EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm

(www.nytimes.com)

241 points anigbrowl | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.48s | source

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Herring ◴[18 Jul 25 23:53 UTC] No.44611149[source]▶

Step 1: Point at immigrants/trans/blacks/etc

Step 2: Cut taxes on the rich. <---------- You are here

It works every time. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson said: “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”

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yakz ◴[19 Jul 25 00:00 UTC] No.44611187[source]▶

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Let’s see how the rural poor feel when their hospital closes, they can’t get medicaid, health insurance is wildly out of reach, they have no ability to borrow money thanks to insane medical debt that they can never repay, and their wages are garnished for student debt from a degree they never finished. How long until debt becomes a crime?

We’re gonna recreate serfdom in the USA.

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1. carefulfungi ◴[19 Jul 25 00:55 UTC] No.44611539[source]▶

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These are the reasons many voted for Trump. His ability to tear down American institutions is a direct result of the apathy born out of decades of successful corporate corruption, or lobbying, if you prefer, that we failed to stop democratically.

But it is wrong to think all American generations before ours didn't have to fight. The lie is that democracy was ever easy. There are millions of Americans mobilizing, sharing their stories, marching, talking to their representatives, protesting, and following their conscience. It is easier than ever to find and join the peaceful opposition.

That's the process.

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