'Reality has a well-known liberal bias': Inside Donald Trump's war on numbers

'Reality has a well-known liberal bias': Inside Donald Trump's war on numbers

More children ages 1 to 4 die of drowning than any other cause of death. Nearly a quarter of adults received mental health treatment in 2023, an increase of 3.4 million from the prior year. The number of migrants from Mexico and northern Central American countries stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol was surpassed in 2022 by the number of migrants from other nations.We know these things because the federal government collects, organizes and shares …

ProPublica: Trump’s War on Data Undermines Public Policy

Trump’s war on our federal government continues unabated. Among his least noticed targets is data collection. If we don’t collect data, we don’t know where to focus our efforts and where we are succeeding or failing. Trump is not smart enough to figure this out on his own. Someone put this malevolent plan in action on his behalf. We know he is destroying our government, firing essential personnel, closing down Congressionally authorized agencies…

With CDC injury prevention team gutted, ‘we will not know what is killing us’ – DG Verifications & Stats

Federal layoffs affected teams at CDC that research injuries — including car crashes — to understand how to prevent them. Car crashes are the second leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 12. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu/Getty Images Kyle Mazza/Anadolu/Getty Images Before they were fired, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were about to launch a new data system to improve how the U.S. tracks concussions. They were planning to r…

Trump’s War on Measurement Is Hiding Critical Social and Economic Information

Republished with permission from ProPublica, by Alec MacGillis More children ages 1 to 4 die of drowning than any other cause of death. Nearly a quarter of adults received mental health treatment in 2023, an increase of 3.4 million from the prior year. The number of migrants from Mexico and northern Central American countries stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol was surpassed in 2022 by the number of migrants from other nations. We know these thing…