I do yoga multiple times a week, use a rowing machine twice a week, and walk/hike my dogs.

Yoga is the best especially if you are sitting all day. And it’s a nice “third space” where you see the same people every class and make weak links with them that aren’t at home or at work.

No. See: 2020.

Cool, keep posting comments on Lemmy, that will definitely make a difference.

Which Federal Agency is going to do that? One under the Department of Justice? Maybe after four years, if control of the government flips, the make-up of the supreme court changes, and we don’t get another Merrick Garland?

Yeah, not gonna place a bet on that panning out…

I’ve voted Democrat my whole life out of the lesser evil thing. I think I’m going to vote third party at this point because things are getting eviler and they are part of the problem.

My question is if I vote Democrat again, will they simply maintain the status quo and do nothing until the next fascist runs on blowing up the system that they are defending that isn’t working for anyone and wins again?

Because so far that’s all that has happened. Oh yeah there was also that guy that won on “hope” and “change” and gave a handout to insurance companies instead of a public option.

After citizens united and before they are all owned by the same elites that crush everyone else. One party just does it under a cross and the other does it under a rainbow flag.

If you are commenting or reacting, take the 2 minutes to call your senators and tell them how useless Democrats are showing themselves to be. 5calls.org.

This guy is a clown. The new 3 of the “5 pillars” of his EPA administration don’t have anything to do with its mission. Bringing back the auto industry, empowering the energy industry, and being a leader in AI.

Maybe they will once they stop being owned by the same people as the Republicans. They are a joke of an opposition party especially after reading their 20 bullet points on how to be Splenda republicans

Whelp now we know Walgreens will get shittier, exploit workers more, exploit your personal data more, or more likely all of those and more. Time to stop going to Walgreens and wait for the economic zombies to move on

It’s probably because most people that didn’t approve didn’t want to watch it in the first place because there’s nothing useful to hear.

For the federal government it is 1 or 2 years depending on your job type.

A lot of these regulations are in place at the direction of congress through laws they have passed. That’s where the authority comes from… I don’t see how republicans will be able to repeal these laws quickly. So how far can Musk really go when legislation can still be stalled and/or fillibustered?

Hopefully some semblance of the balance of power holds. Federal regulations are often times the bare minimum with states adding in more stringent requirements.

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I’ve had to rent out rooms and the basement of my home as a “landlord” and I lowered the rent on people in stead of raising it because they were giving me enough to cover part of my mortgage. It still felt shitty and exploitative to do. Especially if something broke and they had to wait to say, use the toilet.

I’d never want to do that again if possible. Also my “tenants” were not people or friends I knew beforehand. I just tried not to be a piece of shit about it.

When I see “real estate experts” gouging people to buy more real estate and bragging on social media about it - I do think they are, in fact, fucking parasites on people that do actually contribute to society. It doesn’t have to be this way. Housing should not be a commodity.

It’s as simple as you need people to actually enforce laws and carry out programs laid out by Congress.

I don’t think you understand how laws work. The laws I work to to support were promulgated in the 1970s after rivers were lighting on fire.

They are complicated to enforce because the companies that cause environmental harm can afford high powered attorneys and lobbyists to prevent them from being enforced.

There is no one working on behalf of the american people to try to meet the intent of many of these laws we rely on - such as those to keep our environment, air we breathe, water we drink, relatively safe. Other than those in the government that have the authority to do so.

I don’t know how all of the other various agencies work specifically, but that’s generally what people are doing in the government

You don’t seem to understand this so you don’t value it. I think once it gets more fucked up, you will. This isn’t a liberal or conservative thing. The laws I work with were put on the books by Nixon. This is a rich stealing from you issue. Not left/right.

But maybe you are just troll, probably.

It’s a dark day, probably one of many, to be a civil servant. But eggs were too expensive and we need more billionaires apparently.

They are going to be stuck rehiring people that resign as consultants because they won’t have the people to run the legally required programs in place.

It will end up costing more money for the government.

I have little hope that the people that actually vote will even remember how fucked all this is two years from now.

Guess they are more concerned with their stock values than having any kind of purpose or morals.

The secret level from toe jam and big earl.

I don’t want to repeat 2016. The media goes hyperbolic over every stupid speech or tweet this man makes. 90% of it doesn’t get done. The 10% that does… Will suck. And I can’t do anything about that at this point, enough of the country voted for him because of inflation that he got into to power because they don’t understand how government and inflation works.

I’m not going to raise my blood pressure over news that is just outrage porn this time. Shit is going to get worse, and I can’t do anything about it as a federal worker other than do my job and wait it out.

Then try to help rebuild the institution I work for after it is hollowed out by the incompetent political appointees made my the incoming admin once the political pendulum swing again in on the axis of low information capricious swing voters in this country.