Among their many efforts to dismantle science, the Trump Administration now plans to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Their reason, according to the Budget Director, is that the Center is the leading force behind "climate change hysteria" in America.
Of course, it is also in a Blue State with a Democratic Governor who King Trump does not like. Having dramatically reduced funding for medical research and a wide variety of environmental programs, the Administration has set its sights on all forms of science though I suspect military technology will be spared.
As several early spring storm systems have brought tornadic thunderstorms as far north as the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Region, formerly unheard of in early March, one would think that climate change deserves a great deal of monitoring and research. Indeed, the latest storm is bearing down on the Mid-Atlantic Coast this morning and Washington DC lies within the high risk zone for tornadoes. Perhaps a direct hit on the ballroom might change Our Dear Leader's point of view.
