Trump Illegally Fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission

Monday, May 12, 2025

The Supreme Court has not yet reversed its 1935 ruling on whether the president can actually do that.

Posted by retort at 10:52 AM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

The Democratic members of an independent agency dedicated to protecting Americans from dangerous products and issuing recalls and safety warnings were fired by President Trump via an overnight email.[image or embed]
-- NPR (@npr.org) May 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM

Comments

DEATH TO TYRANTS

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-12 11:12 AM

---- off Squats.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-12 05:03 PM

they wouldn't DEPEND on the government for a paycheck+tip.

#2 | POSTED BY KAOS_REIGNS

More maga malarky. So no one who takes a paycheck from the U.S. government can be independent?

Being independent in this case only means that you cannot be fired without cause and for political or ideological reasons. You have term limit set by Congress. And which can only be changed by Congress.

If your nonsense was our standard for corruption then we could never have an even remotely independent judiciary or Supreme Court.

You people are so corrupt minded and so far out in loonie Griftland you don't even know what a "normal" democracy looks like anymore.

Also "tips" are only for the top level public servants like congressman senators presidents and Supreme Court justices.

The rest of of the civil servants can only take tips or "Gratuities" that up to $20 or $50 in one year.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-12 06:50 PM

Consumer spending is 70% of GDP.

Republicans don't think it's worth protecting 70% of GDP.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-12 06:56 PM

Do we really need a perpetual motion spending machine to tell us "fireworks are dangerous"?

Yes

Apparently.

Have people stopped maiming and killing themselves with fireworks yet?

No. So they still need to become to be careful.

In 2023, 8 people died from fireworks-related accidents in the United States, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Additionally, an estimated 9,700 people were treated in emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries. This number includes those who were injured during the period of June 21 to July 21, which is the month surrounding the Fourth of July holiday.

You however can go wild. Blow up stuff! Have a fireworks fight.

Please.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-12 06:57 PM

The fourth is what for decades now has been called a "headless fourth branch of government," the administrative state.

Is the state not supposed to be able to administer the state?

And if it's headless, who's in charge of all these agencies.

You seem to be presenting basic facts about how large organizations operate and saying there's not only something wrong with it, but some nefarious going on.

And you don't have any evidence of that.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-12 07:05 PM

"tips" in the context of my post is intended to mean 'bonuses and junkets to Hawaii' etc."

You never went on a business trip to someplace nice?

It's a perk of having a good job. That's how the world works.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-12 07:09 PM

... Trump Illegally Fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission...

Pres Trump possibly doing something illegal?

Well, that would be a change of character for him.

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-12 07:22 PM

"They may have good jobs, but they're not doing a good job."

I can tell you've never had a good job, just from that comment.