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Trump moves to gut more agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries, clean energy and National Monuments

Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate several additional federal agencies, including one that oversees the federally funded media outlet
⭐️Voice of America (VOA),
🔥testing the limits of his authoritative power as he seeks to shrink the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy.

One order signed Friday night calls for the agencies
— some of which are focused on #minority business enterprises, #museum and #library services and #homelessness prevention
— to “be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”

It also instructs the heads of agencies to “reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law,”
and submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget director #Russell #Vought confirming full compliance within seven days.

A second executive order revoked 19 executive actions signed by President Joe Biden that promoted #clean #energy and environmental goals.

The order terminates proclamations of #national #monuments created by Biden
and ends the use of the Defense Production Act to expand the U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technology
(including mandates for electric heat pumps and #solar #panels),
among other Biden-era policies
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Trump guts several agencies, targeting Voice of America, librariesBy Brianna Tucker
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@vxo @wxcafe EXACTLY THAT!

  • #NIST #StandardMaterials are legally not #food for the sole reasons of having neither a certified #clean production cycle nor do they confirm to #FoodSafety standards like marking allergens and having an expiration date or product tracking to identify and recall contaminated batches...

  • The "Forbidden Peanut Butter" is not only the most expensive you can order that isn't made to order but it also doesn't really taste...

It's sole existance is for labs to i.e. test laundry detergent effectivity in a scientific (=repeatable) setting...

Spouse: What did you just do?

Me: I needed to taste the floor.

S: What the hell?

M: I want to know if that is salt or soap residue from my attempt to clean off the salt.

(I had wiped the floor with my finger and then licked my finger.)

Try as we might to not track #salt inside of our #Chicago home, we track in salt. And the dog doesn’t even try to avoid doing so.

Advice on how to #clean salt off from a wood floor on a regular basis is welcome.