FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE WEEK

 BY STEVEN HAYWARD IN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

I was going to suggest that the most snuggly, feel-good story of recent days was the latest ratings for CNN, which have fallen more than 20 percent over the last year and continued to fall over the summer, such that it now ranks behind the Discovery Channel and HGTV. Makes sense: why tune in to CNN for manure if you can get better manure for your private garden from HGTV?

But this story is much more snuggly feel-good inducing:

EPA lost more than 1,500 workers in first 18 months of Trump administration: report

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reportedly lost 8 percent of its staff in the first 18 months of President Trump‘s administration due to high numbers of departing staffers and a low number of new hires.

The Washington Post reported Saturday that nearly 1,600 workers left the EPA during that time, while fewer than 400 were hired. The agency’s employment has shrunk to its lowest levels since the Reagan administration, the Post noted.

That’s what I call “winning.”

P.S. A late entry threatens to make this selection of EPA shrinkage obsolete:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/09/feel-good-story-of-the-week.php