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Martin Eden

(15,960 posts)
4. "workforce overhauls."
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 08:31 AM
8 hrs ago

Gee, that sounds pretty benign, like reorginizing to make scientific agencies more efficient and effective.

As I recall, Trump empowered Elon Musk to take a chainsaw to federal agencies, cutting and slashing with no understanding of how they operate and no regard for the purpose for which they were established.

Actually, it's worse than lack of regard. It is antipathy for science and expertise that runs counter to the agenda of this regime in its ravaging of the environment for profit.

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