The dangerous Malignant Fascist isn't anywhere near done with his assaults on the environment. The latest one directly affects tens of millions of Americans who rely on the Great Lakes for their water, and he has an ally in his sycophantic weathervane Vice President JD Vance. From ProPublica earlier this week:
"As a U.S. senator from Ohio, Vance called the lakes 'an invaluable asset' for his home state. He supported more funding for a program that delivers 'the tools we need to fight invasive species, algal blooms, pollution, and other threats to the ecosystem' so that the Great Lakes would be protected 'for generations to come.'
But times have changed.
This spring, Vance is vice president, and President Donald Trump’s administration is imposing deep cuts and new restrictions, upending the very restoration efforts that Vance once championed. With the peak summer season just around the corner, Great Lakes scientists are concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
Cutbacks have gutted the staff at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers. Remaining staff plans to launch large data-collecting buoys into the water this week, but it’s late for a field season that typically runs from April to October." (our emphasis)
Bear in mind that the Great Lakes border on the swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, as well as MAGA reliables Indiana and Ohio, so this latest betrayal of the MF's voters is an especially unhealthy example of FAFO. Whether the cuts stand in the Fiscal 2026 budget remains to be seen, but citizens in those affected states should hear about this assault on their water and their health.
(photo: "Don't touch the water son, you'll get sick." JD Vance social media)
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