beSpacific<p>"The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> Protection Agency on Thursday placed 144 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> on administrative leave and opened an investigation into their decision to sign a letter accusing the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politicizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicizing</span></a> the agency." NYT (Gift Article) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/climate/epa-letter-administrative-leave.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Tk8.Yk3H.mb7cGaO2jEuD&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/03/climate</span><span class="invisible">/epa-letter-administrative-leave.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Tk8.Yk3H.mb7cGaO2jEuD&referringSource=articleShare</span></a>: E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Criticizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criticizing</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> v <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cleanwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleanwater</span></a> seems like such a cliche now.</p>