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WASHINGTON — Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency disregarded the advice of their own scientists and lawyers in April when the agency issued a rule that restricted but did not ban asbestos, according to https://documenthelper.newsdev.nyt.net/_assets/815-e-p-a-memos-on-asbestos/raw/original.pdf.
Because of its fiber strength and resistance to heat, asbestos has long been used in insulation and construction materials. It is also is a known carcinogen. Last month’s rule kept open a way for manufacturers to adopt new uses for asbestos, or return to certain older uses, but only with E.P.A. approval.
Andrew Wheeler, the E.P.A. administrator, said when the rule was issued that it would significantly strengthen public health protections. But in the memos, dated Aug. 10, more than a dozen of E.P.A.’s own experts urged the agency to ban asbestos outright, as do most other industrialized nations.
“Rather than allow for (even with restrictions) any new uses for asbestos, E.P.A. should seek to ban all new uses of asbestos because the extreme harm from this chemical substance outweighs any benefit — and because there are adequate alternatives to asbestos,” staff members wrote.
The White House formally asserted executive privilege over special counsel Robert S Mueller III’s report Wednesday, President Trump’s first use of the executive authority in the latest confrontation with Congress.
Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd wrote in a letter to Congress that Trump had “asserted executive privilege over the entirety of the subpoenaed materials.” Boyd wrote that Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler’s push to hold Barr in contempt had “terminated” their negotiations over what materials lawmakers would be allowed to view from Mueller’s investigation.
“As we have repeatedly explained, the Attorney General could not comply with your subpoena in its current form without violating the law, court rules, and court orders, and without threatening the independence of the Department of Justice’s prosecutorial functions,” Boyd wrote.
The White House assertion of privilege represents the latest collision between Trump and House Democrats, who have seen their investigations of the president blocked at every turn.
“This decision represents a clear escalation in the Trump administration’s blanket defiance of Congress’s constitutionally mandated duties,” Nadler said, later adding: “As a co-equal branch of government, we must have access to the materials that we need to fulfill our constitutional responsibilities in a manner consistent with past precedent.”
TRANSPARENT PRESIDENT?
Transparent President?
For Donald Trump, claiming he’s the “most transparent president ever,” would be like saying you’re honest while stealing from a charity.
It’d be like saying you’re a great businessman and writing a book called “Art of the Deal” during a decade of losing over a billion dollars.
It’d be like saying, “I’m the least racist person ever” while building a racist vanity project to keep out brown people.”
It’d be like attacking a Congresswoman for antisemitism after you’ve retweeted Nazis.
It’d be like complaining about undocumented workers after you’ve hired undocumented workers.
It’d be like attacking Democrats for sexual scandals after you’ve paid women to keep quiet about your diddling them.
It’d be like complaining about antisemitism after you’ve called for a ban on Muslims, called someone “Pocahontas,” accused Black Lives Matter of being thugs, referred to nations where brown people come from as “shithole countries,” called Mexicans “rapists” and “murderers,” accused black women of being dumb, said a judge is unfit because he’s of Mexican lineage, referred to immigrants as “animals,” engaged in birtherism, or praised Nazis.
It’d be like saying you’ll only hire the best people then hiring your daughter, your son-in-law, Betsy Devos, Ben Carson, Rick Perry, Omarosa, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, etc.
It’d be like saying, “I know more than the generals” while believing there are invisible airplanes.
It’d be like saying you love America and you’re a patriot while ignoring that Russia meddled in our last election and planning to do it again in the next one.
It’d be like saying, “I’ll own the shutdown,” then later saying, “They did it.”
It’d be like saying, “No one understands science more than I do” while believing noise from windmills cause cancer.
It’d be like complaining that Facebook bans on racists is a threat to the First Amendment while declaring there should be laws restricting a free press.
It’d be like complaining about “fake news” while retweeting conspiracy theories.
It’d be like saying you’re a “young and vibrant man” while looking like THAT.
It’d be like making fun of someone else’s hair while wearing a bleached mongoose on your head.
It’d be like questioning if Obama was born in the United States while lying where your father was born.
It’d be like complaining about someone not releasing their college transcripts while hiding your college transcripts.
It’d be like complaining about someone staging a hate crime after you’ve encouraged your rally attendants to assault black people.
It’d be like saying, “no one respects women more than I do” while grabbing them by the pussy.
It’d be like complaining about Antifa when your supporters are mailing bombs to Democrats and journalists.
It’d be like saying, “No one’s more presidential than I am” while you’re dry humping a flag.
It’d be like “writing” a book when you’re illiterate.
It’d be like saying you support our troops after you’ve said a POW is not a war hero and feuded with Gold Star families.
It’d like accusing Joe Biden of being creepy after you’ve stated that if you two weren’t related, you’d be dating your daughter.
It’d be like accusing Democrats of colluding with Russia after you invited Russians into your campaign headquarters.
It’d be like claiming you’re a family man after you had three divorces and children from three different women.
It’d be like saying you don’t support Nazis after you hired Stephen Miller.
Yeah, it’d be like that.
Transparent President?
For Donald Trump, claiming he’s the “most transparent president ever,” would be like saying you’re honest while stealing from a charity.
It’d be like saying you’re a great businessman and writing a book called “Art of the Deal” during a decade of losing over a billion dollars.
It’d be like saying, “I’m the least racist person ever” while building a racist vanity project to keep out brown people.”
It’d be like attacking a Congresswoman for antisemitism after you’ve retweeted Nazis.
It’d be like complaining about undocumented workers after you’ve hired undocumented workers.
It’d be like attacking Democrats for sexual scandals after you’ve paid women to keep quiet about your diddling them.
It’d be like complaining about antisemitism after you’ve called for a ban on Muslims, called someone “Pocahontas,” accused Black Lives Matter of being thugs, referred to nations where brown people come from as “shithole countries,” called Mexicans “rapists” and “murderers,” accused black women of being dumb, said a judge is unfit because he’s of Mexican lineage, referred to immigrants as “animals,” engaged in birtherism, or praised Nazis.
It’d be like saying you’ll only hire the best people then hiring your daughter, your son-in-law, Betsy Devos, Ben Carson, Rick Perry, Omarosa, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, etc.
It’d be like saying, “I know more than the generals” while believing there are invisible airplanes.
It’d be like saying you love America and you’re a patriot while ignoring that Russia meddled in our last election and planning to do it again in the next one.
It’d be like saying, “I’ll own the shutdown,” then later saying, “They did it.”
It’d be like saying, “No one understands science more than I do” while believing noise from windmills cause cancer.
It’d be like complaining that Facebook bans on racists is a threat to the First Amendment while declaring there should be laws restricting a free press.
It’d be like complaining about “fake news” while retweeting conspiracy theories.
It’d be like saying you’re a “young and vibrant man” while looking like THAT.
It’d be like making fun of someone else’s hair while wearing a bleached mongoose on your head.
It’d be like questioning if Obama was born in the United States while lying where your father was born.
It’d be like complaining about someone not releasing their college transcripts while hiding your college transcripts.
It’d be like complaining about someone staging a hate crime after you’ve encouraged your rally attendants to assault black people.
It’d be like saying, “no one respects women more than I do” while grabbing them by the pussy.
It’d be like complaining about Antifa when your supporters are mailing bombs to Democrats and journalists.
It’d be like saying, “No one’s more presidential than I am” while you’re dry humping a flag.
It’d be like “writing” a book when you’re illiterate.
It’d be like saying you support our troops after you’ve said a POW is not a war hero and feuded with Gold Star families.
It’d like accusing Joe Biden of being creepy after you’ve stated that if you two weren’t related, you’d be dating your daughter.
It’d be like accusing Democrats of colluding with Russia after you invited Russians into your campaign headquarters.
It’d be like claiming you’re a family man after you had three divorces and children from three different women.
It’d be like saying you don’t support Nazis after you hired Stephen Miller.
Yeah, it’d be like that.
The New York Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that would allow Congress to obtain President Trump’s tax returns from the state.
The bill passed by a vote of 39-21. The measure now heads to the state assembly.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has signaled he would sign the bill into law.
The state Senate also passed a bill, in a 39-22 vote, that would allow New York to prosecute people who received presidential pardons if certain conditions are met.
The tax-returns legislation authorizes the New York commissioner of taxation and finance to provide state returns requested by the chairmen of Congress’s tax committees, so long as the requests have a legitimate legislative purpose and as long as Congress is also requesting related federal tax returns from the U.S. Treasury Department.
