Trump’s New NOAA Hire Is Climate Science Denier Who Rails Against ‘Thug’ Mainstream | Talking Points Memo

David Legates has made a career of denying the science behind climate change. And now the University of Delaware professor has a new high-profile gig at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


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Mad Libs time, folks…

Trump’s New ________ Hire Is ________ Denier Who Rails Against ___________.

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This is the most corrupt and the most bizarre looking administration in history. Connection?

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Why do all of the King of Pigs minions look like Nazis?

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“All the best people.”

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It’s like the misfits table in the school cafeteria expanded to fill an entire administration.

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New NOAA Hire Is Climate Science Denier Who Rails Against ‘Thug’ Mainstream Science

Well of course he is. Given Trump’s Razor, where every new hire is worse than their predecessor, by Nov 1 it’ll be all Ferengis, but without the business acumen.

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It will get worse.

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This new NOAA guy got hired just in time to sharpie hurricane Sally away from New Orleans.

There are currently 5 named storms between the US and Africa. I can’t ever remember this. Plus, two “disturbances” with chance of cyclone formation.

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Was this doofus approved by the Senate? If so, shouldn’t the article mention that this is also another pathetic GOP hire under the direction of McFuckface Mitch and not just tRump alone? I’m sick and tired of letting all those fucking GOPers off the hook every time one of these unqualified assholes gets promoted in government. The GOP along with tRump rewards the worst of the worst. Its about time every article also mentions how these jerks manage to get into office and puts the responsibility for filling these jobs with destructive political operators on the Senators that fail time and again to do their due diligence.

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The ugly goes to the bone on this one.

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Serious question: Is it just Koch money, or is it also some sort of emotional problem that creates people like this?

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Why would he need to? The GOPers in LA will just blame Obama like they do for Katrina.

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Deputy Assistant Secretary Commerce. Guess that doesn’t need senate confirmation.

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Sociopathy is a personality disorder technically.

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I imagine many of these guys started as kids with oppositional defiant disorder who didn’t get adequate intervention. And the Koch money doesn’t hurt either.

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The GOP figure they can manage or control these things, so far they have not been to successful.

Sure they are on the losing end of things, but they are hell bent on taking everyone down with them.

The complete Party is wacko.

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Remind me to never send my kid to that university.

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I knew I’d seen that face before.

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Legates has the porcine, comic book-villain look you’d expect from somebody who’s part of the Heartland Institute.

Legates

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