From cnn.com
Trump admin ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980 | CNN
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Its discontinuation is another Trump-administration blow to the public’s view into how fossil fuel pollution is changing the world around them and making extreme weather more costly.
#cve #nsf #doge #science #setback #database #dataloss #opendata #disasters #censorship
19h ago
From cnn.com
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Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet.
13h ago
From cnn.com
Pentagon orders military academies to review books for possible removal | CNN Politics
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The Pentagon has ordered all military academies to identify and remove books from their libraries that deal with issues such as race, gender ideology, and other “divisive concepts” that are now considered “incompatible with the department’s core mission,” according to a memo obtained by CNN.
#dei #dod #news #pentagon #thegremlinzoo
7h ago
From cnn.com
Trump fires Democratic-appointed Consumer Product Safety commissioners | CNN Politics
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The move comes as the Trump administration is facing legal scrutiny over its efforts to permanently fire board members at independent agencies.
3h ago
From cnn.com
It took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undo | CNN Politics
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President Donald Trump’s effort to do as much as possible as quickly as possible to remake the federal government would gut agencies that have existed for decades or longer. His larger plans would remake elements of the government infrastructure that have been around for centuries.
#news #thegremlinzoo #whatwehavelost
14h ago
From apnews.com
Most Americans disapprove of Trump's treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds
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A new poll shows a majority of U.S. adults disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of issues related to colleges and universities, as his Republican administration ramps up threats to cut federal funding unless schools comply with his political agenda.
#capol #uspol #politics #trumpism #democracy #democrats #california #santaclara #thegremlinzoo
1h ago
From apnews.com
Forest and park service worker cuts leave wildland firefighting crews short-staffed
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Forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon say Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge.
#nps #wildfires #firefighting #thegremlinzoo
13h ago
From wtop.com
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David Steiner, a former CEO of the nation’s largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors, is poised to take over control of the U.S. Postal Service, becoming the nation’s 76th postmaster general.
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