Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited national security concerns for the request, a new legal filing shows.
The Trump administration plans to convene the so-called God Squad, a high-level federal panel that has the power to override protections under the Endangered Species Act, for a meeting related to oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. nyti.ms/4ryiffG
-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Mar 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Good-for-nothing bloodthirsty drunkard Pete Hegseth called a meeting of junta officials to request a rare exemption to the Endangered Species Act (ESA).Trumpf Junta ------- Legal Filing Seeking ESA Exemption: Death warrant for the world's remaining 100 Rice's whales in the Gulf of Mexico
The fossil fuel industry and fat cat oligarchs haven't made enough for themselves over the century while destroying our planet
Only given two exemptions to the ESA have been given since 1978. One was for the whooping crane threatened by the creation of a dam, and another was for the spotted owl at risk from a logging project.

This is who the Trumpf junta will murder if the ESA is waived for the oil and gas companies drilling and operating in the Gulf of Mexico: NOAA
There are less than one hundred of these rare cetaceans remaining on the entire planet and they all live in the Gulf of Mexico.
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