130,000 more Igloo coolers recalled over amputation fears

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4. Not for long.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/09/trump-consumer-product-safety-commission-00339203

"The Trump administration is breaking up the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a small but powerful independent watchdog that for five decades has quietly kept dangerous toys, cribs and electronics out of American homes.

The administration on Thursday night fired three Biden-appointed commissioners on the five-member CPSC board — Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Mary T. Boyle and Richard Trumka Jr. — just hours after two staffers with the “Department of Government Efficiency” were scheduled to meet with acting Chair Peter Feldman at the agency’s Bethesda headquarters, according to two people familiar with the meeting granted anonymity to avoid retribution. Hoehn-Saric said that while he has received no direct communication from the White House, Feldman has barred him from performing his duties.
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The firings come on the heels of the commissioners’ opposition to any DOGE-directed layoffs and the reclassification of more than 70 CPSC employees, including safety engineers, hazard analysts, and outreach staff responsible for educating manufacturers and consumers.
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"These terminations will inevitably result in emergency room visits or deaths that could and should have been avoided,” warned Hoehn-Saric, who was appointed in 2021 and confirmed unanimously by the Senate."....(more)