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BumRushDaShow

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2. I think he initially wants to use them

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:31 AM

23 hrs ago

to repeal every Clear Air Act rule and then eventually abolish the whole thing, ignoring the law that created them (which was passed under a REPUBLICAN administration - Nixon)!

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"a new office housed within the office of the administrator" where they are UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL .... eppur_se_muova 23 hrs ago #1

I think he initially wants to use them BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #2

Clean Water Act, "Superfund" Act, protection of endangered species ... **ANYTHING** that somehow or another ... eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #3

They figure they won't be around when the worst of their handiwork takes hold BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #4

Nixon is often portrayed as supporting the Clean Water Act, but he did so only when he knew there was too large a Martin68 12 hrs ago #14

Oh I know BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #15

Scientific expertise? lonely bird 22 hrs ago #5

EPA still exists? IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #6

This Bayard 17 hrs ago #10

We don't need no stinking R&D! COL Mustard 19 hrs ago #7

The EPA used to be formidable, long ago FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #8

One of my bosses was from Pittsburgh and he used to say BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #9

Reminds me of today's Internet Tasmanian Devil 15 hrs ago #12

Just one high speed piece of metal ... dave99 17 hrs ago #11

Just further steps in the effort to completely destroy the EPA and the scientific foundation upon which it is based. Martin68 12 hrs ago #13