"I remember thinking when I saw the footage of the workers chiseling the name of the headquarters of USAID from its building that this was a terrible omen. It predicted something frightening: a Donald Trump unleashed from law and order and norms."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #USAID #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDestruction #norms #Constitution #ethics #immunity #SupremeCourt #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/a-nation-not-of-laws-not-of-men-but
"The ethos of destruction can cause relatively little collateral damage if all you’re destroying is a company. But when you’re destroying the government, the effect on the lives of Americans, and even many people in other countries, will be sweeping and profound. Livelihoods will be ruined, communities will suffer, lives will literally be lost, all on a potentially huge scale."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Musk #DOGE #chaos #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDestruction
/13
"Warning about the demise of democracy didn’t stop people from voting for Trump last November. While it’s still a powerful argument to half the country, the other half is unmoved by it."
#Trump #chaos #PoliticsofChaos #authoritarianism #strongman
/2
"Two weeks into President Trump’s second act, people like the chaos.
Not everyone. But enough to give him a 49 percent approval rating, according to an Emerson College poll of 1,000 registered voters that was conducted on Jan. 27 and 28."
~ Joan Vennochi
#Trump #chaos #PoliticsofChaos #authoritarianism #strongman
/1
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/opinion/trump-policies-voter-support/
"These changes hurt the information ecosystem just as much as any threat against a news outlet. An analysis by the NYT found thousands of deleted web pages affecting info about 'vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes and scientific research, among many other topics.'"
#Trump #Republicans #CDC #EPA #ClimateChange #diversity #DEI #ScientificExpertise #healthcare #research #PoliticsofDestruction #PoliticsofChaos #vaccines #veterans #HateCrimes
/2
"The Atlantic: 'CDC data are disappearing.' NBC: 'Government webpages vanish.' AP: 'Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites.' NPR: 'Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies.' The Lever: 'Trump’s EPA just deleted climate change.'"
~ Brian Stelter
#Trump #Republicans #CDC #EPA #ClimateChange #diversity #DEI #ScientificExpertise #healthcare #research #PoliticsofDestruction #PoliticsofChaos
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https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1738591916854a25cd9c519ad/raw
Taking down #USAID is a gift to China, Russia, and others seeking to increase their influence at US expense.
At about 0.5% to 0.6% of annual federal spending, USAID’s projection of soft power is one of the best investments the US makes.
"Are you reading about the growing risk of avian flu? At risk, or just paying attention? Or a farmer? Too bad. Because they don’t care who leaves—even if they are the scientists and veterinarians and Department of Agriculture employees tracking and triaging avian flu as we speak."
#Trump #Musk #FederalWorkers #PoliticsofChaos #healthcare #research #MedicalResearch #CDC #BirdFlu #AvianFlu #pandemics #DepartmentofAgriculture
/5
"Are you sick? Fighting cancer, or at risk of it, hoping for research to keep you alive? They don’t care who leaves—even if they are the people on the brink of breakthroughs, or funding breakthroughs."
#Trump #Musk #FederalWorkers #PoliticsofChaos #healthcare #research #MedicalResearch #CDC
/4
"Do you travel? Do you rely on air safety and the Department of Transportation or the FAA to keep you safe? Well, they don’t care. However skilled people may be, however experienced, they want them gone. They could care less who might be the best at critical safety roles such as these."
#Trump #Musk #FederalWorkers #PoliticsofChaos #AirTravel #AirSafety #FAA #DepartmentofTransportation
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William Lindsey 
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