Why can’t we just have nice things?
First, “Avengers” director Joss Whedon gathered stars like Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson to appear in spots for Save the Day, his pro-Hillary super-PAC. We all know now that star power wasn’t enough to put Clinton in the White House, and Whedon became a bit … cranky after the election, tweeting GOP rape fantasies to pass the time.
Now, “Logan” director James Mangold is asking X-Men fans to take a break from trying to work out the convoluted timeline that has allowed Hugh Jackman to star in each of the 37 X-Men movies and instead take a minute to consider a real-life hero: the Environmental Protection Agency.
I urge XMEN fans to take a break worrying about timelines & consider a plea from in the EPA. Our only protection from real villains & poison https://t.co/RIrS3Tkphl
— Mangold (@mang0ld) March 7, 2017
Tell that to the people who live on the Animas River. https://t.co/fIyHJ7KLeN
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) March 8, 2017
It is awfully tough to take the EPA seriously after it dumped a million gallons of toxic wastewater into the Animas River in Colorado. The EPA then let nature clean up the river and got off with barely a warning when the Obama Justice Department decided not to prosecute the EPA worker responsible for turning the river orange.
Why is Mangold singling out the EPA for support? Because “Deepwater Horizon” actor J.D. Evermore passed along an unattributed horror story from inside the EPA.
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/838867483708751872
The website is being reworked to reflect the new administration’s policy? That sounds like standard operating procedure when a new administration takes over, but apparently is has thousands joining in a panic over the EPA’s future.
Evermore was less than gentle with those who wanted to know more, such as the source of the information.
source?
— Kyle Cranmer (@KyleCranmer) March 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/838876526405959680
yes, understandable. But don't really want to propagate
— Kyle Cranmer (@KyleCranmer) March 7, 2017
so either illegal leak or lying
— Shawnnnnnnnn (@ShawnGenesco3) March 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/838950670099177473
why? Unnamed source. We don't know if it's true if can't be verified. The text clearly says on lockdown, so (1of2)
— Shawnnnnnnnn (@ShawnGenesco3) March 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/838957458823516160
Not really, no. Who tracks those statistics?
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/838958026925228032
Whoa, give some warning when those leaps are coming.
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/838960602081021952
Whatever you do, don’t celebrate the end of the EPA as we know it.
If the EPA can be stealthily shut down, i.e. no one notices or cares when it's gone, why should we waste money on it? Right. We shouldn't. https://t.co/3GqypluWKd
— BrucePeterBobby (@CullanRichard) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/839320895827161093
@MichaelSkolnik Bye!
— Laura (@NonsenseEnd) March 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/838947344829775873
https://twitter.com/jd_evermore/status/838947879335116800
Obviously. And if Obama’s EPA dumped toxic runoff into the river, John Hickenlooper would chug down a bottle of it to prove it was safe; no harm done.
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Call the Waaambulance! Massive Trump-triggering reported at EPA https://t.co/gyY9Gorcxo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 26, 2017
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 16, 2017
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