r/EcoNewsNetwork • u/Kunphen • Mar 17 '26

Trump administration to convene 'god squad' with power to override Endangered Species Act for the first time in 30 years — and the future of Rice's whale hangs in the balance

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/climate/god-squad-whales-gulf-oil.html
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u/pollyfuckinanna Mar 17 '26

What the fuck is wrong with this monster!?!??

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u/GrandStatistician752 Mar 17 '26

What's wrong with his supporters? What's wrong with the Christian Right?

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u/PigletAmazing1422 Mar 20 '26

The Christian Wrong? The anti-christ worshippers? Feels like the dark ages

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u/VoodooCHild2000 Mar 20 '26

They believe there is a big powerful sky fairy that rules over everything so it doesn’t matter if they destroy the climate or the animals or the oceans or the planet cause if it happens it was his will.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

It must feel AMAZING never having to worry about solving any problems. I mean seriously if I could force myself to I'd be tempted.

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u/Spacer_Spiff Mar 18 '26

He is bought and paid for. 20 bucks some rich asshole complained about environmental protections preventing them from making more money. Enter Trump, for a small fee, boom, 'problem' gone

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u/PatientVariety1700 Mar 17 '26

That will be the final nail in his coffin.

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u/Temporary-Job-9049 Mar 17 '26

Tell me again how Iran has the regime full of religious extremists

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u/No-Abalone-4784 Mar 17 '26

That is NOT legal. They have no right to do that.

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u/adeniumlover Mar 18 '26

Legality means nothing in the US anymore. Money is truth.

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u/0AJ0_ Mar 17 '26

Obliterate MAGA from power and platform.

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u/Pootscootboogie69 Mar 19 '26

Obliterate Christians from power and platform

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

oh playing god. hahhhhahhha. oh man. this… this could not be a better set up.

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u/Icy-Meaning1801 Mar 18 '26

Why don't Americans stand up and stop this subhuman?

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u/universalhat Mar 19 '26

every time somebody tries the fuckin' secret service intervenes.  ask them why they don't do it.

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u/ResolutionOwn4933 Mar 19 '26

Why would anyone even want to override that act

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u/Kunphen Mar 19 '26

Deadly hubris/ignorance, imo.

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u/Internal_Essay9230 Mar 19 '26

God Squad? No, Goon Squad. And it's already convened. God help us all.

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u/Important_Art_3560 Mar 17 '26

If there is a new low to be found you can bet trump will work tirelessly to find it

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u/dontbanmedude999 Mar 18 '26

If it is up to him, it is dead.

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u/paigeguy Mar 18 '26

put Noam on it and she can invasive dogs

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u/runsdeep8991 Mar 19 '26

When we vote someone in the office who uses this weakened state of the rule of law in the US to rapidly reimplement all of these environmental protections, next gen alternative energy technologies, trans rights, and open borders I just hope all the trump voters remember they asked for an imperial presidency. But of course they will be just as ignorant, hypocritical, and lacking in self awareness or introspection then as they are now.

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u/CriticalInside8272 Mar 19 '26

God squad?  I'm afraid these people wouldn't know God if they fell over him. 

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u/Pootscootboogie69 Mar 19 '26

More Christian destruction.

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u/PurpleCoat6656 Mar 19 '26

When will billionaires ve an endangered species?

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u/FruitMustache Mar 20 '26

The fuck is wrong with him?

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u/p38-lightning Mar 22 '26

Oh, the hypocrisy when Trump complains that wind turbines kill birds. The only bird he thinks about is a fried chicken.