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1. "a new office housed within the office of the administrator" where they are UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL ....

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:12 AM

17 hrs ago

of the administrator, who can be pressured by Trmp through his Interior Sec'y.

The whole point of this "reorganization" is to remove any obstacles to Trmp interfering directly with EPA policies. He wants to bypass Congress (and their constituents) completely, leaving himself free to pick and choose what policies will be eliminated (most of them), and what contracts will be issued to his "donors" (really his customers).

After all, the whole US Gov't is just Trmp's personal property, right ?

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"a new office housed within the office of the administrator" where they are UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL .... eppur_se_muova 17 hrs ago #1

I think he initially wants to use them BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #2

Clean Water Act, "Superfund" Act, protection of endangered species ... **ANYTHING** that somehow or another ... eppur_se_muova 17 hrs ago #3

They figure they won't be around when the worst of their handiwork takes hold BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #4

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Oh I know BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #15

Scientific expertise? lonely bird 16 hrs ago #5

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We don't need no stinking R&D! COL Mustard 14 hrs ago #7

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One of my bosses was from Pittsburgh and he used to say BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #9

Reminds me of today's Internet Tasmanian Devil 9 hrs ago #12

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