They blink a lot. They lose in court too. They are even feeling some pressure from within the party. Things are bad, but not hopeless.
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Rebecca Plevin
Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Parks Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has blinked.
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I suspect it's to make us quiet down. I'll wait for actual confirmation.
Meanwhile:
The planet is getting really ornery
Too many Nukes
Sentient AI is just one drunken coding session in Vegas away
Crossing the streams is "Bad"
It's important to know the stakes, but that's why we gamble on outcomes.
We know what doing nothing wins us :)
As a Canadian ( and A LOT of us) I am not going back in USA as long as your 🤡 Known as president and is Goofy ( Hit… humm Musk) are still there!
MAGA will destroy your country
"The memo addressed only temporary seasonal employees. It said nothing about the roughly 1,000 members of the National Park Service’s permanent workforce who were fired Friday."
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/02/19/trump-reinstates-recently-fired-chicago-epa-workers-pollution
I say it's 💩
Fortunately/unfortunately it means shit's not going to be as crazy, so (some) people will be like "see, he's not too bad! It was all just smart negotiation"