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Chemical Bill

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5. We were afraid that all the good programs would be shut...

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:31 PM

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But by now the good programs have been shut or defunded. USAID is gone. CFPB, NLRB, anything that helps us. Things like CDC, DOJ, Homeland Security have all been turned against us. Maybe TSF can say ICE agents are essential, but they won't have clerks and so on. So shut it down!

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