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Ed BottJust gonna leave this here.
AdmiralFrosty@edbott I'm more upset that the rules haven't been changed back
Holly 🇨🇦
@AdmiralFrosty @edbott I’m Canadian, so grain of salt… I think that reversing all of the damage done by Trump et al takes time. Blaming the Dems for not immediately reversing all of the absolute crap things that the Republicans have done is unfair.
Chris Shaddock@Yup_Its_Holly @AdmiralFrosty @edbott I’m Canadian too so grain of salt as well. I have learned a lot about the systems and theatrics of politics in my latest years and I find it hard not to think that there might be a little bit of opportunistic delay at play.
Their’ is a minefield of governmental sabotage by Putin’s littlest arsonist.
Takes time to clear it.
Delicious Terrine@AdmiralFrosty @edbott Exactly. For some reason corporate rats like Biden and Buttigieg didn't reinstate the rules. There was nothing stopping them, except their own unwillingness.
Martin Langeveld@edbott To be clear, that Trump tweet was in 2017 (as shown), the Forbes headline was in 2018. The juxtaposition makes it appear that Trump included the headline in his tweet, which he didn't.
@MartinLangeveld Both items are properly dated. I think any reasonable observer can figure it out.
Also, look at the alt text, which identifies both items.
DarryB@MartinLangeveld @edbott Apologist
EarthOne@edbott Thanks! Too bad Trumpers can't read or they might realize Biden didn't cause that trainwreck in Ohio: Trump did. #Trump #deregulation #trainwreck #Ohio #EastPalestine #NorfolkSouthern #GOP #MAGA
digitalbeth.space 🌿@edbott the kicker is that the trumpets are still going to somehow blame Biden for this
@beth They seem to be aiming their fire at Pete Buttigieg right now.
Southern Leftist@edbott
"I want to grow jobs."
"HOLY SH*T YOU CAUSED A F**KING EXPLOSION."
Beatrice KronskiSee? Jobs cleaning it up and repairing the rails! /s
Glenn Fleishman@edbott ahoy ahoy
seachangedI'm not at all surprised at the cluster of cackhanded conservatives attached to it.
"The bill was unveiled this week by gun store owner Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama. It has been cosponsored by Representatives Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), Andrew Clyde (R-Georgia) and George Santos (R-New York)."
Do they think at all? The AR-15 is a sex toy for tactical fetishists.
How about honoring John Browning's genius, or the tool of genocide, the Winchester 1894?
(((o))) Acoustic Mirror
Enara 
❔@edbott why isn't the guy in jail at this point? 🙄🙄🙄 He is liable for this one! Proof right there!
caseyjonesed@edbott Missed that part in all the media coverage.
Ryan Lounsbury@edbott There is always a tweet.
Unprecedented 2023@edbott He shamelessly showed up in Ohio. His uninformed MAGA clan came and got some free hats and hamburger. So all is well with MAGA.
I TRIED TO TELL YOU@edbott "Some of you may die. But that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."
Toxteth O'Grady@edbott Leave it in the inbox of that dumbass Comer, as he apparently has no idea who runs the National Transportation Safety Board...
St Joan 🌈of Mastodon:🦘 Saint
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Glenn@edbott Oh yeah, we will be talking about explosive growth!
Peter Lichota@edbott
Yet stunningly the majority of East Palestine who supported him in the past still support him now, as it’s mayor openly did!…
It’s stupefying what people can be conned into believing!…
Yet stunningly the majority of East Palestine who supported him in the past still support him now, as it’s mayor openly did!…
It’s stupefying what people can be conned into believing!…
SamHughes@edbott and then Trump has the audacity to campaign in East Palenstine and offer the citizens 'Trump' water. How fricken stupid do you have to be?
Mazza@edbott that’s classic
Charlie Wells
xs4me2Stupidity is not a virtue, but then there is Trump…
kkeller@edbott I can't wait for Faux News to cover the history of this regulation!
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Dark Matter Zine@edbott He was right: medical businesses will boom as a result of injuries and illnesses, as will cleaning businesses and all those businesses that will now profit because of everything from insurance, lawyers, and increased safety measures.
Also some airlines because of politicians visiting. And media coverage. and…
He was right. Just not in a good way. Typical orange-u-tan.
broVbro 🇺🇲@edbott you know that the Obama rule requiring brakes on every car never went into effect, right? So Trump's rollback actually did not have any impact on the accident in Ohio.
Jeffrey Chesner@edbott He continuously validates his genius.
Jim Maruschak ✅️@edbott The NTSB chair says that wasn't the cause of the derailment.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JenniferHomendy/status/1626379352215547906?lang=en
stoicmike@edbott Not just that monster, but Republicans in general remain wedded to this nonsense of government being the enemy.
knowgum@edbott
Right-wing politicians the world over have always put their own personal wealth, power & self-aggrandisement above the safety, health or legitimate concerns of everyone else.
Now they're coordinating & conspiring across international borders to empower & enrich themselves by exploiting & corrupting everyone & everything.
They have weaponised greed & narcissism against compassion & common sense, & the world has become a more dangerous place as a result.
#Libetarianism
LG Media@edbott Does it even matter at this point? These cultists are so brainwashed they could’ve cut the brakes themselves and still blame everyone else. Something was in their fire water long before train chemicals.
KNERDToo bad if it was so terrible, Biden could have reversed that rule, and too bad it was a broken axle that caused the derailment.
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌@edbott What was in it for Trump, dollar-wise?
#Ohio #EastPalestine #Derailment #ToxicGas #Phosgene #RailwaySafety #TrumpCorruption #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters
John Refior@edbott
Associated Press, December 2018:
"President Donald Trump’s administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it scrapped an Obama-era rule over cost concerns, The Associated Press has found.
"A government analysis used to justify the cancellation omitted up to $117 million in estimated future damages from train derailments that could be avoided by using electronic brakes."
https://apnews.com/article/2e91c7211b4947de8837ebeda53080b9
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#derailment #ap
APNewsBreak: US miscalculated benefit of better train brakes
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it scrapped an Obama-era rule over cost concerns, The Associated Press has found...
CellyBlue@edbott there is a tweet for everything
Desert Rose@edbott you left out the part for someone from train safety that’s on the news, saying that that particular train did not qualify for the brake systems that was in that bill. They also went on to say, even if Trump had passed that and signed it, that particular train would not have been in it there for this posting it’s only half correct#
fmc01@edbott Very entertaining but the truth is that 75 million GOP voting Americans don’t care that trains don’t have proper brakes (until a train crashes in their town). Obama said elections have consequences - he meant homelessness, school shootings, train crashes, opioid epidemics, over 1 million deaths from COVID etc etc. #ElectionsHaveConsequences
JL Johnson 
Michael Stanclift@vmstan i prefer pacifism. How do you take your camomile tea?