July 31, 2016
The Anti-Science of Scientifically Illiterate Donald Trump: Climate Change Denier, Anti-vaxxer, and the De-Evolution of the GOP. Sam Harris, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Stephen Hawking, and Sean Carroll speak out

Why should Science fans care about politics?

http://tmblr.co/ZTwOHxChbmeF

13 Tweets That Definitively Prove That Donald Trump Is Not a Scientist

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/donald-trump-science-climate-change-vaccines-autism-ebola

Evolution and the GOP’s 2016 candidates: A complete guide

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/11/evolution_and_the_gops_2016_candidates_a_complet_guide/

The Science of President Trump

The Republican frontrunner has given hints about his take on scientific topics; now experts weigh in to say what a Trump presidency might mean for science

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-science-of-president-trump/

Here’s A List Of All The Science That Donald Trump Denies

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/heres-a-list-of-all-the-science-that-donald-trump-denies/all/

They don’t believe in science, and pander to evangelicals – as a result, the Republicans remain a party of stupid

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/02/make_them_talk_about_evolution_why_wont_a_single_republican_presidential_candidate_admit_that_darwins_right/

Donald Trump’s Running Mate Has Some Truly Strange Views on Modern Science

http://fortune.com/2016/07/15/mike-pence-donald-trump-science/

TRUMP VP CHOICE MIKE PENCE DOESN’T AGREE WITH SCIENCE

http://www.popsci.com/top-5-worst-mike-pence-quotes-on-science

Donald Trump’s running mate once peddled conspiracy theories about anthrax and Saddam Hussein

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pence-anthrax-20160717-20160715-snap-story.html

Is Donald Trump Scientifically Illiterate?

https://debunkingdenialism.com/2014/04/02/is-donald-trump-scientifically-illiterate/

Make them talk about evolution: Why won’t a single Republican presidential candidate admit that Darwin’s right

Trump vs Clinton: worlds apart on science

Presidential candidates begin to make clear their stark differences on climate change, energy production and stem-cell research.

http://www.nature.com/news/trump-vs-clinton-worlds-apart-on-science-1.20326

This new book “The Science of Trump” goes a long way to explaining the rise of Donald Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/22/this-new-book-goes-a-long-way-to-explaining-the-rise-of-donald-trump/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IL9DTG8

Creationist Ken Ham: What Ministries Can Learn From Donald Trump

http://www.charismanews.com/culture/52936-creationist-ken-ham-what-ministries-can-learn-from-donald-trump

Trump Channels Ken Ham

https://ncse.com/blog/2015/11/trump-channels-ken-ham-0016766

Why Trump?: Donald the Dominant Male Ape

Evolutionary psychology explains Trump’s appeal.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/alpha-god/201602/why-trump-donald-the-dominant-male-ape

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~Sam Harris

Sam Harris articulates why Donald Trump is a dangerous candidate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az1JyDJ_iKU

Sam Harris’ Dissection Of Donald Trump (from Joe Rogan Experience #804)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdDo1A7EsyM

~Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson Reveals How to Talk to Donald Trump About Science

http://www.thewrap.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-explains-how-to-talk-to-donald-trump-about-science/

WATCH: Neil deGrasse Tyson destroys Trump voters who are impervious to ‘what is true in this world’

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/watch-neil-degrasse-tyson-destroys-trump-voters-who-are-impervious-to-what-is-true-in-this-world/

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/neil-degrasse-tyson-nails-trump-voters-being-impervious-truth

Neil DeGrasse Tyson : If You Knock Donald Trump Out His Supporters Will Wait For The Next Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-roY9pYzEVo

http://winningdemocrats.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-nails-it-trump-not-problem-supporters-are-video/

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Blame Education System For Trump

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/06/neil-degrasse-tyson-blame-education-system-for-trump/

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~Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking Calls Donald Trump a ‘Demagogue’

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/us/politics/stephen-hawking-calls-donald-trump-a-demagogue.html?_r=0

STEPHEN HAWKING ANGERS TRUMP SUPPORTERS WITH BAFFLING ARRAY OF LONG WORDS

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/stephen-hawking-angers-trump-supporters-with-baffling-array-of-long-words

Why Stephen Hawking’s Comments on Donald Trump Matter More Than Most Realize

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/why-stephen-hawkings-comments-on-donald-trump-matter-more-than-most-realize/

The Media Is Ignoring The Most Important Part Of Stephen Hawking’s Comments On Trump

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/31/3783216/stephen-hawking-donald-trump-climate-change/

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Sean Carroll

https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/status/756194212584919041

~Bill Nye

Bill Nye has a great response to Trump’s outrageous statements about climate change

http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-nye-great-response-donald-trump-statements-climate-change-2016-1

Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ gets political

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/22/politics/bill-nye-the-science-guy-climate-change/

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~Climate Change: It is a hoax!

Trump’s Newest Enemy: Environmentalists

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/19/3779862/trump-paris-climate-deal-environmentalist-reaction/

Donald Trump considers climate change “bullshit” and “a total hoax” — except when it comes to his precious golf courses

Politico discovered documents indicating Trump wants to build a wall to protect a course from “global warming”

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/23/donald_trump_considers_climate_change_bullshit_and_a_total_hoax_except_when_it_comes_to_his_precious_golf_courses/

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/05/donald-trump-global-warming

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/02/14/bernie_sanders_climate_change_is_a_hoax_isnt_trump_a_world_renowned_scientist.html

6 of Donald Trump’s Most Outrageous Tweets on Climate Change

http://ecowatch.com/2015/10/19/donald-trump-climate-change-tweets/

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/06/16/3670229/president-trump-climate/

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https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/418542137899491328?lang=en

Winter Does Not Disprove Global Warming

One more reason not to listen to Donald Trump.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/01/climate_change_deniers_cite_snowstorm_debunking_donald_trump_et_al.html

Science explains Donald Trump: Why cold weather makes people doubt global warming

Even when they should know better, the weather influences people’s beliefs about climate change

http://www.salon.com/2014/01/14/science_explains_donald_trump_why_cold_weather_makes_people_doubt_global_warming/

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/08/3609443/here-we-go-again-2/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/cold-global-warming_n_4550715.html

Water world: rising tides close in on Trump, the climate change denier

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/06/donald-trump-climate-change-florida-resort

Trump would be only head of state in entire world to deny that climate change is a problem

http://grist.org/climate-energy/trump-would-be-only-head-of-state-in-entire-world-to-deny-that-climate-change-is-a-problem/

The Strange Reason Trump Wants to Build a Wall Around His Golf Course

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a45147/donald-trump-golf-course-wall-climate-change/

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Yes, Donald Trump did call climate change a Chinese hoax

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/03/hillary-clinton/yes-donald-trump-did-call-climate-change-chinese-h/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/24/bernie-s/yes-donald-trump-really-did-tweet-climate-change-h/

Trump’s laughable climate change claims

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/289767-trumps-laughable-climate-change-claims

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3405315/Trump-insists-joke-claimed-Chinese-invented-global-warming.html

Dear Donald Trump: Winter Does Not Disprove Global Warming

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/01/blizzards-dont-refute-global-warming

Fox Regular Donald Trump Decries Climate Change “Hoax”

Attributes Climate Warnings To Scientists “Having A Lot Of Fun”

http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/01/06/fox-regular-donald-trump-decries-climate-change/197432

Fox Guest Donald Trump Dismisses Climate Change By Pointing To 1920’s Magazine Covers As Evidence

http://mediamatters.org/video/2013/06/24/fox-guest-donald-trump-dismisses-climate-change/194561

Fox Regular Trump Uses Post-Sandy Cold Snap To Cast Doubt On The Existence Of Climate Change

http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/11/05/fox-regular-trump-uses-post-sandy-cold-snap-to/191135

Fox News, New York Post advance Trump’s false claim that this is “coldest winter ever”

http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/02/19/fox-news-new-york-post-advance-trumps-false-cla/160629

This Chart Shows Where All the Candidates Stand on the World’s Biggest Issue

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/ultimate-climate-candidate-matrix

5 Things You Should Know About Trump’s VP Pick Mike Pence

http://www.ecowatch.com/5-things-you-should-know-about-trumps-vp-pick-mike-pence-1929543266.html

Here Are the Ridiculous Things That Trump’s VP Options Think About Global Warming

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/07/trump-vp-climate-change

Here’s What Actual Climate Scientists Think Of Trump’s New Energy Plan

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/31/3782689/trump-energy-plan-climate-scientists/

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~Anti-Vaxxer

The long, sordid antivaccine history of Donald Trump

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/09/15/the-long-sordid-antivaccine-history-of-donald-trump/

The Republican Party has made an antivaccine loon named Donald Trump its presumptive nominee

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/05/03/the-republican-party-is-on-the-verge-of-nominating-an-antivaccine-loon-named-donald-trump/

Donald Trump’s dangerous ignorance on vaccines and autism: Anti-vaxxers won, science lost at last night’s GOP debate

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/17/donald_trumps_dangerous_ignorance_on_vaccines_and_autism_anti_vaxxers_won_science_lost_at_last_nights_gop_debate/

Donald Trump Uses GOP Debate to Push Anti-Vaccination Myths

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/09/16/donald_trump_suggested_vaccines_cause_autism_during_the_cnn_gop_debate_he.html

Vaccine Skepticism and 'Big Government’

Donald Trump and Ben Carson’s remarks on vaccines during the Republican debates show how hard it is to fight ideology with facts.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/ben-carson-donald-trump-republican-presidential-debate-vaccine-autism-science-government/405901/

Donald Trump Is Turning Republicans Into Anti-Vaxxers

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/05/donald-trump-is-turning-republicans-into-anti-vaxxers.html

Anti-Vaxxer: President Trump 'Absolutely Will Investigate’ Phony Autism Link

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/anti-vaxxer-president-trump-absolutely-will-investigate-phony-autism-link

The origins of Donald Trump’s autism/vaccine theory and how it was completely debunked eons ago

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/09/17/the-origins-of-donald-trumps-autismvaccine-theory-and-how-it-was-completely-debunked-eons-ago/

Donald Trump on vaccines: ‘It’s not helpful’, experts say

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/17/donald-trump-vaccines-autism-debate

Trump Flies Off About Vaccines And Autism: 'Tiny Children Are Not Horses!’

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-autism-children-vaccinations

Donald Trump locks down the anti-vaccination, chemtrails vote

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/donald-trump-locks-down-the-anti-vaccination-chemtrails-vote/article/2567773-donald-trump-tweets-anti-vaccination-nonsense-because-come-on-its-donald-trump

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/07/donald-trump-claims-vaccines-cause-autism/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/9/17/1422153/-Donald-Trump-busts-out-the-anti-vaxxer-talk-and-Ben-Carson-partially-signs-on

http://reason.com/blog/2015/09/18/trump-anti-vax-idiotarian

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-says-vaccinations-are-causing-an-autism-epidemic-10505087.html

~Responses

Medical experts condemn Donald Trump for debate comments suggesting vaccines can cause autism

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/experts-condemn-donald-trump-remarks-vaccines-autism-article-1.2365112

Trump and Carson think it’s okay to delay vaccines. Doctors say they’re wrong.

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/16/9342687/trump-carson-vaccine

12-Year-Old Scientist Trolls Anti-Vaxxers in Hilarious Viral Video

https://mic.com/articles/144826/12-year-old-scientist-marco-arturo-trolls-anti-vaxxers-in-hilarious-viral-video#.BBt3gbUrJ

Prominent Vaccine Denier Site Applauds Trump For Saying Vaccines Cause Autism

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/09/03/3698286/vaccine-truthers-love-donald-trump/

Donald Trump Savagely Mocked After Anti-Vaccine Tweets (Screenshots)

http://aattp.org/donald-trump-savagely-mocked-after-anti-vaccine-tweets-screenshots/

Anti-Vaxxer Trump Claims Immigrants are Bringing Back Previously Eliminated Diseases

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/16/anti-vaxxer-trump-claims-immigrants-bringing-previously-eliminated-diseases.html

~Energy Plan

VIDEO: Why Trump’s energy plan makes no sense - Forget energy independence, Trump’s for energy incoherence

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/2/11840944/donald-trump-energy-plan-oil-climate-change-errors

Donald Trump’s dangerous, nonsensical energy plan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trumps-dangerous-nonsensical-energy-plan/2016/05/29/c527cf04-2433-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html

Donald Trump’s “America-First Energy Plan” Shows He Knows Virtually Nothing About the Issue

In typical fashion, Trump used simplistic promises as the basis for lavish claims about revitalizing the energy industry and showering the American people with riches.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601588/donald-trumps-america-first-energy-plan-shows-he-knows-virtually-nothing-about-the-issue/

Trump’s Energy Plan: Save Coal by Unleashing Fracking?

The Republican candidate will also “cancel” the Paris Agreement to combat climate change, roll back EPA clean air rules, among other things, if elected

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-s-energy-plan-save-coal-by-unleashing-fracking/

Donald Trump’s energy policies would harm the nation and worsen global warming

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-trump-energy-environment-20160527-snap-story.html

Here’s What Actual Climate Scientists Think Of Trump’s New Energy Plan

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/31/3782689/trump-energy-plan-climate-scientists/

The biggest exaggerations in Trump’s energy plans

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-energy-promises-223633

Even George W. Bush’s Environment Chief Thinks Trump’s Energy Plan Is Bonkers

“He’s talking about rolling back the clock, which I think is very dangerous.”

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/06/donald-trump-christine-whitman-climate

Trump Vows To Undo Obama’s Climate Agenda In Appeal To Oil Sector

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trumps-energy-plan_us_574858c1e4b055bb1171e801

Donald Trump’s energy plan: Regulate less, drill more

http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/26/investing/donald-trump-energy-plan/

Trump: Government should 'get out of the way’ of energy industry

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/26/trump-government-should-get-out-of-the-way-of-energy-industry.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/5/27/1531596/-The-Trump-energy-plan-burn-it-down-burn-it-all-down

There’s a lot to unpack in just one of Donald Trump’s answers about energy policy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/26/theres-a-lot-to-unpack-in-donald-trumps-answers-about-energy-policy/

~Green Energy - Wind & Solar

Trump Blasts Wind & Solar But Vows 'Energy Independence’

http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2016/05/26/trump-blasts-wind-solar-but-vows-energy-independence.html

Donald Trump betrays total ignorance of solar, energy market dynamics

http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/donald-trump-betrays-total-ignorance-of-solar–energy-market-dynamics_100024773/#axzz4Fx4wNF45

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Trump inflates wind turbine eagle deaths

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/31/donald-trump/trump-exaggerates-wind-turbine-eagle-deaths/

Donald Trump: Windmills Are ‘Disgusting’

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/03/16/446515/donald-trump-windmills-are-disgusting/

DONALD TRUMP LOSES FIGHT AGAINST WINDMILLS

The quixotic fight against a Scottish wind farm ended in a Trump loss.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/12/donald-trump-lawsuit-golf

~The Environment & The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Department of Administration (DOA)

Why is Trump so fixated on abolishing the EPA?

http://grist.org/politics/why-is-trump-so-fixated-on-abolishing-the-epa/

Donald Trump will cut EPA and DOA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ResFX6B4E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeeRSM3cvxg

Trump says he’d eliminate 'Department of Environment Protection’

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-says-hed-eliminate-department-of-environment-protection/article/2584908

Trump Says He Will Cut The EPA As Prez: 'We’ll Be Fine With The Environment’

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-epa-dept-of-education

~DEP????

Trump Wants To Abolish The DEP, Which Doesn’t Exist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS0zhTMbBiM

Trump Makes Up The Name Of A Federal Agency He Would Axe As Prez (VIDEO)

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-makes-up-agency-environmental-hannity

Department Of Environmental, You’re Fired - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l0V9Sri-Hw

~Does Donald Trump sound like Greg Stillson in the “Dead Zone”

‘THE DEAD ZONE:’ DID STEPHEN KING PREDICT THE RISE OF DONALD TRUMP?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EO9y4rGxvk

http://www.inquisitr.com/2895400/the-dead-zone-did-stephen-king-predict-the-rise-of-donald-trump/

http://www.nationalmemo.com/pop-culture-warned-us-about-trump-part-4-the-dead-zone/

http://reverbpress.com/news/us/trumps-nuclear-stupidity-as-scary-as-a-stephen-king-novel/

Donald Trump On Atheists: ‘They Might Not Like Me’

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2015/08/donald-trump-on-atheists-they-might-not-like-me/

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