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Jul 1, 2025 Trump administration shut down the U.S. Global Change Research Program's public climate-science website Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Removing public access to federal climate science reports suppresses scientific information relevant to public policy debates.
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- Trump administration shut down US Global Change Research Program website — ABC News reported that the Trump administration shut down the US Global Change Research Program's website, a major federal website that features climate change reports and resources, including National Climate Assessments. The action removes public access to federal climate science information.
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Week 24 – 2025-06-28–2025-07-04
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Jul 1, 2025 National Park Service began flagging exhibits on climate change, slavery, and Native American imprisonment as non-compliant with a directive against disparaging Americans Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Suppressing factual historical and scientific exhibits demonstrates an effort to sanitize public memory of slavery, dispossession, and climate change.
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- National Park Service flagged exhibits on climate change, slavery, and Native American imprisonment as non-compliant — By July 2025, National Park Service teams were attempting to interpret Burgum's vague directive not to "inappropriately disparage Americans" and began flagging exhibits deemed problematic. Flagged exhibits included displays on sea level rise due to climate change at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, information on human enslavement at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, and exhibits on the imprisonment of Seminoles, Cheyennes, Araphaos, Kiowas, Comanches, Caddos, and Apaches at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida.
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Week 24 – 2025-06-28–2025-07-04
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