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Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Removal of Ocean Monitors (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 5 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Are they going to make mean tweets and bring in their signs and strongly worded letters? That’ll surely stop them.

On an unrelated note, would anyone happen to know how one might get their hands on 535 car bombs?

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Since Democrats hold a minority in both houses of Congress, noise is the one thing they can actually do. It works occasionally

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It doesn’t, though, not for Democrats, because all they do is fold, but it does work for Republicans every fucking time for that exact same reason.

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