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Comment by March 27 on EPA attempt to roll back NEPA regs. Info instagram.com/reel/DHgftoSglTg.
Submit a comment in your own words opposing this proposal on the Portal.
Include agency name “Council on Environmental Quality” + docket # CEQ-2025-0002.
“Removing NEPA protections endangers public health and our planet.
I oppose this proposal and demand NEPA’s protections remain in place.”

federalregister.gov/documents/
#NEPA #Environment #EPA #SpeakUp #ClimateCrisis #air #water #health #Earth #nature #Federal

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GOP Senator Slams Republicans for Being “Afraid” of Elon Musk

Senator Lisa Murkowski has some harsh words for her party.
newrepublic.com/post/192950/li

"Senator Lisa Murkowski called out the #tech oligarch in a #press conference... She criticized the mass firing of #federal employees and freezing of federal #funding...

She told reporters... that she knows her willingness to criticize #Musk will likely come with #consequences."

Trump on Tuesday fired the only two Democratic members of the #Federal #Trade #Commission,
handing the remaining Republican commissioners exclusive control over the body that oversees antitrust and consumer protection laws.

Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter announced on the social media site X on Tuesday evening that they were fired,
both asserting that their firings were illegal.

washingtonpost.com/technology/

The Washington Post · Two Democratic commissioners fired from FTCBy Julian Mark

Freedom of speech in #America is just a big lie. Since Jan 25, the #Trump administration has:

- Arrested #activist and permanent #US resident Mahmoud Khalil - a Columbia University graduate known for his pro-Palestinian protests - and threatened to #deport him
- Threatened to remove federal #funding from universities that allowed what Trump called "illegal protests"
- Censored key words on #federal websites and paused related research

A typical 20-year veteran #NASA astrophysicist and a typical 19-year-old #DOGE MAGAt are both #federal employees. They are equivalent, up to isomorphism. But there are minor differences.

The astrophysicist knows, with near certainty, that the Sun will rise tomorrow. His knowledge of the event is just shy of “certain” because, as unlikely as it maybe, he must mathematically account for the occurrence of a catastrophic event, such as a rogue blackhole swooping into the solar neighbourhood.

The MAGAt knows, with absolute certainty, that the Sun will rise tomorrow, because he knows Musk did not get round to sacking its inefficient arse overnight and, hence, it has no choice but to return to work over Murica and report by email to DOGE what it had been doing over the past 12 hours. And for the Sun’s sake, the signature line of its email better not contain indicia of DEI, like gender pronouns.

#lies #corruption #fraud #waste #abuse = Musk + DOGE - See How #Musk & #DOGE Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims - His "wall of receipts" for contracts cancelled is instead a mass falsification and fabrication of inflated savings, non existent savings and just big lies. nytimes.com/2025/03/13/upshot/ #where is #congress #constitution separation of powers #democracy #courts #lawsuits #politics #maga #firings #federal #government

The New York Times · See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings ClaimsBy Ethan Singer

I am a #hillbilly. From #Appalachia. And here’s the elegy for #rural localities from the folks they elected.

As much as $1 out of every $5 of public budgets in #rural #virginia counties comes from…taking money from rich states outside VA and sending it through the #federal gummint to #rural localities. More pronounced after 2020.

Common weal in the #commonwealth.
Aka wealth redistribution.
Aka the S word.

You’re welcome, y’all.

“Have you EVER said thank you (JD)?!?!?”

Should we defund #NASA which is a #Federal government agency that was established for space exploration during the cold war era to compete with the #USSR. After the cold war, NASA really serves no real purpose. Exploring #Mars for instance will not benefit the majority of American taxpayers. Even worse, many current NASA space exploration projects do not have any clear objectives and are outsourced to #SpaceX, benefiting no one but #Elon #Musk.

How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save

The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
propublica.org/article/how-dog

ProPublicaHow DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
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#News#DOGE#Trump