{"id":7291,"date":"2016-12-20T12:44:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=7291"},"modified":"2016-12-20T12:44:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:44:57","slug":"there-are-many-entities-working-to-better-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/12\/20\/there-are-many-entities-working-to-better-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"There Are Many Entities Working To Better The United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

… and one is the Center For Inquiry<\/strong><\/em> (CFI), publisher of Skeptical Inquirer. From a funds seeking email received today:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2022 \u00a0Betsy DeVos, the private school vouchers enthusiast tapped to lead President-Elect Donald Trump\u2019s education department, once compared her work in education reform to a biblical battleground<\/a> where she wants to \u201cadvance God\u2019s Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0And take a look at this video<\/a> of Vice-President-Elect Mike Pence, taking to the floor of the US House of Representatives to denounce evolution.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0Just last week, Christine Todd Whitman, George W. Bush\u2019s EPA director, had harsh words<\/a> for Trump\u2019s pick for the EPA: \u201cI don\u2019t recall ever having seen an appointment of someone who is so disdainful of the agency and the science behind what the agency does.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0And President-Elect Trump has met with anti-vaccination groups<\/a>, and has made it clear that he sees a connection between vaccinations and autism.<\/p>\n

Crusaders against church-state separation, climate science deniers, intelligent design proponents, and anti-vaccination activists used to be at the fringe of society. Now they are poised to run the country. Make your voice heard<\/strong> by giving a year-end gift that ensures we have the resources to fight.<\/p>\n

Become a member, or give an outright gift<\/a>\u2026 has it ever been more important than right now?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just thought I’d point out that CFI<\/strong><\/em> fights the good fight, and you may want to help fund it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… and one is the Center For Inquiry (CFI), publisher of Skeptical Inquirer. From a funds seeking email received today: \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0Betsy DeVos, the private school vouchers enthusiast tapped to lead President-Elect Donald Trump\u2019s education department, once compared her work in education reform to a biblical battleground where she wants \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7292,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7291\/revisions\/7292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}