Exhausted by a day that began w/ oral argument in a case that should have never have made it to the Supreme Court, ended with an incoherent ramble from Trump about his war of choice in Iran.
Other tiring moments: Trump’s drop-in at oral argument; his obnoxious remarks re leaving NATO; gutting of U.S. Forest Service.
Deeply fatigued by the ongoing capitulation of the Republican Fascists who control Congress. Their utter dereliction of duty leaves all of us captive to Trump and his coterie. 1/
He didn't gut the Forestry Service. He issued a fictional story on a piece of paper signed in sharpie.
The US Forestry Service was established by Congress in 1905. The President *literally cannot dismantle it*. Period.
In fact, both the Courts and SCOTUS have been pretty explicit about this just this year, in the case of VOA and other services *established by Congress*.
Forestry Service employees should just keep going to work, doing their thing.
Don't comply in advance.
BTW, talking about it like he "gutted" the Forest Service is also complying in advance.
A better reaction is to ridicule him and force him to enforce his ludicrous nonsense.
Remember - everyone complied in advance in early 2025 and, even though Trump lost in Court, those orgs don't exist anymore in any *practical* sense.
Backbones are in short supply, but those of us out here have to *at least* not give comfort to the enemy by rhetorically confirming their power grabs.
Heidi Li Feldman
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