exposes about something really bad that was going on at the cdc, the centers for disease control. the cdc over decades, over generations, built a reputation for excellence and solid science that made it really the international gold standard for public health. cdc science, cdc advice, cdc guidelines are unparalleled worldwide in terms of their influence, their authority, the respect with which they are treated and followed. it is a part of the u.s. government that we can righteously and uncomplicatedly be really proud of as americans in terms of us having an absolutely uncontested best in the world status. absolutely global leadership. and then the trump administration happened. and they recognized that when the pandemic hit, the world would be looking to the cdc for gold standard science and guidance on how to understand it, how to combat it. the whole country, the whole world would be looking to the cdc for what counts as scientifically sound policy response to that crisis.
really bad that was going on at the cdc, the centers for disease control. the cdc, over decades, over generations, built a reputation for excellence and solid science that made it really the international gold standard for public health. cdc science, cdc advice, cdc guidelines are unparalleled worldwide in terms of their influence, their authority, the respect with which they are treated and followed. it is a part of the u.s. government that we can righteously and uncomplicatedly be really proud of as americans in terms of us having an absolutely uncontested best in the world status. absolutely global leadership. and then the trump administration happened. and they recognized that when the pandemic hit, the world would be looking to the cdc for gold standard science and guidance on how to understand it, how to combat it. the whole country, the whole world would be looking to the cdc for what counts as scientifically sound policy response to that crisis. so the trump administr
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his book junk science: and the american criminal justice system chronicles a prosecution of individuals who were found guilty of capital murder. and the fight to overturn those wrongful convictions. he weaves together the courtroom battles from mississippi to texas to new york and beyond, and he takes the reader on a journey into the heart of a broken, racist justice system. and the role that forensic science plays in maintaining the status quo. and joining him for this conversation and moderating it is allison leotta, montgomery county alone, a former federal prosecutor turned author who has been dubbed the female john grisham, and also serves on the board of directors for the mystery writers of america. and what i actually enjoyed about listening to them in a few moments and their journeys that they ve been on before becoming a lawmaker montgomery county i used to be a journalist. i worked at cnn for 12 years and it s conversations like this that help inform me and help i
donald trump s campaign and the modern-day white nationalist movement known as the alt-right. clinton said that trump has in effect given the alt-right s fringe ideology a national platform by installing steve bannon as head of his campaign. that s the very same steve bannon who last month told mother jones that breitbart is, quote, the platform for alt-right. the american renaissance, one of the most prominent voices, rejected clinton s claim with a statement criticizing her suggestion that trump shares the alt-right s views before going on to clarify exactly what those views are. quote, its central concern is race. race is not a social con instruct, it s a biological fact. there is very broad overlap between the races, but they differ in average levels of intelligence and in other traits. it also says the united ates has a distinct cultu and heritage that derives from the european founders. it is not a territory that is up for grabs that belongs to whoever can manage to sne