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From fighting endocrine disrupters to PFAS (forever chemicals) in your water, the Duluth lab is crucial to the protection of the Great Lakes and all of the fresh water bodies in the nation. The Trump administration’s proposed cuts are irresponsible. www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...

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Thousands rallied and marched around downtown Saturday afternoon to take part in a national day of action to say “hands off” to President Donald Trump’s administration.

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🔥 Thank you to our US Representatives for fighting for us and for standing with us at Chicago's #HandsOff rally: Delia Ramirez, Mike Quigley, Jan Schakowsky, Chuy Garcia @ramirez.house.gov @quigley.house.gov @schakowsky.house.gov @chuygarcia.house.gov @indivisible.org

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We will be there!

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Former EPA leaders, both Republicans and Democrats, fear President Donald Trump is plummeting the U.S. back to the days of unchecked pollution at the behest of his campaign donors.

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🚨 Trump & Musk's actions are harming people all over the world. At home, Trump, Musk & congressional Republicans are gutting services, raising prices & getting ready to slash Medicaid, Social Security & more. So who benefits? THEIR BILLIONAIRE ALLIES. For these & more reasons, we march on April 5!

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Our members were proud to join today’s @transupfrontil.bsky.social rally in Chicago. We stand with our fellow Americans in the trans community who are also under attack from the Trump administration. Trans people’s liberties must be protected, and our struggles are intertwined. 💪

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The hardworking and principled E.P.A. staff who protect you every day, like Ellie Hagen, are speaking out against the Trump administration’s irresponsible and dangerous efforts to hamstring our work:

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"The way to (protect the Great Lakes) is not by chopping staff at the US EPA or rolling back Clean Water Act standards," said ELPC's Howard Learner. Federal workers @704afge.bsky.social rally against job cuts at EPA by DOGE via @nbcchicago.com www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-h...

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Trump is attacking the rights of one million working men and women in the federal workforce with the goal of jamming through his anti-worker agenda and eroding government services that Americans rely on. I stand in solidarity with AFGE and the labor movement. We will fight back.

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The labor movement is not about to let Trump and an unelected billionaire destroy what we’ve fought for generations to build. We all must continue the fight ✊

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Get ready to fight. We’re not going anywhere.

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📢 CHICAGO: RISE UP, FIGHT BACK. Attacks from Trump & Musk are harming us all. April 5 is the #HandsOff national day of action: a nonviolent event bringing us together from different causes & communities. See you at Daley Plaza, Saturday, April 5, 12:00 pm. Bring your signs, bring yourselves! INFO:

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Went out to show support for @704afge.bsky.social US EPA Region 5 workers who defend clean air, #GreatLakes, & healthy communities. Illegal firings mean polluted communities, protecting EPA protects #publichealth! Sorry I didn’t get the whole crew in the photo!

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“That puts every American at risk, their health, their safety. Red, blue, purple — it doesn’t matter. These risks, these cuts to our agency, are devastating for all Americans.” ⤵️

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These plans from Trump and his crew are ill conceived, and will just make it harder for us to do our jobs protecting your health and the environment.

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UCS fellow Derrick Z. Jackson spoke with EPA workers in the Midwest—responsible for pollution monitoring, cleanups, community engagement, and emergency hazardous waste response—to learn firsthand how the Trump administration's plans to gut the agency are tearing out the heart & soul of its mission.

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EPA workers are marching to defend the agency’s mission to protect human health & the environment. With the health of our country and our children's future on the line, we must demand the Trump administration to stop its efforts to dismantle the EPA. #SupportEPAWorkers #SaveEPA @704afge.bsky.social

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See you TODAY!

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Our team is holding strong and growing by the day. We will never back down in this fight to save EPA and keep Americans safe.

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RISE UP, FIGHT BACK! Sat April 5, 12pm, Chicago's Daley Center. Hands off Medicaid, Social Security, our jobs, our data, free speech, clean air & energy, libraries, courts, unions, immigrants, LGBTQ+ rights...! @icirr.bsky.social #SierraClubIL #EqualityIL @chicagolabor.bsky.social #PersonalPAC INFO:

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RISE UP, FIGHT BACK! Sat April 5th, 12pm, Daley Ctr. Hands off Medicaid, Social Security, our jobs, our data, free speech, clean air & energy, libraries, courts, unions, immigrants, LGBTQ+ rights...! @icirr.bsky.social @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social #EqualityIL @chicagolabor.bsky.social #PersonalPAC

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🚨Join us Tuesday at 12pm sharp for an informational picket against the onslaught of attacks on EPA by the Trump administration. Show up, walk with us, and take action to save EPA and save lives! Learn more and join our effort at linktr.ee/EPAsolidarity

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Good.

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Once again, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is making an irresponsible, reckless decision that will put Americans in danger in red and blue states alike.

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Actions from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun will have negative environmental impacts statewide, advocates said.

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My column in the Sun-Times today: www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/03/how-...

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A second federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired probationary federal workers. The temporary restraining order mandates nearly 20 federal departments and agencies to reinstate over 23,500 workers. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/seco...

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We urge our IL Senators to vote NO on cloture and the Republican Continuing Resolution today.

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A huge victory. When we fight, we win! 🙌

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🔥🔥 "I refuse to vote for Republicans’ highly-partisan slush fund bill... Republicans own whatever outcome tomorrow may bring." Thank you, @duckworth.senate.gov!

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While this doesn’t apply to EPA workers, we are celebrating this win and letting it fuel us as we keep up our fight.

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The EPA's Office of Environmental Justice has helped communities overburdened by pollution for more than 30 years. Lee Zeldin just dissolved it. We will keep fighting for environmental justice. www.law360.com/energy/artic...

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EPA is taking a sledgehammer to the protection of our air and water. EPA Administrator Zeldin is turning control over to corporate polluters who want to evade accountability for violating the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act & the Safe Drinking Water Act. Dangerous and irresponsible.

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Last night, the Trump Admin announced the elimination of EPA’s environmental justice & civil rights office. This is shameful. Instead of Making America Healthy Again, Pres. Trump is leaving us, especially historically disadvantaged communities, vulnerable to pollution and its health consequences.

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The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. This irresponsible action by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin does just the opposite. This puts communities already disproportionately impacted by pollution in more danger, with no recourse. Shame.

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A reminder to Republicans in Congress: Cutting funding for @EPA = putting your own constituents in danger.

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HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge appeared sharply inclined to rule against Trump's decision to remove a member of the FLRA — a 50-year-old board repsonsible for labor disputes within government — and called the administration's arguments on presidential removal power "troubling."

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Trump & Musk are going after science. We say no! At Friday's Stand Up for Science 2025 rally in Chicago, we'll hear from people who've devoted their lives to science and from leaders who support it. Friday, March 7th, 12:00 pm, Federal Plaza. Info/sign-up: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

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We stand with TSA workers and AFGE Local 777 in their fight to keep their contact in place. An attack on them is an attack on us all.

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🗽🔬 Our Chicago Stand Up for Science 2025 rally is happening at 12:00 noon at Federal Plaza, Friday March 7. SEE YOU THERE. Info/sign-up: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

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Noted.

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Truly unhinged stuff from EPA press office here. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

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"The point of this wasn’t efficiency. The point of this was to be cruel." We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives www.nbcnews.com/specials/fed... w/ @rebeccashabad.bsky.social @allansmith.bsky.social @garretthaake.bsky.social @newsjul.bsky.social

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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

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This would gut EPA and put Americans in danger. We won’t be able to protect your water, soil or air from contamination and pollution. We won’t be able to clean up hazardous waste in your community. We won’t be able to respond to natural disasters. Who does this serve?

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'Valentine's Day Massacre' hits Michigan's federal workers https://buff.ly/3QDLiyg

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It’s all just a game to Elon, but our work to protect the American people is dead serious. He needs to stop wasting the time and energy of EPA staff, and let us focus on keeping your air, water and soil safe from contamination. abc7chicago.com/post/federal...

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Hilarious. After the DOGErs set up the new government-wide all employee email system in late January OPM, where it is housed, sent out an advisory which states explicitly that no employee ever has to respond to any of the emails. See 4.2 and 4.3. www.opm.gov/media/kfpozk...

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