And so it begins.

[justoffal]

Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists​

President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections.

Lee Zeldin, Mr. Trump’s choice to lead the E.P.A., has little experience with environmental policy. He will be expected to hit the ground running, though, to fulfill Mr. Trump’s fire hose of orders directing the agency to cut regulations.

Mr. Zeldin’s Senate confirmation vote has not yet been scheduled but he has already marshaled more than a dozen deputies and senior advisers. The quick appointments are in contrast to Mr. Trump’s first term, when many Republicans hesitated to join the administration and internal squabbling delayed the selection of the deputy administrator as well as the chief air pollution regulator for nearly a year.

Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists

Top political appointees are already at the E.P.A. preparing to erase the agency’s climate rules and pollution controls. Many of them have tried it before.

www.nytimes.com

If you are hellbent on allowing industry to pollute the environment with various kinds of toxins these are exactly the kinds of people you want to run the EPA.

It bears watching...

 

[sparky]

I can answer that question. It's because the trump admin is not going to follow any law it doesn't feel like following.

you got that backwards berg.....~S~

 

[daveman]

President Trump fired at least 12 inspectors general late on Friday night, three people with knowledge of the matter said, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of the federal government with a purge of independent watchdog officials created by Congress to root out abuse and illegality within federal agencies.

The move capped a week of major shake-ups of the federal bureaucracy focused on loyalty to the president, three people with knowledge of the matter said

Two people with knowledge of the matter said on Friday night that 17 inspectors general had been terminated; a third person said on Saturday morning that the figure was at least twelve. A White House spokesman would not comment for the record, and did not respond to a request for a list of those who had been terminated.

Presidents have the prerogative to dismiss inspectors general. However, they are supposed to give Congress 30 days’ notice before they do so and provide specific reasons. The White House spokesman did not respond to a question about why that law was not followed.
Trump Fires at Least 12 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge

I can answer that question. It's because the trump admin is not going to follow any law it doesn't feel like following.

So, you're angry that Trump is acting like a Democrat.

 

[dblack]

So, you're angry that Trump is acting like a Democrat.

That's my beef with him.

 

[berg80]

you got that backwards berg.....~S~

Really. What entity is going to enforce the law trump broke when he did not give Congress a 30 day advance warning of his decision to fire 17 IG's?

Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs at multiple agencies in late-night move​

Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs at multiple agencies in late-night move

The conversations about ousting these government watchdogs began during Trump's transition back to the White House.

abcnews.go.com

Moreover, what motivated the firings? IG's are only supposed to fired for cause. Same with the head of the FBI, who was given a 10 year term by Congress to avoid being removed for political reasons as Wray was.

 

[JusticeHammer]

Nobody at the DoJ is laughing. Nor are people who care about the rule of law.

Demscum don't care about the rule of law.

 

[berg80]

Trump administration offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers​

The Trump administration is offering millions of federal workers the option to accept buyouts through a government-wide “deferred resignation” program if they resign by Feb. 6.

Those who accept the offer will receive pay and benefits through Sept. 30, according to a draft email obtained Tuesday by NBC News.

The emails will be sent starting Tuesday afternoon, NBC reported.

The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to take the buyout, a senior administration official told NBC on condition of anonymity.

Buyouts are being offered to all full-time federal employees except military personnel, U.S. Postal Service workers, roles related to immigration enforcement and national security, and “any other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency,” the emails will say, according to NBC.

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www.cnbc.com

Authoritarians always seek to control all aspects of the government.

The stain of trumpery is going to take much longer to remove than I previously thought.

 

[dblack]

I wonder if Dems are regretting not trying harder?

 

[JGalt]

Trump administration offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers​

The Trump administration is offering millions of federal workers the option to accept buyouts through a government-wide “deferred resignation” program if they resign by Feb. 6.

Those who accept the offer will receive pay and benefits through Sept. 30, according to a draft email obtained Tuesday by NBC News.

The emails will be sent starting Tuesday afternoon, NBC reported.

The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to take the buyout, a senior administration official told NBC on condition of anonymity.

Buyouts are being offered to all full-time federal employees except military personnel, U.S. Postal Service workers, roles related to immigration enforcement and national security, and “any other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency,” the emails will say, according to NBC.

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www.cnbc.com

Authoritarians always seek to control all aspects of the government.

The stain of trumpery is going to take much longer to remove than I previously thought.

Good. The government is about to get smaller.

 

[daveman]

Trump administration offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers​

The Trump administration is offering millions of federal workers the option to accept buyouts through a government-wide “deferred resignation” program if they resign by Feb. 6.

Those who accept the offer will receive pay and benefits through Sept. 30, according to a draft email obtained Tuesday by NBC News.

The emails will be sent starting Tuesday afternoon, NBC reported.

The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to take the buyout, a senior administration official told NBC on condition of anonymity.

Buyouts are being offered to all full-time federal employees except military personnel, U.S. Postal Service workers, roles related to immigration enforcement and national security, and “any other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency,” the emails will say, according to NBC.

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www.cnbc.com

Authoritarians always seek to control all aspects of the government.

The stain of trumpery is going to take much longer to remove than I previously thought.

Are you so desperate for unelected bureaucrats to tell you how to live your life?

Pathetic.

 

[berg80]

Are you so desperate for unelected bureaucrats to tell you how to live your life?

Pathetic.

Donald Trump is waging war on the American system of government.

On Monday afternoon, his Office of Management and Budget ordered a pause on nearly all grants, loans and other forms of federal assistance, affecting as much as $3 trillion in funds including cash for education, disaster relief and small-business loans, and hundreds of billions of dollars in grants to state, local and tribal governments. Countless organizations, from research universities to women’s shelters, were left adrift, scrambling for answers.

The only real explanation, from the O.M.B. memo, was that this was a necessary step to root out the malign influence of “Marxist equity, transgenderism and green new deal social engineering policies” from government. If this sounds delusional, that’s because it is. But now, it seemed, millions of Americans would have to suffer while the president’s apparatchiks chased down the specters of their fevered imaginations, confident that they’d find the source of their cultural alienation in the disbursement of funds to a veterans’ suicide hotline or free lunch for low-income schoolchildren.

Opinion | If All This Sounds Delusional, That’s Because It Is

All the king’s men is back with a vengeance.

www.nytimes.com

It's grievance gone wild.

 

[dudmuck]

Trump administration offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers​

The Trump administration is offering millions of federal workers the option to accept buyouts through a government-wide “deferred resignation” program if they resign by Feb. 6.

Those who accept the offer will receive pay and benefits through Sept. 30, according to a draft email obtained Tuesday by NBC News.

The emails will be sent starting Tuesday afternoon, NBC reported.

The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to take the buyout, a senior administration official told NBC on condition of anonymity.

Buyouts are being offered to all full-time federal employees except military personnel, U.S. Postal Service workers, roles related to immigration enforcement and national security, and “any other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency,” the emails will say, according to NBC.

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Authoritarians always seek to control all aspects of the government.

The stain of trumpery is going to take much longer to remove than I previously thought.

Trump stiffs everyone.

 

[daveman]

Donald Trump is waging war on the American system of government.

On Monday afternoon, his Office of Management and Budget ordered a pause on nearly all grants, loans and other forms of federal assistance, affecting as much as $3 trillion in funds including cash for education, disaster relief and small-business loans, and hundreds of billions of dollars in grants to state, local and tribal governments. Countless organizations, from research universities to women’s shelters, were left adrift, scrambling for answers.

The only real explanation, from the O.M.B. memo, was that this was a necessary step to root out the malign influence of “Marxist equity, transgenderism and green new deal social engineering policies” from government. If this sounds delusional, that’s because it is. But now, it seemed, millions of Americans would have to suffer while the president’s apparatchiks chased down the specters of their fevered imaginations, confident that they’d find the source of their cultural alienation in the disbursement of funds to a veterans’ suicide hotline or free lunch for low-income schoolchildren.

Opinion | If All This Sounds Delusional, That’s Because It Is

All the king’s men is back with a vengeance.

www.nytimes.com

It's grievance gone wild.

Yes. You really ARE desperate for unelected bureaucrats to run your life.

Grow the fuck up, you idiot child.