The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government

[Nevilledog]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/11/trump-government-operations-halt-funding-cuts/

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https://archive.li/qtjmp

At the Environmental Protection Agency, research at 11 laboratories has ground to a halt because the Trump administration has not approved most new lab purchases.

At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, key work on weather forecasting has slowed to a crawl because Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick must sign off personally on many contracts and grants. And at the Social Security Administration, some employees are running out of paper, pens and printer toner because the U.S. DOGE Service has placed a $1 spending limit on government-issued credit cards. (DOGE stands for Department of Government Efficiency, though it is not a Cabinet-level agency.)

Across the federal government, Trump officials are halting a wide range of operations by declining to approve key funds. This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated many agencies’ divisions, even though they remain technically intact.

This account of how the administration and DOGE are stalling government operations is based on interviews with more than a dozen federal employees across eight agencies, as well as several internal emails and documents reviewed by The Washington Post. The employees spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.

The effects are especially pronounced at the EPA, where staffers at 11 labs have struggled to continue researching an array of environmental threats, including air and water pollution as well as toxic “forever chemicals.” The labs are run by the Office of Research and Development, or ORD, which may be eliminated as part of a broader reorganization of the agency.

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[pfitz59]

1. Trumpism is the death of us

Literally. Akin to 'slow genocide'. RFK, Jr will have us eating road kill and spoiled milk while the EPA poisons us.

[hannah]

2. Expose them

Lots of corruption. Easy to see. Lots of money laundering, lots of connections. Dont let them distract from the corruption.

[CousinIT]

3. Because who needs clean air and water, right? Pffft.

Or Social Security? Or accurate weather reporting. Or information about climate change the greedy billionaires are causing, along with the rest of the bad shit that happens in the US and the World?

[DENVERPOPS]

4. I can only believe

that corporations think this is an open door to start violating any and all EPA and Dept of Interior regulations. Especially concerning hazardous chemical disposal regulations .......and clean air/water regulations.....

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes the rich can now scam, cheat, lie, pollute, damage the country and American people.

With no consequences.

[mountain grammy]

6. People who still believe government is the problem

Are about to find out NO government is a real problem.

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. Corporate America unchecked and left to police themselves is SCARY, really SCARY.

[struggle4progress]

8. Why the fuck is Wapo calling Musk's little hobby the "U.S. DOGE Service"?