Trump is illegally incorporating USAID into the State Department, in direct contravention of the Foreign Assistance Act. Any such re-organization needs congressional approval. This is just the start . . .agencies like EPA will be next.
Before last week I thought the Senate would care enough about retaining their own power to keep Trump from doing crazy shit like this, but this . .. impoundments, firing IGs, taking over the Treasury software systems (the biggest story of the week, and mostly crickets from the supposed liberal media). . .crickets from Senate Republicans. I know lots of folks use panicky, hyperbolic language regarding politics, especially Trump, but this is CODE RED time. People are talking about elections and I honestly aren't sure we're going to have another round of free and fair federal elections.
Everyone needs to call their congressman/Senators and let them know how serious this is. This is honestly how many authoritarian regimes starts . . playbook to a T. And by the time any of the squisky "moderates" realize they need to do something, it's going to be too late.
I honestly don't see this presidency ending in any way other than a coup or impeachment after he's sent the country into a depression. Sorry I hate to be Mr. Dark Clouds on a Saturday, but I think a lot of folks REALLY don't understand how serious this has gotten in just the last 3-5 days.
I will add this . . should we ever get unified government again, we're going to need to SERIOUSLY curtail presidential powers so nothing like this could ever happen again. The constitutional and legal framework presumed you wouldn't have someone in the executive who legit wanted to just break the system, but the current guardrails are not at all strong enough to prevent that from happening.
A Baton Rouge-area grand jury indicted a New York doctor and a Louisiana mother Friday on felony charges for allegedly providing an illegal abortion with drugs obtained through the mail.
It is the first criminal case of its kind in the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, which triggered Louisiana’s strict abortion ban.
Trump is illegally incorporating USAID into the State Department, in direct contravention of the Foreign Assistance Act. Any such re-organization needs congressional approval. This is just the start . . .agencies like EPA will be next.
Before last week I thought the Senate would care enough about retaining their own power to keep Trump from doing crazy shit like this, but this . .. impoundments, firing IGs, taking over the Treasury software systems (the biggest story of the week, and mostly crickets from the supposed liberal media). . .crickets from Senate Republicans. I know lots of folks use panicky, hyperbolic language regarding politics, especially Trump, but this is CODE RED time. People are talking about elections and I honestly aren't sure we're going to have another round of free and fair federal elections.
Everyone needs to call their congressman/Senators and let them know how serious this is. This is honestly how many authoritarian regimes starts . . playbook to a T. And by the time any of the squisky "moderates" realize they need to do something, it's going to be too late.
I honestly don't see this presidency ending in any way other than a coup or impeachment after he's sent the country into a depression. Sorry I hate to be Mr. Dark Clouds on a Saturday, but I think a lot of folks REALLY don't understand how serious this has gotten in just the last 3-5 days.
I will add this . . should we ever get unified government again, we're going to need to SERIOUSLY curtail presidential powers so nothing like this could ever happen again. The constitutional and legal framework presumed you wouldn't have someone in the executive who legit wanted to just break the system, but the current guardrails are not at all strong enough to prevent that from happening.
A Baton Rouge-area grand jury indicted a New York doctor and a Louisiana mother Friday on felony charges for allegedly providing an illegal abortion with drugs obtained through the mail.
It is the first criminal case of its kind in the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, which triggered Louisiana’s strict abortion ban.
https://lailluminator.com/2025/01/31/louisiana-abortion-2/