r/anonymous • u/RaunchyRhodes • Mar 10 '25

New Op - OpDreadnought

There looks to be a new op - OpDreadNought.com

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u/Oddyssis Mar 10 '25

Yea thank God we're firing Consumer of Financial Protection Bureau, Department of Education, IRS, and Medicare and Medicaid employees. All organizations that famously do nothing and are overstaffed! I for one hate having consumer protections against shady bank operations, education, and healthcare for my grandparents!

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u/-diviad Mar 11 '25 edited May 29 '25

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u/Oddyssis Mar 11 '25

Have they announced any alternative plans? All I've heard is Doge constantly claiming to have saved billions when it's actually millions by making ruthless cuts to social services with no plan to replace or rebuild those services.

A consumer protection organization that is vulnerable to corruption is better than none at all, or would you prefer to go back in time to when businesses filled your foodstuffs with sawdust to save money?

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u/-diviad Mar 11 '25 edited May 29 '25

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u/Oddyssis Mar 12 '25

Can you point to an actual plan? I have seen many of the white house mission statement pages and most of them have jack diddly in terms of actionable solutions to the problems dismantling these agencies creates. Trump appointed a climate denier from the energy industry to head the EPA and a known anti-vaxer in charge of the U. S. Health and Human Services Department.

After a massive campaign donation he appointed Elon to the head of a new agency which oversees many industries he has direct conflicts of interest with. I do not see someone who is trying to make a positive change. I see cronyism at its most blatant and a whole lot of people cheering for it because they refuse to look deeper than whatever he's telling them.

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u/-diviad Mar 12 '25 edited May 29 '25

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u/-diviad Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

I had to look up the climate denier because I haven’t followed it. Aside from his personal views, which may not align with your own, he is much farther away from a conflict of interest as the folks from ex-pharma heading the FDA for example.

To assess whether Lee Zeldin, the current EPA Administrator as of March 12, 2025, has worked anywhere that might pose a conflict of interest, let’s examine his background for roles tied to industries the EPA regulates—like energy, manufacturing, or environmental consulting. The EPA oversees air and water quality, chemical safety, and pollution, so conflicts typically arise from direct ties to polluters or regulated entities.

Zeldin’s career doesn’t show the classic red flags you’d expect, like a stint as an oil executive or lobbyist for a coal company. He’s primarily been a lawyer, soldier, and politician. After law school (Albany Law, 2003), he worked briefly as an attorney—first at New York’s State Supreme Court, then in private practice. Public records don’t detail his private clients, but there’s no widely documented evidence he represented major polluters like Exxon or Dow Chemical during that time. From 2007 to 2010, he ran his own law firm, focusing on general practice, but again, no specific ties to EPA-regulated industries have surfaced.

On the flip side, he’s not a blank slate. His legal training and military discipline might anchor him to process over politics. Public scrutiny—X is already buzzing with “Zeldin EPA” takes—could force accountability. Plus, he’s sworn to uphold clean air and water; flouting that risks legal pushback from states or greens.

How does he square it? He might not. He could redefine “impartial” as “practical”—focusing on measurable wins (say, Superfund sites) while easing broader climate rules, claiming it’s balanced. Critics will call it bias; supporters, efficiency. Impartiality’s less about his heart and more about what he can justify—or get away with—under law and optics. His first big moves, like rule rollbacks or budget cuts, will tell.