Pres. Trump rejects independent study that reports an estimated 2,975 people died in Puerto Rico in 5 months after Hurricane Maria; provides no evidence to discount study; declares, without evidence, that higher toll is political ploy to make him look bad. https://t.co/a7jdb89XfF
This @urbaninstitute podcast is a great primer on what #EvidenceBased Policymaking is and why it's important -- "Just because a program is intuitive doesn't mean it works." https://t.co/KNgV8amPze
@ByRosenberg The "freeattle" narrative continues to be perpetuated, without evidence, by your colleagues at @seattletimes, including @jontalton in this recent column: https://t.co/JoA9iULy6s
"We're in a trade war," says @davereichert, chair of subcommittee on trade. Interview w/ Rep. Reichert and a concerned WA apple grower at 5, 6:30pm @KING5Seattle
What does the evidence say RE: employee hours tax? @SeattleMayorTim and Charles Royer's op ed cites two studies, concludes it's a job killer and bad for businesses and workers. #headtax#seattlecitycouncil#taxpolicy#seattlepolitics
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โDiscarding studies that used individual health information would amount to excluding the best available science, and make it extremely difficult to administer public health protections, such as the Clean Air Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act.โ
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The executive order restricts what science can be considered when regulating air quality and directs the EPA to heed warnings from interests outside of the scientific and public health realms. https://t.co/DxifyDoC1t
Evidence-Based Policy Monitor has now reached 40 followers on Twitter. This is during a time when I have been almost completely inactive. Thank you for your patience as I have focused on other projects and know that there is more to come.
The debt limit has not worked as a mechanism for encouraging fiscal discipline. It has created a growing risk that a political miscalculation will give investors a reason to question the full faith & credit of the US gov't. It's long past time to scrap it. https://t.co/jzUuHfi9vq
There are tangible steps we can and should be taking to improve resilience and #preparedness for the Cascadia #megaquake. Report suggests CERT/First Aid and seismic retrofits.
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