Covid numbers wouldn't be so bad if we stop testing, and ocean health won't get worse if we stop measuring.
Kill that messenger!
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2026
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More like seize all the pens so no one can write a message in the first place.
Is that why? I just assumed he hoarded pens because he can't spell and yet neeeds to have the hyuujest mass of peen anywhere.
Pens are for nerds.
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God damnit man, all this fucking guy does is horrible shit.
How many decades do you suspect this admin is going to single-handedly set the US back?
I’m 36. I fully expect to be dead before things begin improving for the working class in north America as the result of this regime.
I wonder if a 9 yo will see brighter days. I won't be surprised if we all have to love underground before I die
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Centuries
The civilised world just wants 'Murica to fuck off, shut up and sit in the corner eating crayons
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Centuries if we count the damage to soft power
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That greasy fuck... Everything he touches turns to shit. How is he still alive?
He shook hands with Death and Death turned to shit.
He's held together by nothing but malice.
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It is bad. But its sooooo on fucking brand. If there isn't some "respected body" to suggest what you did is bad, then you did nothing wrong. He doesn't hate climate science past it stops him from doing what he wants. But if you can frame it in a way that motivates people against him (less fisheries means less sport fishing, less wild areas means less hunting, no snap benefits means more crime) you nip away at his base, and he doesnt have a ton of support. its marginal vs the voting public, even in midterms.
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Who the fuck would have any benefit? I know cruelty is the point, but this really doesn't make any sense.
Oil, coal, and gas companies. They are the ones who benefited by the denial of climate change.
If I had to guess I’d say some corporations specialized in fucking up ecosystems bribed him. As a result they will enjoy a short term increase in profits (or at least in stock market valuation) from being able to conduct business unchecked.
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Just follow the money..
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Meh. Kamala would've done the same thing. Or so I've been told by the wise people on the internet.
The midterms are happening right around the corner, man.
Can we drop the Kamala rhetoric and focus on electing GOOD, progressive candidates to undo all of Trump's bullshit?
Looks like California is turning red based on last night's results. Democrats will cut off their nose to spite their face.
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He heard "Bouys" and thought they said "Boys" and was like "Bring 'em to me!"
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Just immensely sad.
Pollution won’t bring back America’s golden age, empower people to have prosperity and achieve their dreams will.
And America is thoroughly beaten down and depressed today.
another checklist item from project 2025
Yep. They cited it as a source of climate panic. Which, like, yeah, knowing what's actually happening with the climate right now definitely will freak you out, but...
A healthy, broadly educated population, which feels safe and secure, are incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.
They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.
Yeah because why do the fishermen deserve to know what the weather is going to be like. How could that possibly be useful.
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I see they heard about the AMOC and thought up a fool proof plan to stop any Day After Tomorrow plot. Get rid of the warning system the scientists used in that movie.
I guess the US will have to become more dependent ob European earth and climate observation systems then, because a lot of industries actually need those. (unless they prefer other foreign services of course)
Pretty soon US weather forecasts will be done using traditional methods.
To follow the true traditional method, you should ask a witch for a forecast, and when she gives one you burn her at the stake for witchcraft.
Here's an actual article about it.
Trump administration takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network
"Trump has further eroded America's ability to know reality in order to create more favourable conditions for his strategy of constantly lying."
Don't look up
Ahh ignoring it and demanding the world change to match what you want to be true... A tale as old as Americans.
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Close your eyes tight, clamp your hands over your ears, scream "La-la-la-la-la...". That is trumps presidential style.
Anyone clinging to hope your trumper family might be saved, make them explain this bullshit. There’s zero fucking reason other than to rob the treasury of every fucking cent possible. Fuck all these Nazi cunts and fuck the shitheels who voted for them.
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We are so fucked
personally, I'm rooting for the collapse at this point.
the best way to defeat an infection is a fever.
Well.
A lot of the poor people are going to die and certainly almost none of the ones responsible.
We can still change.
Can. Won't – but can.
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