I've heard colleagues say that the solution to what's happening to American science is for scientists to communicate the value of science better. That's false. Trump is doing a lot of unpopular things, including destroying the science enterprise. What's happening is not our fault.
Most people believe in the values of democracy, but those values are being assaulted by this administration every day. 1/2
The distrust of science is a funded narrative.
Climate denial, election denial, and covid disinformation are correlated because they are funded by the same people and targeted at the same people.
Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife, Seid, Uihlein
They funded the Jan 6 coup attempt, funded 50 years of climate denial, covid denial and Project 2025 to get the GOP elected.
Next they're funding an attempt to dismantle the EU.
Koch Network funds fascist movements globally.
Koch Network has several influence operations in Canada working on their behalf.
Usual aims: Ecocide. Ending public education & national health. Tax cuts for the rich. Fossil fuel subsidies. Greenwashing like Cap & Trade. Ending indigenous rights. Eroding separation of church & state. Anti-immigrant bigotry. Opposition to women's rights.
1. JCCF (backed the 2022 antivaxxer ...
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Koch Industries, Elon Musk’s X Corp., Loblaws, Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, the Canadian Gas Association, Rumble Canada, Rebel News, Canada Proud, and Facebook. These are just a handful of the corporate interests and right-wing communications platforms linked to the inner circle of Pierre Poilievre and his federal Conservatives as Canada heads into a snap federal election […]
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....convoys that cost the Canadian economy billions in losses)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Centre_for_Constitutional_Freedoms
2. Fraser Institute
https://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/2012/04/26/fraser-institute-co-founder-confirms-years-and-years-us-oil-billionaires-funding.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Institute
3. Capitol Hill Group
4. Crestview Strategies
5. StrategyCorp
6. Pathways Alliance
7. One Persuasion
8. Rebel News
9. Wellington Advocacy
10. Harper Associates
David Ho
Nicole Parsons
Ron Dyck