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Cut down the forests, burn coal …
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Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True.​

The president wants to weaken limits on tailpipe pollution. Scientists say it’s driving climate change and taking human lives “every day.”

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Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True.

The president wants to weaken limits on tailpipe pollution. Scientists say it’s driving climate change and taking human lives “every day.”
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“President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to relax limits on pollution from cars, saying that the move wouldn’t “mean a damn bit of difference to the environment.”

… Mr. Trump said he intended to go back to the fuel economy standards in place in 2020 during his first administration, when automakers were required to achieve a fleetwide average of about 40 miles a gallon.

“It doesn’t mean a damn bit of difference, either, for the environment,” Mr. Trump said on Monday in the Oval Office. “It doesn’t matter.”

“They’re making it impossible for people to build cars,” he added. …”
 
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nycfan said:


Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True.​

The president wants to weaken limits on tailpipe pollution. Scientists say it’s driving climate change and taking human lives “every day.”

www.nytimes.com

Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True.

The president wants to weaken limits on tailpipe pollution. Scientists say it’s driving climate change and taking human lives “every day.”
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

“President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to relax limits on pollution from cars, saying that the move wouldn’t “mean a damn bit of difference to the environment.”

… Mr. Trump said he intended to go back to the fuel economy standards in place in 2020 during his first administration, when automakers were required to achieve a fleetwide average of about 40 miles a gallon.

“It doesn’t mean a damn bit of difference, either, for the environment,” Mr. Trump said on Monday in the Oval Office. “It doesn’t matter.”

“They’re making it impossible for people to build cars,” he added. …”
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“… “EPA has set up an electronic mailbox to allow the regulated community to request a Presidential Exemption under [a provision] of the Clean Air Act,” the agency announced Monday. The announcement also contained a template for applicants to use in their requests.

… In its announcement, the EPA noted that the Clean Air Act allows the president to exempt “stationary sources” of air pollution — that is, sources that are not vehicles, essentially — from compliance with the rules for up to two years “if the technology to implement the standard is not available and it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so.”

… There is a section in the Clean Air Act that provides the ability to seek this presidential exemption, but to our knowledge, it has never been used — and certainly not in a way where they are broadly putting it out there.”

By his count, the exemption could apply to at least 764 pollution sources across nine industrial sectors such as chemical manufacturing, copper smelting, steel production and coal-fired power plants — “just a whole host of really large and widespread and toxic facilities across the nation,” Kron said. …”
 
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“… “EPA has set up an electronic mailbox to allow the regulated community to request a Presidential Exemption under [a provision] of the Clean Air Act,” the agency announced Monday. The announcement also contained a template for applicants to use in their requests.

… In its announcement, the EPA noted that the Clean Air Act allows the president to exempt “stationary sources” of air pollution — that is, sources that are not vehicles, essentially — from compliance with the rules for up to two years “if the technology to implement the standard is not available and it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so.”

… There is a section in the Clean Air Act that provides the ability to seek this presidential exemption, but to our knowledge, it has never been used — and certainly not in a way where they are broadly putting it out there.”

By his count, the exemption could apply to at least 764 pollution sources across nine industrial sectors such as chemical manufacturing, copper smelting, steel production and coal-fired power plants — “just a whole host of really large and widespread and toxic facilities across the nation,” Kron said. …”
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“… Trump — who received record donations from fossil fuel companies during his presidential campaign — in recent weeks has also vowed to ramp up the production of coal. …”

 
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Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback​

Acting commissioner Leland Dudek called Maine Gov. Janet Mills a “petulant child” for defying Donald Trump.
 
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Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback​

Acting commissioner Leland Dudek called Maine Gov. Janet Mills a “petulant child” for defying Donald Trump.
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According to emails obtained by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Social Security staff informed Dudek that canceling the contracts “would result in improper payments and potential for identity theft.”

Dudek told his staff to go for it.
“Please cancel the contracts. While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child,” Dudek wrote, referring to Mills. …”
 
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According to emails obtained by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Social Security staff informed Dudek that canceling the contracts “would result in improper payments and potential for identity theft.”

Dudek told his staff to go for it.
“Please cancel the contracts. While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child,” Dudek wrote, referring to Mills. …”
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Someone's getting suuuuuuuued
 
nycfan said:


“… “EPA has set up an electronic mailbox to allow the regulated community to request a Presidential Exemption under [a provision] of the Clean Air Act,” the agency announced Monday. The announcement also contained a template for applicants to use in their requests.

… In its announcement, the EPA noted that the Clean Air Act allows the president to exempt “stationary sources” of air pollution — that is, sources that are not vehicles, essentially — from compliance with the rules for up to two years “if the technology to implement the standard is not available and it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so.”

… There is a section in the Clean Air Act that provides the ability to seek this presidential exemption, but to our knowledge, it has never been used — and certainly not in a way where they are broadly putting it out there.”

By his count, the exemption could apply to at least 764 pollution sources across nine industrial sectors such as chemical manufacturing, copper smelting, steel production and coal-fired power plants — “just a whole host of really large and widespread and toxic facilities across the nation,” Kron said. …”
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Right. Except the technology to implement the standard does exist so the president has no such authority. Another exceedingly easy case for a court to decide.
 
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“… HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the layoffs last week, acknowledging it would be a “painful period for HHS.”

Former HHS staffers, including those who were just laid off, took to social media to decry the layoffs and warned that the functions of HHS offices would suffer as a result.

Robert Califf, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said the agency was effectively “finished.”

“The FDA as we’ve known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed. I believe that history will see this a huge mistake,” Califf wrote on LinkedIn.

… Jennifer Hoenig, director of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), relayed that she and an entire team at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) had been terminated as part of the reorganization’s Reduction in Force (RIF).

“If you need data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health going forward #NSDUH, don’t,” Hoenig wrote in a LinkedIn post.

“This morning myself and the entire team of the Office of Population Surveys in SAMHSA, the team overseeing all of NSDUH, were RIF’d. My office, OPS, was staffed the by the brightest, most dedicated, and statistically savvy scientists who care deeply about improving the lives of Americans.”

“We are the only national survey focusing specifically on drug use and mental health. We had planned briefs coming up on illegally made fentanyl, mental health treatment access, and of course the 2024 NSDUH data release,” she added. “I don’t know who will continue on with this work, or if it will, as CBHSQ scientists were let go en masse.”“
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Just close the department.

If a lunatic anti-vaxer can be in charge of HHS, it's not equipped to serve its mission anyway.
 
nycfan said:
Meanwhile … from the curious timing department:

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Reminds me I need to update my W4 to include the 40 dependents I have....

With no IRS oversight I shouldn't have to ever file taxes again.
 
nycfan said:


“… The annual budget of IMLS amounts to less than $1 per person in the US. Overall, the agency awarded over $269.5 million to library and museum systems last year, according to its grants database. Much of that money is paid out as reimbursements over time, the current IMLS employee says, but now there is no one around to cut checks for funds that have already been allocated.

“The status of previously awarded grants is unclear. Without staff to administer the programs, it is likely that most grants will be terminated,” the American Federation of Government Employee Local 3403 union said in a statement.


About 65 percent of the funding had been allocated to different states, with each one scheduled to receive a minimum of roughly $1.2 million.

Recipients can use the money for statewide initiatives or pass it on to local museum and library institutions for expenses such as staff training and back-office software. California and Texas have received the highest allocated funding, at about $12.5 million and $15.7 million, respectively, according to IMLS data. Individual libraries and museums also receive grants directly from IMLS for specific projects.

An art museum in Idaho expected to put $10,350 toward supporting student field trips, according to the IMLS grant database. A North Carolina museum was allotted $23,500 for weaving and fiber art workshops for seniors. And an indigenous community in California expected to put $10,000 toward purchasing books and electronic resources.

In past years, other Native American tribes have received IMLS grants to purchase access to apps such as Hoopla and Libby, which provide free ebooks and audiobooks to library patrons.

Some funding from the IMLS also goes to academic projects, such as using virtual reality to preserve Native American cultural archives or studying how AI chatbots could improve access to university research. …”
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Fuck culture and knowledge, who needs that woke bullshit? Everyone just needs to buy a trump bible with the newly written prophetic Gospal of trump.

Starting next year this will be the only needed text book for schools in the US.
 
nycfan said:


“… Multiple sources at the NIH, granted anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, confirmed Tuesday afternoon that at least 10 principal investigators who were leading and directing medical research at the agency had been fired.

Among them is Dr. Richard Youle, a leading researcher in the field of neurodegenerative disorders previously awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his groundbreaking research identifying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease. ..”
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What do we need this for anyway? Michael J Fox is too old to make "back to the Future 4, When America was great".
 
Healing said:
maga functionally supports cancer, infectious disease, neurodegenerative disease, congenital abnormalities, debilitating childhood illness, etc. etc. They are quite literally dismantling our ability to experience less suffering and more full lives. Thanks magabots.
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God installed all of those as population control, trump was sent by God to stop this battle between Science and God's plan.
 
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