Ronald Reagan
Career
Hollywood Actor
California Governor
Ronald Reagan was the 33rd Governor of California from January 2, 1967 - January 6, 1975.
Public Education
During the 1960s, the UC Regents (led by Edwin Pauley) worked closely with the FBI and CIA to counter student protests, including future CIA Director George H.W. Bush, Reagan's future vice president. Ronald Reagan campaigned on a platform which attacked student protestors and radicals.
Student Loan Crisis
https://theintercept.com/2022/08/25/student-loans-debt-reagan
https://newuniversity.org/2023/02/13/ronald-reagans-legacy-the-rise-of-student-loan-debt-in-america/
CIA Oil Politics
See: Edwin Pauley + George H.W. Bush#Zapata Petroleum
COINTELPRO
Upon becoming Governor of California, Reagan also became a UC Regent alongside Edwin Pauley. Pauley had been a Regent since 1940, and remained on the Board for the majority of Reagan's term as Governor. During the 1960s, Pauley had served as the UC Regent's chief liason with both the CIA (through his ties to George H.W. Bush) and the FBI, working closely with director J. Edgar Hoover. When Reagan took office, the Black Panther Party was a top counter-intelligence priority for the FBI.
Black Panther Party
During his first summer in office (July 1967), Ronald Reagan signed into law the Mulford Act, which was crafted with the express goal of disarming the Black Panther Party's community self-defense patrols in Oakland.[1]
Cowboy President
See also: Cowboy Mythology
Climate Denial
GHG Pollution
In his 1980 U.S. Presidential campaign, Reagan blamed trees/plants for 80-93% of nitrogen oxide pollution.[2][3][4][5]
Greenwashing
Republican Politics
https://theintercept.com/2015/09/16/seven-things-reagan-wont-mentioned-tonight-gops-debate/
Sources
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act
- ↑ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/09/The-Sierra-Club-says-Ronald-Reagan-is-wrong-when/5945339912000/
- ↑ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/10/Environmentalists-Ronald-Reagan-is-just-plain-wrong/9036339998400/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170828143929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/web/20170828143929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1980/08/17/reagan-spare-that-tree/fcb1657a-6987-44f3-86c4-89daa1409fb1/
- ↑ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032023/jimmy-carter-climate-change/