‘God Squad’ decree threatens fragile species off Alabama’s coast

By: Catherine Dorrough

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 920

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Of course the Trump administration assembled the God Squad.

I blame the name – “God Squad.” It sounds like a big-budget summer action movie or a Christian youth group. Irresistible to an administration obsessed with shiny things.

If we’d just stuck with the group’s real name – the Endangered Species Committee – it might have remained in mothballs, shoved under layers of bureaucracy. Instead, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum last week dusted off the collection …

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