LOL! Serves them right. Overreach at EPA is rampant and vindictive. Flush out the radicals and focus on common sense solutiond based on actual science not religiousocity.
Authoritarians will of course attack the environment. They need support from the plutocrats, and the plutocrats who are the most eager to buy protection from authoritarians are the ones in dying yet still obscenely profitable industries.
That's true if ANY authoritarian. In Trump's case, its double or triple. His greatest determination, the thing that became evident about him first, was his obsession with destroying everything his predecessor accomplished. His obsession with vengeance overrides even his lust to steal credit for others' work.
This does not surprise me in the least. I've been arguing for years that climate activists should consider a possible Trump presidency as an existential threat to the planet. No matter what the rest of the world may do, humanity simply cannot resolve the global warming crisis if the United States reverts to its old ways. We can destroy civilization all by ourselves.
Zeldin has been a Trump suck-up for years, which makes me think his only career objective was to be granted a position in King Donald the Execrable's inner circle. You can bet each and every shitty thing Zeldin has done comes straight from the Senile Orange Mouthbreather.
Zeldin was a congressblob and senator in NY for several years before he stupidly ran for Governor against Kathy Hochul and lost. Zeldin was a do-nothing the entire time but happened to live in a district lousy with Republicans.
Slightly off-topic, but since you mentioned laudanum, I have to admit that that is 100% on my time-travel list. Probably a good thing I don’t have access to time travel…
He used to be my Congresstwit, the lying sack of shit. He spends all of his time sucking up to rich people (he's a creature of the Mercers) and people he perceives as more powerful than he is... he's an annoying lickspittle of a quisling.
He was born and raised on Long Island, which relies on agriculture and tourism for its lifeblood. He's perfectly willing to poison both for a momentary political advantage or a tax break for his owners.
I don't know if it's at all obvious, but I loathe that fucking weasel with the fire of a thousand suns.
Remember when that war veteran "attacked" Zeldin at an event, trying to shake his hand while holding his car keys, and Zeldin freaked out and fell to the ground, then claimed the guy attacked him? That veteran was locked up for almost a year when at the most, some decent veteran counseling services would have been enough.
Yep - I also remember when Zeldin tried to make an entirely-unrelated murder that happened in his neighborhood all about him, completely erasing the actual person who was killed for political advantage.
NYT: "When asked whether he heard from businesses about the jobs at stake in the wrangling over the clean energy credits, Senator Jim Justice, Republican of West Virginia, said on Tuesday: “Sure I did. But I think we’ve got a good bill.” Mr. Justice, who owns three coal companies, added that he supported eliminating the clean energy subsidies to “make it a level playing field” for all energy sources, including fossil fuels. (The final bill added a new tax subsidy, however, for metallurgical coal, a fossil fuel used in steel making.)"
Re the Mercury and Air Toxics standards - am I right in assuming that mercury in our air is good and teeny tiny amounts of mercury in preservatives of SOME vaccines (only multi-dose vials) that we mostly don't even use are worth throwing out all/any vaccines, ever? Because that's what I'm hearing.
From an email from Scenic.org (and Fuck Ted Cruz): "In a sweeping 99–1 vote, the U.S. Senate removed a dangerous provision from the federal budget bill that would have blocked state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence infrastructure for ten years. The provision, originally introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), would have tied access to $500 million in federal AI infrastructure funding to a freeze on any state-level laws—threatening the ability of local communities to shape where and how massive data centers are built."
I'm picturing reporters standing there with their phones, slackjawed, as she dutifully spits this at them with a straight face . . . and sorry, I have no choice but to laugh bitterly 😆 . . .
David Weigel @daveweigel
Yeah they’re gonna get to that right after the DC budget fix.
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MURKOWSKI tells reporters she wants the House to send OBBB back to the Senate to continue the work. She voted for it.
"My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we're not there yet," Murkowski said
Sure, Trump’s big beautiful bill may kill a lot of people but what about all the people it won’t kill? Will Democrats give Trump credit for that? No they won’t because they’re partisan Trump haters who don’t give him credit for anything!
Thanks for blowing the whistle on this man. His policies are profoundly dangerous. He is one of Trump’s picks who is getting too little attention.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jdpowell65/p/zeldin-the-destroyer?r=4hwwzq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
LOL! Serves them right. Overreach at EPA is rampant and vindictive. Flush out the radicals and focus on common sense solutiond based on actual science not religiousocity.
Authoritarians will of course attack the environment. They need support from the plutocrats, and the plutocrats who are the most eager to buy protection from authoritarians are the ones in dying yet still obscenely profitable industries.
That's true if ANY authoritarian. In Trump's case, its double or triple. His greatest determination, the thing that became evident about him first, was his obsession with destroying everything his predecessor accomplished. His obsession with vengeance overrides even his lust to steal credit for others' work.
This does not surprise me in the least. I've been arguing for years that climate activists should consider a possible Trump presidency as an existential threat to the planet. No matter what the rest of the world may do, humanity simply cannot resolve the global warming crisis if the United States reverts to its old ways. We can destroy civilization all by ourselves.
Zeldin has been a Trump suck-up for years, which makes me think his only career objective was to be granted a position in King Donald the Execrable's inner circle. You can bet each and every shitty thing Zeldin has done comes straight from the Senile Orange Mouthbreather.
Zeldin was a congressblob and senator in NY for several years before he stupidly ran for Governor against Kathy Hochul and lost. Zeldin was a do-nothing the entire time but happened to live in a district lousy with Republicans.
If the EPA hates him, That's Good enough for me!
Elden You Suck!
Zeldin. Lee Zeldin.
Slightly off-topic, but since you mentioned laudanum, I have to admit that that is 100% on my time-travel list. Probably a good thing I don’t have access to time travel…
He used to be my Congresstwit, the lying sack of shit. He spends all of his time sucking up to rich people (he's a creature of the Mercers) and people he perceives as more powerful than he is... he's an annoying lickspittle of a quisling.
He was born and raised on Long Island, which relies on agriculture and tourism for its lifeblood. He's perfectly willing to poison both for a momentary political advantage or a tax break for his owners.
I don't know if it's at all obvious, but I loathe that fucking weasel with the fire of a thousand suns.
Remember when that war veteran "attacked" Zeldin at an event, trying to shake his hand while holding his car keys, and Zeldin freaked out and fell to the ground, then claimed the guy attacked him? That veteran was locked up for almost a year when at the most, some decent veteran counseling services would have been enough.
Yep - I also remember when Zeldin tried to make an entirely-unrelated murder that happened in his neighborhood all about him, completely erasing the actual person who was killed for political advantage.
NYT: "When asked whether he heard from businesses about the jobs at stake in the wrangling over the clean energy credits, Senator Jim Justice, Republican of West Virginia, said on Tuesday: “Sure I did. But I think we’ve got a good bill.” Mr. Justice, who owns three coal companies, added that he supported eliminating the clean energy subsidies to “make it a level playing field” for all energy sources, including fossil fuels. (The final bill added a new tax subsidy, however, for metallurgical coal, a fossil fuel used in steel making.)"
How very on-brand!
Gee, it's almost as if the Heritage Foundation wanted to kill the EPA.
(Zeldin is a feature, not a bug. I'm sure you know this, but just in case...)
Unfortunately, sucking at your job is not disqualifying in this administration. It is the objective.
Being terrible for the environment is what this asshole was hired for in the first place.
Re the Mercury and Air Toxics standards - am I right in assuming that mercury in our air is good and teeny tiny amounts of mercury in preservatives of SOME vaccines (only multi-dose vials) that we mostly don't even use are worth throwing out all/any vaccines, ever? Because that's what I'm hearing.
Now you're getting it!
From an email from Scenic.org (and Fuck Ted Cruz): "In a sweeping 99–1 vote, the U.S. Senate removed a dangerous provision from the federal budget bill that would have blocked state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence infrastructure for ten years. The provision, originally introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), would have tied access to $500 million in federal AI infrastructure funding to a freeze on any state-level laws—threatening the ability of local communities to shape where and how massive data centers are built."
Everyone hates Rafael.
Far better shows have been canceled after just a couple of seasons, yet they keep renewing this turd of a series that seems to be in perpetual reruns.
As they should.
I'm picturing reporters standing there with their phones, slackjawed, as she dutifully spits this at them with a straight face . . . and sorry, I have no choice but to laugh bitterly 😆 . . .
David Weigel @daveweigel
Yeah they’re gonna get to that right after the DC budget fix.
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Brendan Pedersen
@BrendanPedersen
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MURKOWSKI tells reporters she wants the House to send OBBB back to the Senate to continue the work. She voted for it.
"My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we're not there yet," Murkowski said
https://xcancel.com/daveweigel/status/1940084774418485452
These people. *smdh*
Alaska, listen up, FIRE THIS BITCH!
I'm beginning to think that Murkowski isn't all "there yet."
If she is truly that stupid, why is she allowed out in public without a minder?
She's not stupid. This is her mask of sanity.
Her mask is slipping, then.
🤪
Think, Lisa, were there any other hints you personally could have given the House?
Um. It passed. It’s sort of there isn’t it?
Uh huh.
Why can't the senate "look at this and recognize that we're not there yet" ..?
And why can't my hot co-worker recognize the that love she has been searching for has been sitting in the next cubicle this whole time?
*Things that will never happen*
THEN WHY'D YOU VOTE FOR IT, CLOWN!?
Sure, Trump’s big beautiful bill may kill a lot of people but what about all the people it won’t kill? Will Democrats give Trump credit for that? No they won’t because they’re partisan Trump haters who don’t give him credit for anything!
By Fox News
That's a Nobel Prize right there!
Now those House Rethuglicans, like Mad Marge, who said they wouldn't have voted for this stupid bill had they known what was in it...they know now.
Time for an in-person town hall.