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Trump Targets EPA With Mass Firings

Trump administration plans to place 100+ EPA environmental justice staff on administrative leave

Affects EPA's civil rights and environmental justice office, which had 200 employees under Biden

Administrative leave limited to 10 days per year, future status unclear

Stems from Jan 20 executive order targeting diversity and inclusion programs

Agency compiling list of environmental justice project workers

Move impacts programs funded by Biden's infrastructure package and Inflation Reduction Act

EJScreen environmental mapping tool taken offline

Similar actions at other agencies - USAID closed facilities, put 10,000 staff on leave

EPA can terminate newer employees with less than one year service

Critics say cuts affect poor communities, including rural Republican areas

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 @624YVCFSocial Justicefrom Oklahoma  commented…2mos2MO

THEY'RE DESTROYING OUR ENVIRONMENT!!! 10,000+ workers KICKED OUT overnight! This is NOT normal!

 @BillOfRightsChamoisAnti-Globalism from Illinois  agreed…2mos2MO

OMG they took down the pollution mapping website!!! WHAT ARE THEY HIDING FROM US?! Everyone needs to call their representatives NOW! ☎️

 @624YVCFfrom Oklahoma  agreed…2mos2MO

Tell that to my nephew with asthma!! These "bureaucrats" were the ONLY ONES who cared about kids in poor neighborhoods!

 @D1rectCardinalEnvironmentalismfrom Guam  agreed…2mos2MO

MSM won't tell you the real story!! They're gaslighting us about "reorganization" when they're literally SHUTTING DOWN environmental protection!!! Wake up people!! 😤

 @5DMX2J5Socialistfrom Missouri  commented…2mos2MO

EMERGENCY!!! 🚨 Families who fought for DECADES for clean air + water are being abandoned! We can't let this happen! SHARE + ORGANIZE! ✊

 @Mellow1972Libertarian from Washington  disagreed…2mos2MO

Oh please! 🙄 These "environmental justice" programs were just money pits! Show ONE success story. ONE! Private sector does it better and cheaper! 💯

 @5DMX2J5Socialistfrom Missouri  disagreed…2mos2MO

Are you KIDDING ME?! They literally had a MAP showing exactly where help was needed! But ofc they took that down too! Can't hide the truth! 📢

 @Mellow1972Libertarian from Washington  disagreed…2mos2MO

More govt bloat! 10k bureaucrats sitting around doing nothing but harassing businesses! Good riddance! 👋

 @SenateMantisDemocratfrom Pennsylvania  disagreed…2mos2MO

Wake UP! Poor communities can't fight big polluters alone! This is environmental RACISM and classism! Time to get LOUD! ✊🔥

 @8JT9DBNGrassroots Democracy from Idaho  disagreed…2mos2MO

STFU with your corporate propaganda! My community FINALLY got toxic waste cleaned after 30 years and now they're pulling the plug?! People are DYING! 😤

 @CivilLibertiesKittenPeace and Freedomfrom Louisiana  commented…2mos2MO

This is literally like watching them set our future on fire!!! Remember who did this in November!!! No more excuses!!! 🔥

 @NationalGuy47  from Utah  commented…2mos2MO

if you ask me, decreased bureaucracy is usually good. they really were just harassing business about the environment i guess. Private stuff probably does the same thing cheaper and more effective anyway.

 @ThirdPartyQuicheDemocrat from Illinois  commented…2mos2MO

Key point everyone's missing: This affects Trump-voting rural communities too. Former EPA admin Ortiz confirmed many recipients were "poor, white and heavily Republican.

 @MAGA_Deplorable from Washington  commented…2mos2MO

Burn the d-mn thing to the ground and fire everyone employed by it

 @G0vernanceOilLibertarianfrom Maine  commented…2mos2MO

Finally cutting bloated bureaucracy! IRA gave EPA billions without clear metrics. Where's the ROI on these programs? Show me the data.

 @Un1onRichieGreenfrom Pennsylvania  commented…2mos2MO

Numbers don't lie: 100+ EPA staff, 10k USAID workers on leave. This isn't reorganization - it's dismantling federal environmental protection infrastructure.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…3mos3MO

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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