kottke.org22h ago
Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. “…the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a ‘reorganization.’ An execution.” https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/trump-administration-orders-dismantling-us-forest-service/7716263
Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a “reorganization.” An execution.

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Show threadcontrasocial20h ago

@kottke

Pretty certain this is illegal, it's not in the executive's purview to create or dismantle agencies.

Show threadBruce Heerssen 

@contrasocial @kottke

Agencies like the forest service are established in laws passed by Congress. The president is bound by the constitution and by oath to see that the laws are faithfully executed. So yes, this is very illegal.

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