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Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️<p>So apparently this is the way it is, the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/rules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rules</span></a> that applied to all former <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Presidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presidents</span></a> and still apply to the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> DO NOT APPLY to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cronies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cronies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GotIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GotIt</span></a></p>
okie in fenoki<p>"It would be absolutely disastrous for the American people if the court decides to give the president carte blanche to ignore the clear mandate of Congress and turn these independent agencies into essentially groups of political cronies,"</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5333325/ftc-trump-firings-supreme-court" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-53333</span><span class="invisible">25/ftc-trump-firings-supreme-court</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ftc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ftc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/agencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agencies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/fed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/cronies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cronies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scotus</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>Also, follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ZLabe</span></a></span> if you care about the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>. </p><p>Ignoring <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a> is what the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/oilindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oilindustry</span></a> and their <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/lobbyist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyist</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/cronies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cronies</span></a> have been doing for decades as well - since the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/70s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>70s</span></a> in fact.</p><p>Shout outs to <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/groharlembrundtland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groharlembrundtland</span></a>, the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/algore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algore</span></a> of <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> - despite being a <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/neoliberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberal</span></a>. At least they brought some truth to the table.</p><p>"But how did she do that?"</p><p>The <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/BrundtlandReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrundtlandReport</span></a> was the foundational report of the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoto</span></a> agreement.</p>