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I mentioned in my article today that CPSC is down from five commissioners to two, but that they still have quorum for rule-passing with two. So OF COURSE 10 minutes after I publish it, one of the remaining two announces he is stepping down 🤦‍♀️.

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@USCPSC @nytimes One more misunderstanding: the story isn't quite over, yet. SCOTUS simply rejected the admin's emergency appeal to keep the commissioners out of office while their legal case was being decided in the lower courts. But that lower court fight is ongoing.

@USCPSC @nytimes More about that, too:

@USCPSC @nytimes In addition to attempting to proceed as normal with their business of rule-making, the commissioners also objected to staff cuts (that part is right). The last straw for them (they say) was when they objected to DOGE staff coming in to enact even more cuts.

@USCPSC @nytimes More about the drama that ensued here, if you are curious:

@USCPSC @nytimes . they were fired because they held a rule-making vote/hearing about anything *at all*, after Trump had put out an executive order freezing all independent rule-making.

There's been lots of coverage of SCOTUS green-lighting Trump's firing of the Democratic commissioners at @USCPSC, and I feel like I gotta correct one misunderstanding, esp by @nytimes. They weren't fired bc of their votes on batteries - the substance of the vote was irrelevant.

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Who needs doctors when ur bed has "cardiovascular and respiratory monitoring to surface health abnormalities"

"The wifi is down so my bed isn't working" is unfortunately extremely funny. as is the fact that this $3,000+ mattress pad charges a monthly subscription fee of up to $33/month.

Context! My story from last month for @consumerreports, when the firings went down:

News! A federal judge ruled today in favor of the three previously-fired CPSC commissioners, saying they should be reinstated.

RT @USCPSC: Fellas, if you are taking the ATVs out this Memorial Day Weekend, don't forget the safety.