Major National Threats

Excuse me? *record scratch* https://t.co/v7wsWXzf6l

— Vlad Ryaboy (@veeladryaboy) January 11, 2023

Hey, dey fucked wid Trump, knowudImean?

January 10, 2023, was the day conservatives suddenly became willing to die for their gas stoves pic.twitter.com/GJe5JF8VG0

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 11, 2023

They came for my archaic gas space heater, and I said nothing.

Sorry folks, but you’ll take my gas stove from my cold, dead kitchen.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 10, 2023

They didn’t even think about coming for my gas furnace or water heater, and I said: “What the hell?”

pic.twitter.com/plwCxG5L09

— Moms Clean Air Force (@CleanAirMoms) January 10, 2023

And everybody freaked out:

This kind of faux-populist harumphy bullshit could have been (and was) deployed against every consumer-safety regulation of the last century. https://t.co/IqngrKUB4M

— David Roberts (@drvolts) January 10, 2023

Because:

In an interview with Bloomberg, a US Consumer Product Safety commissioner said gas stove usage is a "hidden hazard." 

"Any option is on the table. Products that can't be made safe can be banned," agency commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. told Bloomberg. The report said the agency plans "to take action" to address the indoor pollution caused by stoves.

As the song said, this started a joke because it started the whole world crying:

In a statement to CNN, the CPSC said the agency has not proposed any regulatory action on gas stoves at this time, and any regulatory action would "involve a lengthy process." 

"Agency staff plans to start gathering data and perspectives from the public on potential hazards associated with gas stoves, and proposed solutions to those hazards later this year," the commission said in a statement. "Commission staff also continues to work with voluntary standards organizations to examine gas stove emissions and address potential hazards."

So, yeah, black helicopters will soon be airlifting your Wolf range through your roof and disposing of it in a third-world garbage tip so we are safe here.

Or, you know: not.

And while we’re protecting the rights of poor people to raise the risk of asthma in their children, we’re also protecting the rights of people with the right kind of politics:

It's worth noting that the centerpiece committee the House GOP has created amounts to an investigation into what the "Deep State" has done to Trump and his friends. https://t.co/VewLoqBZ98

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 10, 2023

And those rich people who want to continue committing tax fraud:

"The CBO doesn't have a lot of credibility" -- Rep. Mike Johnson dismisses a nonpartisan analysis showing that the House Republican bill to defund the IRS would cost the government a lot of money pic.twitter.com/KwAto8QeFx

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 10, 2023

And as the lady whose job is provided by tax dollars, standing in the building where she works built and maintained by tax dollars said:

"Taxation is theft" -- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna pic.twitter.com/YCb7u6UaLY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 10, 2023

Yup. Same lady who helpfully pointed out Obama was “also half white.”

"This is the more diverse class of Republicans ever elected" -- Elise Stefanik pic.twitter.com/bEBDuM90Go

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 11, 2023

The GOP remains far more than half white.