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Eugene

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4. The Audubon Society also noticed this.

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Tue Jan 5, 2021, 08:13 PM

Jan 2021

Trump to Birds: Drop Dead (Audubon Society)

With two weeks left in office, on National Bird Day, the Trump administration—defying opposition from the general public, scientists, tribal governments, international treaty partners, and a federal judge who last summer all but laughed its legal arguments out of court—today announced it has finalized a rule allowing companies and individuals to kill migratory birds as long as they didn’t mean to.

https://www.audubon.org/news/trump-birds-drop-dead

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Trump Administration, in Parting Gift to Industry, Reverses Bird Protections [View all] Eugene Jan 2021 OP

I've totally run out of negative adjectives to describe that monster. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2021 #1

Today is national bird day Applan Jan 2021 #2

The Audubon Society also noticed this. Eugene Jan 2021 #4

He doesn't need to keep proving to us that he is a complete and total bastard, Bayard Jan 2021 #3

Ahuck... Maxheader Jan 2021 #5

This isn't just about birds. Toxic water eventually makes it into human water supply. Pobeka Jan 2021 #6

There's no bottom... scarletwoman Jan 2021 #7

How many times did 45 lie about how many birds were killed by wind turbines truthisfreedom Jan 2021 #8

He went on about that for ages, trying to pretend he hated to see how many birds they killed. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2021 #9

He said he objected to windmills because they kill so many birds! tclambert Jan 2021 #10