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Posted on 10/01/2025 8:22:10 AM PDT by Twotone
The left-wing climate scientist and political activist Michael Mann resigned on Tuesday from his post as vice provost at the University of Pennsylvania. Mann stirred up controversy repeatedly over the past several months, most recently when he shared a social media post that compared Charlie Kirk to a member of the "Hitler Youth." Mann will remain at the university as a professor and the director of its Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media.
Mann explained in a blog post Monday that his environmental advocacy work "at times feels in conflict" with the University of Pennsylvania's institutional neutrality policy. "At this moment in time, I don’t feel that I can forsake the public scholarship and advocacy that I am doing and have thus decided to step down from the VPC role," he wrote.
Though Mann cited his recent work with staunch vaccine defender Peter Hotez as an example of that advocacy work, he has faced criticism in recent months over his public outbursts. Sen. Dave McCormick (R., Pa.) called for the University of Pennsylvania to take "immediate, decisive action" against Mann following his tirade against Kirk earlier this month.
A day after Kirk's assassination, Mann attacked a New York Times editorial titled, "Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way." At one point, Mann reposted a comment likening Kirk to a Nazi. And after police identified Kirk's killer, Mann joked that "white on white violence has gotten out of hand."
"This is despicable behavior. This dangerous rhetoric cannot and will not be tolerated. I unequivocally condemn this behavior," wrote McCormick.
In May, Mann warned the United States would be in "second amendment territory" if Trump didn't comply with a federal court injunction blocking a plan to dismantle the Department of Education. He then attempted to defend his apparent threat, stating the Second Amendment "refers to the right of the people to rise up and defend democracy." He eventually deleted the post altogether.
It is unclear whether University of Pennsylvania leadership forced Mann to resign. The university did not respond to a request for comment.
Mann's resignation, meanwhile, comes less than a year after the university gave him the position. He was named its inaugural vice provost for climate science, policy, and action in October 2024.
In addition, Mann has faced legal setbacks this year. A Washington, D.C., court ordered him to pay more than $1 million to cover litigation costs for the Competitive Enterprise Institute and National Review, two entities he has accused of libel.
Mann is perhaps best known for his "hockey stick" graph published in 1998 showing global temperatures have spiked since humans started relying on fossil fuels. That research has been used by the United Nations, climate groups, and activists to show governments must rapidly abandon oil, gas, and coal if they want to stave off cataclysmic global warming.
The graph has faced pushback from experts who say Mann's research was filled with statistical errors and relied too heavily on tree ring data from just a few regions.
For the leading world expert on climate change, he sure can’t read the temperature very well.....
This vile slime ball sure is a legend in his own mind.
Nice comment!
“Mann will remain at the university as a professor and the director of its Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media.”
Of course.
The guy has been a total, litigious douche bag for a long time.
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“Hitler Youth” is what the left-wing fascist universities have been molding for decades.
The delusional Left constantly attributes their own mischief on their opposition.
This is the scumbag who tried to ruin Mark Steyn when Mark exposed his climate lies.
That’s because he’s like the other libtard morons, they actually think they’re rhe most important people on earth.
That’s because they’re hypocrites and liars the lefties.
The left can’t handle organized and determined opposition. They’ve been so used to our side backing down and cowering in a corner after they ran roughshod over us. Not anymore.
However one feels about Trump the one thing that can’t be denied is that he taken on the left directly and gave our side a backbone to fight them too. The lefties can’t handle it and are going haywire.
Quite litterally true when you consider that most of the Black Lives Matter rioters are White.
So, as a joke, this comment falls flat.
“Mann will remain at the university as a professor and the director of its Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media.”
“Hitler Youth” training in the left-wing fascist universities - been going on for decades.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4343701/posts
Come on and just say it!
He cherry picked his data, and messaged the data to achieve a predetermined out come.
And he used Law Fare not science to defend his work.
The first article I read about this made it sound like Mann had resigned from the University.
So - Mann resigned from his completely useless Provost job?
What a Nothing-Burger!
For those who do not follow Global Warming issues closely, Michael Mann was one of the most important people who started the entire Global Warming fraud in the 1990s.
“In May, Mann warned the United States would be in “second amendment territory” if Trump didn’t comply with a federal court injunction blocking a plan to dismantle the Department of Education.”
Should have been fired in May for inciting violence.
” He then attempted to defend his apparent threat, stating the Second Amendment “refers to the right of the people to rise up and defend democracy.”
Reprobate liar. He knows what the Second Amendment states- RKBA.
2nd Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The 1st Amendment refers to the right of the people to rise up and defend democracy PEACEFULLY. Loser.
Yes. And cost Mark millions (tens of millions?) of dollars to defend himself and contributed greatly to Mark’s heart health problem.
My wife works in media relations. It’s her job to “craft” responses for the Executives of a large health care system.
She counsels “her” executives:
*** They should stay off all social media and if they cannot…keep it private.
*** They are under no obligation to share every little thought that comes into their heads.
*** And more importantly, it is not necessary to respond to every little comment made on the internet.
I wish I could say that I was surprised that more and more of them (she has been doing this 20 years) want to ignore her advice. Usually with bad results.
I am sure this slimy climate fraud will be allowed to keep his job as perfessor there.
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