"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
How #ElonMusk and his hostile takeover of #USPolitics and government could end very badly. “…Allison Stanger, a distinguished endowed professor of politics at Middlebury, lays it out clearly: Putting an unelected corporate executive with massive conflicts of interest in control of key parts of the U.S. government is more than just a move to enact President Donald Trump’s policy agenda.
Couched in language about reducing waste and improving efficiency are worrying moves potentially giving Musk personal control over Americans’ private data, financial well-being and ability to limit government power.
Stanger warns, “The question facing Americans, therefore, isn’t whether government needs modernization – it’s whether they’re willing to sacrifice democracy in pursuit of Musk’s version of efficiency.” #democracy #politics #PoliticsOfDestruction #coup #AmericanCoup
“It is no accident that those who seek to seize this country for their greed and self-interest are targeting segments of society where people are often motivated to work for the common good—government, education, science, medicine, public health, the arts, social activism, community groups, immigrants, and many others.”
~ Elliot Kirschner
#Musk #Trump #PoliticsofDestruction #FederalGovernment #research #healthcare #education
“The U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees across every level of the agency beginning Thursday, according to two people familiar with the plans.”
~Marcia Brown, Jordan Wolman
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #cruelty #FederalGovernment #billionaires #PoliticsofDestruction #jobs #family #economy #housing #food #healthcare #TaxCutsforRich
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/13/forest-services-fires-3400-employees-00204213
Every single person now suddenly losing a job because of what YOU have chosen in the name of an "ethic of life" has some kind of commitments to others, in most cases, a family, and now has to worry about food, housing, bills, healthcare for others, too.
#Musk #Trump #cruelty #destruction
#WhiteChristians #Republicans #cruelty #FederalGovernment #billionaires #PoliticsofDestruction #jobs #family #economy #housing #food #healthcare #TaxCutsforRich
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Every single person now suddenly losing a job because of what YOU have chosen in the name of an "ethic of life" suddenly has to think about how to put food on the table, pay for housing, pay bills, get healthcare, etc.
#Musk #Trump #cruelty #destruction
#WhiteChristians #Republicans #cruelty #FederalGovernment #billionaires #PoliticsofDestruction #jobs #family #economy #housing #food #healthcare #TaxCutsforRich
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To the white Christians who chose all of what's happening now, including massive loss of jobs, in the name of a — my God! — "pro-life" ethic:
Every single person now suddenly losing a job because of what YOU have chosen in the name of an "ethic of life" is a human being with a human life.
#Musk #Trump #cruelty #destruction
#WhiteChristians #Republicans #cruelty #FederalGovernment #billionaires #PoliticsofDestruction #jobs #family #economy #housing #food #healthcare #TaxCutsforRich
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"We've got many more [massive cuts] to come, like Social Security. We have many more to come, like the Department of Education."
~ Ralph Norman
Have to find a way to pay, after all, for those massive tax cuts coming down the line for the filthy rich.
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #cruelty #FederalGovernment #billionaires #PoliticsofDestruction #jobs #family #economy #housing #food #healthcare #TaxCutsforRich
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One Republican member of the House of Representatives is now openly warning that his party plans to go after the political third rail of Social Security.During Thursday's markup session in the House Budget Committee, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) — who is a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus ...
"The Department of Veterans Affairs announced major layoffs on Thursday."
~ Naomi LaChance
Have to find a way to pay, after all, for those massive tax cuts coming down the line for the filthy rich.
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #cruelty #FederalGovernment #billionaires #PoliticsofDestruction #jobs #family #economy #housing #food #healthcare #TaxCutsforRich
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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced major layoffs on Thursday, a move condemned by Democratic lawmakers, veterans and experts. As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk look to slash the federal government, the layoffs — amounting to more than 1,000 people — will reportedly save the departmen...
"As you read this, thousands and thousands of federal employees are being fired."
~ Daily Kos
200,000 federal workers have been fired this week.
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #cruelty #FederalGovernment #billionaires #PoliticsofDestruction #jobs #family #economy #housing #food #healthcare #TaxCutsforRich
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As you read this, thousands and thousands of federal employees are being fired. Today, the federal (Office of Personnel Management) OPM sent an email to all federal agencies that they can start terminating all federal probationary employees....
William Lindsey 
Charlie McHenry
