France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.

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        Studies have consistwntly shown that the more education one gets, the more their political view skews left. It explains why colleges, staffed and managed by PhDs, tend to be left-wing. That’s why the Conservative Propaganda Machine has to constantly attack education.

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      There tends to be a general distaste toward politicians in general among the scientific community.

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        I fucking wonder why… Surely it’s not the outright hostility towards them by this administration

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          My negative opinion predates the Trump administration. I never liked how they speak so confidently with limited and unsubstantiated evidence.