department for their response. they sent us this defiant statement that included this line in bold letters. we didn't bold it. they did. we will not be providing individual names to the transition team. that bold push back and the outrage around that request apparently it worked. the very next day the transition backed off. they said their request for those names was not authorized. public pressure works sometimes. this week, same story. monday, internal memo was sent to all scientists at the usda, the agriculture department, banning them from sharing research in any public way. don't show the people. don't talk about what you are doing. but there was a public outcry and 24 hours later the order to gag all the scientists at the agriculture department, that order was rescinded. public pressure sometimes works and we may be watching the latest example play out now.