
"Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it. Deletion of the bureau’s website content is just the most recent part of a larger plan to undermine an agency that’s helped people":
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/trump-administration-consumer-financial-protection-bureau
For #Trump #IgnoranceIsBliss.
#politics #ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau
Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it

Deletion of the bureau’s website content is just the most recent part of a larger plan to ‘undermine an agency that’s helped people’

The Guardian
RonSupportsYouMay 15
"The Real Victim of Trump’s War on Numbers Is You":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/opinion/trump-data-war-on-numbers.html
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #knowledge #TheTruthHurts #TrumpLiedAgain #IgnoranceIsBliss
Opinion | The Damage of ‘Trump Math’ Is Adding Up

Authoritarians go after data. The president has already started.

The New York Times
RonSupportsYouMay 15
"The backlash to revelations of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners aims to raise the cost of speaking out":
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/palestinian-prisoners-sexual-torture-israel-backlash
"Israel’s prison system has been transformed into a criminal network of torture camps."
#politics #knowledge #TheTruthHurts #Israel #WarCrimes #IgnoranceIsBliss
The backlash to revelations of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners aims to raise the cost of speaking out

Israel’s response to recent New York Times reporting detailing the horrific sexual violence inflicted on detainees seeks to silence those who assert the basic fact of Palestinian humanity

The Guardian
Almost PlausibleMay 5

Ignorance is bliss.

A malicious A.I. tries to take over a fleet of rovers on Mars in an attempt to transmit itself to Earth.

Listen now: https://bit.ly/4mYFAGE

#AlmostPlausible #RedRover #Google #IgnoranceIsBliss #Podcast #Comedy #Improv #Screenwriting #Movie

RonSupportsYouMar 2
Instead of giving his full attention to the war against Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth decided to take some time out to start a new war against the universities of America:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/01/us-news/hegseth-bans-military-from-woke-princeton-columbia-mit-universities/
Hegseth acted to harm American colleges and the careers of the military officers who attended them.
#NewTrumpAdministrationMotto = #IgnoranceIsBliss. #military #education
Hegseth bans military from attending Princeton, Columbia, other elite universities: 'Wokeness and weakness'

He claimed the universities had replaced “the study of victory and pragmatic realism with the promotion of wokeness and weakness.”

New York Post
RonSupportsYouFeb 12
One more organization is afraid of Donald Trump:
"After nearly 90 years, the Gallup Organization will no longer track presidential approval ratings, which served as a steady way to measure Americans’ views of their elected leaders":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/politics/gallup-poll-presidential-approval-ratings-trump.html
"Gallup’s decision comes as Pres. Trump has escalated his threats against the press, and sued at least one respected pollster, J. Ann Selzer."
#DonaldTrump = #FallingInThePolls #IgnoranceIsBliss. #politics
Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings

The monthly poll has been used to measure presidential performance for almost nine decades.

The New York Times
RonSupportsYouFeb 5
Here is one more gift from #PutinsPuppet Donald Trump to Putin:
"Close the cover on the CIA World Factbook: The spy agency announced Wednesday that after more than 60 years, it is shuttering the popular reference manual":
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/04/cia-ends-publication-of-world-factbook-reference-tool-00766655 #IgnoranceIsBliss #politics
CIA ends publication of World Factbook reference tool

The site appeared online in 1997.

Politico
Shouting into the voidFeb 4

If you are happy, there might be something clinically wrong with you.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DjdAbexES/

#depression #happiness #psychology #ignoranceisbliss

193K views · 9.3K reactions | The natural state of depression. From my ’07 Comedy Central Presents set. —— Tour tickets on sale at WTFpod.com/Tour: ⋆ March 8 Albuquerque ⋆ March 28 Providence ⋆ April 16 Austin ⋆ June 4-6 Tacoma ⋆ June 25-27 Portland #standupcomedy #DepressionAndAnxietyAwareness #antidepressants #livecomedy | Marc Maron

The natural state of depression. From my ’07 Comedy Central Presents set. —— Tour tickets on sale at WTFpod.com/Tour: ⋆ March 8 Albuquerque ⋆ March 28 Providence ⋆ April 16 Austin ⋆ June 4-6...

BetteDec 29

You're talking to a group of people and notice that one of them, a good friend, has a huge hunk of spinach in their teeth.

You're talking to a group of people and notice that one of them, a stranger, has a huge hunk of spinach in their teeth.

#Etiquette
#Embarrassment
#BetterNotToKnow
#IgnoranceIsBliss

Do you:

Tell the friend, but not the stranger
15.4%
Tell the stranger, but not the friend
0%
Tell both of them
65.4%
Hope that somone else tells them both
19.2%
Poll ended at .
RonSupportsYouDec 23
"American science is wobbling right now. After cuts to federal funding and the firing or early retirement of thousands of government scientists this year, another blow to scientific research landed this week. The Trump administration on Tuesday night announced a plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/climate/ncar-climate-research-agu.html
#IgnoranceIsBliss #politics #ThisAintHowToMakeAmericaGreatAgain
A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue

News of the breakup of a leading science institution rippled through an annual gathering of Earth, ocean and space scientists. Many say American science is suffering under the Trump administration.

The New York Times