I've been subscribed to EPA news alerts for over a year now. Since the election, the shift is absolutely nuts. 1/

(this is a short dumb thread) Pre-election: studious, quotidian stuff re: projects, initiatives etc. Scientific studies.

Post-election? Mostly press clips praising Pruitt, news of Pruitt's various trips.

Nearly all praise is about industry-friendliness; nearly all initiatives cooperating with industry.

Post-election: https://t.co/q8uCEwHUdc

Post-election: https://t.co/lPgfg6XJsk

Pre-election: https://t.co/RCLnUD1NQv

Pre-election: https://t.co/eQl85s1JNb

Even casually, narrowly viewed through news alerts, the picture is one of a dept that has near utterly abdicated its duty to regulate.

Anyway, today the AP wrote about Superfund sites in Texas exposed to floods. "EPA not on scene," they wrote.

The EPA put out a press release calling the AP's reporting "misleading and inaccurate..." https://t.co/lGR0BvEoFi

...while confirming the AP's reporting that they had only remotely monitored sites and not acted on any of them. Th… https://t.co/Kv7EoggMRJ

So not only has the EPA abdicated the duties it has performed for 50 years, it is engaging in political smearing of the press and critics.

This is your government in the era of Trump. /end

Addendum: the @EPA followed up with a personal attack on the AP reporter, w/o citing inaccuracies: https://t.co/bkyLqPRabz

@EPA Addendum to the addendum: this press release has been removed from @EPA site. Here's what it said: https://t.co/gx1h2mnlEd

@chick_in_kiev @EPA Looks like it's back up at https://t.co/zqlSdfEqIY

@seanhecht @EPA And still citing Breitbart. Unbefuckinglievable.

.@chick_in_kiev: I filed complaint w/ EPA OIG about the Breitbart link. File your own complaint & reference mine for max impact.