Breaking News: President Trump fired 17 inspectors general in a late-night purge of the internal government watchdogs, people with knowledge of the move said.
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He's ruining and removing qualified authority heads!
Didn't that man tell everyone in this country he was going to be A DICTATOR? He's dismantling LAW and ORDER, people lives, and got leaders SERVING HIM, not the country, who ARE "YES PEOPLE"! NOT A ONE to call him out or dispute him on his BS🤔.
you going to report on this for months and months like you would if a democratic president did it, or will this pretty much be it. wait, I think I know the answer. anyway, congrats again on your big win and all the awesome stuff that’s coming your way.
Please read about how Hitler dismantled democracy using democratic means. This is not unprecedented. It's no time to be alarmist, but we must absolutely remain vigilant. Scary times.
I honestly don't think it matters either way. People say we shouldn't give into nihilism, but really, who's going to stop this? It's day fucking four and this is what's happening. We screamed about fascism for years ahead of this, and it just apparently normalized it. Convince me anything matters.
Yeah, I was called "extremist" and "dramatic" for calling Trump a fascist years ago. Now look where we are. People are just letting the bath water slowly boil all of us alive.
All these changes can only result in chaos. Between ignorance and incompetence this administration is destined to collapse from within. I am certain there has been no analysis of unintended consequences for Project 2025, and there will be many. Wait until Trump starts firing staff as in the past
Finish the sentence: Breaking News: President Trump fired 17 inspectors general in an illegal late-night purge of the internal government watchdogs in an attempt to hide wrong-doing and unethical actions.
"Presidents have the prerogative to dismiss inspectors general. However, they are supposed to give Congress 30 days’ notice before they do so and provide specific reasons. The White House spokesman did not respond to a question about why that law was not followed." Tyranny
Ousting anyone who can stop him doing anything he wanst to do. It's Trumpler's way or the highway and THIS time he can't be denied ANY money 'cause guess who's going to be heading-up that department? Little Trumpler, that's who.
Intelligence always needs to be 'INDEPENDENT' to work effectively, otherwise it shall just get 'CORRUPTED' and 'UNABLE TO WORK' giving no benefit to neither the American Nation nor the government or President himself turning into just worthless waste of funds and taxes of our fellow Americans!
This nation and its citizens are protected by the President! But #felon retributes daily! Oddball angry orange boy! Impeachment or removal urgently needed!
You don’t need to rely on people with knowledge for this - to fire inspector generals requires a formal legal process. The formal legal process is not anonymous sources leaking to the Times. Try journalism someday thanks!
THE HOLE IN THE ASS GANG ROLLS INTO DC
Traitor Trump, Brain Worm Kennedy and Couch Fucker Vance
and friends will rob the US Treasury
Trump's first day and every day thereafter until the money is all gone.
for someone who said he'd be a dictator on Day One only this sure as hell is a long-ass day
so what are we gonna do about it, y'all? Because clinging to the rubble of our institutions and norms isn't gonna work - he's already destroying them without consequences.
“…they are supposed to give Congress 30 days’ notice before they do so and provide specific reasons. The White House spokesman did not respond to a question about why that law was not followed.”
To fire those who are there solely to cross-check / monitor operations to ensure the ethical and legal integrity of our government is corruption in its own right. Presidential power appears to be endless these days and it’s becoming a major threat to democracy as we know it.
Wide spread coruption that what it is. No one seem really to worry about that . He is installing a fake decromacy dictatorship à la Putin .The money will flow to him without any control.
Great. You’ve told us what we knew was coming. So, tell me how I should feel about it? Maybe tell me how YOU feel about it? Say some remotely Fifth Estate. Cause right now the news seems more of a show than reporting.
Thing is they can tune out don’t vote because they take freedom,rights for granted. Wake up call going to go down. Put qualified people in charge you can relax Fox host gets the spot serious scared Woke? Bullshit
Yesss, many Americans take our whole country for granted, our freedom, our democracy.. Feel entitled that it's somebody else's job to mind the store.. Don't stay/or get engaged in news, local or any politics, vote in primaries and general elections.. Etc
Yep... my first question was "Is this legal?" It appears not to be, as you've noted, but what consequences are there for trump disobeying the law? Who has standing to sue and would suing over this be meaningless? From Reuters:
The remedy for a President breaking his oath of office and breaking the rule of law and violating the Constitution is impeachment and removal from office.
Some are listed but without a full list it was speculation at the time. The headline is a definitive statement and without the facts it's irresponsible to state it definitely. Wording does matter. There's no harm in stating "Up to" while fact checking is happening.
The Republican majority in the House and Senate will simply shrug. No notice is needed if a Republican president fires the inspectors general. If a Democratic president had done it, the impeachment resolutions would already have been submitted.
#Felon47 doesn't give a SHIT about his actions being "illegal" - and according to our shamelessly corrupted Supreme Court, he doesn't *need* to, and the weak and corrupt RepubliScum party will let him do it!
This isn’t all Trump’s doing, is it; he is not that bright. Trump must have some very conniving “assistants”, who know their way around, ensuring that any/all oversight is done away with, THIS is the new America, that you have all supported and voted for. No guardrails, just corruption.
magats especially didn't believe it... Some on here toooo... He has henchmen... Stephen Miller is one quite cruel, evil creature..
dRump is a puppet most of the time... Extremely inconsistent, transactional, erratic so somethings flies out his mouth at last minute
2025 writers are around too
Curiously,
“One prominent inspector general survived the purge — Michael Horowitz at the Justice Department, an appointee of President Barack Obama who has issued reports critical of both the Biden administration and Trump’s first administration.” Also not fired: NARA IG🤔
#ERAis28A
#ERAyes
#ERANow
Well, Trump said he will fire the US Archivist, but he’s not firing the NARA IG?🤔
Colleen Shogan is the worst Archivist in US history and she is illegally blocking ERA publication in the Federal Register. Why’s Trump keeping the NARA & DOJ IGs who could investigate Shogan & OLC for ERA illegalities?
Slinking back to DC?
Day 6. Egg prices dropping.? Gas? Avian flu?
Saw a video where Ukraine soldiers were wondering if the war was over, said they could still hear missiles exploding. But, that photo of Gavin on the tarmac helping an old man from toppling over,
wow, that gives me hope
Be best
Day 5 How bout them egg prices? Gas is not down. Ukraine, ain't happening. Avian flu upsurge, no WHO.
But damn, Gavin looked fine as wine on the tarmac. What's up with 47? He looked like the Leaning Tower of Pisa wearing weird shoes. Good thing Gavin was there to literally hold him upright
This is sounding more and more like Nazi Germany of the 1930's. When are the killings gonna start is the only question. I half expect that to start happening. When Trump doesn't get his way. He's gonna get mad about something. Whether it's him or his followers doing it, somebody's going to get hurt.
The cop also said two of his friends killed themselves and another one had a stroke...his family gets constant death threats. Bricks through windows and people driving through their front yard...etc.
One of the police officers from Jan 6 said on the news a couple days ago that a group of MAGA folks went to his 76 year old mother's house when she was in the front yard and covered her in human feces.
"The dismissals appear to violate federal law"... but are their any consequences written into that law? How "independent" can these watchdogs be if the President can hire and fire them?
Evil Triumphs when good people sit and do ... nothing.
Posting about it on social media and doom scrolling isn't going to fix anything.
Removing just one bad orange out of the fruit bowl won't fix anything either. There are solutions, but, they require action.
This must have been in his 2025 playbook. He hates anyone but him “looking under the hood”. When one is an emperor with no clothes you don’t want anyone looking too closely
It’s reported that Trump cannot just fire/get rid of the inspector generals without a 30 day notice, ok, so who’s going to hold his feet to the fire? He’s president, not king, and has to follow protocol so F•CKING DO IT!
Trump ILLEGALLY fired 17 inspectors. That's the lede.
of course NYT puts the notice requirement with reasons, in the 4th graf and not at all in its bluesky post
Yep. That was the first thing I looked for: Is this legal? No, it's not, but are there any consequences? It seems unlikely. Can someone sue? If so, what then? Unclear. From Reuters:
He's already been challenged by one of them; he broke the law because the law re: IGs says they can't be fired without notifying Congress at least 30 days before doing it, must show cause, etc.
5 USC Chapter 4 establishes the role of inspector generals: audit and reporting to both houses. Specifically, they are non political. Prior to firing 30 days notice with reasons must be provided to Congress.
Forget about Johnson and the house. They’re pathetic losers. What about the senate, does
leader Thune care? A direct challenge to their responsibility. I’m afraid that whisper of integrity is gone.
Look, I agree that trump is not fit for office; I can't believe so many people voted for him. But he won't be removed. He can't even be impeached right now; there aren't enough Reps in Congress who would vote to impeach him, much less remove him.
Yep, when it was abundantly clear that for the last couple of years the White House was essentially Weekend at Biden's, the mainstream press kowtowed to the Dem establishment.
Five days into a cruel and chaotic administration that so many MSM outlets rolled out the carpet for. FIVE DAYS. I'm gonna keep reminding them, so you should just block me, I s'pose 🤷🏻♀️
Hey, why do you think Mitch McConnel forced through a criminal SCOTUS? To make the corporate fascist leader immune to any laws. I hope Mitch is proud of being the father and architect of the demise of his country.
Nominees you mean?
I don't believe for cabinet positions, a couple lessers i think worked in administration returning
4 of his personal attorneys coming in
Lordy
Wants full loyalty to himself no matter what
Gosh, how surprising! A completely illegal act undertaken by a convicted felon. The disgraced twice-impeached, 4x indicted, 88x charged dementia-riddled convicted 34 time FELON & racist rapist #FOTUS has some work to do before these firings take effect.
The GOP insurrection against our Democracy, our nation continues/accelerates!
Firing independent inspectors is like firing Fact-Checkers then replacing them with his staff! It's like purging the police department replacing them with your private security. Corruption is on steroids! SHOCKING!
I maintain that this is a continuation of the nearly 160 year insurrection the secessionists waged since their military defeat at Appomattox. They seem to now be successful while the Confederate Army wasn't. They are also regaining much of what they lost in the 1960s and 70s.
I decry the purge of INSPECTOR GENERALS How hard it is to do the people’s work in government right now for case workers, public safety officers etc. IGs detect & deter waste, fraud, abuse, promote economy & efficiency. My role as the Ulster County Comptroller = IG.
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Didn't that man tell everyone in this country he was going to be A DICTATOR? He's dismantling LAW and ORDER, people lives, and got leaders SERVING HIM, not the country, who ARE "YES PEOPLE"! NOT A ONE to call him out or dispute him on his BS🤔.
"Corruption! Stink like me!"
I wonder who benefits? As if we didn't know.
And it is doing so, going into 6th day!
They'll do what they want.... Move money around to ICE etc
And your shadow support
By not pushing every single day that Comer shut down the investigation into Trump foreign income while in office AND Kushner’s 2B from Saudi.
By not documenting Trump and BiBi’s relationship/similarities
So now the established media like yourself aren't trusted.
Trump wins that point.
You've turned away readers at a local and global level.
Not a good business model.
Welcome to a dictatorship and Christo fascism.
Traitor Trump, Brain Worm Kennedy and Couch Fucker Vance
and friends will rob the US Treasury
Trump's first day and every day thereafter until the money is all gone.
At 19:20.
https://www.youtube.com/live/rPS08hc3qG4?si=P6dZy7SHNa3hmk2n
so what are we gonna do about it, y'all? Because clinging to the rubble of our institutions and norms isn't gonna work - he's already destroying them without consequences.
Law schmlaw!
Nothing to see here - move along. Or you'll be next.
Deranged, but consistent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/24/trump-fire-inspectors-general-federal-agencies/
Report the facts, without fear or favor. IGs are bulwarks against corruption.
Too bad President Biden didn’t show how to do it properly at DHS
Yeah. I know.
Whether they would is another matter, along with getting 19 GOP Senators to convict.
Seems pretty straightforward to me.
I saw reports of several different numbers tooo
I'm sure more info Sat
A #FridayNightMassacre to help the dictator consolidate power.
#Felon47 doesn't give a SHIT about his actions being "illegal" - and according to our shamelessly corrupted Supreme Court, he doesn't *need* to, and the weak and corrupt RepubliScum party will let him do it!
dRump is a puppet most of the time... Extremely inconsistent, transactional, erratic so somethings flies out his mouth at last minute
2025 writers are around too
I will un alive myself for my democracy today as you all will!
“One prominent inspector general survived the purge — Michael Horowitz at the Justice Department, an appointee of President Barack Obama who has issued reports critical of both the Biden administration and Trump’s first administration.” Also not fired: NARA IG🤔
#ERAis28A
#ERAyes
#ERANow
Colleen Shogan is the worst Archivist in US history and she is illegally blocking ERA publication in the Federal Register. Why’s Trump keeping the NARA & DOJ IGs who could investigate Shogan & OLC for ERA illegalities?
Day 6. Egg prices dropping.? Gas? Avian flu?
Saw a video where Ukraine soldiers were wondering if the war was over, said they could still hear missiles exploding. But, that photo of Gavin on the tarmac helping an old man from toppling over,
wow, that gives me hope
Be best
But damn, Gavin looked fine as wine on the tarmac. What's up with 47? He looked like the Leaning Tower of Pisa wearing weird shoes. Good thing Gavin was there to literally hold him upright
I mean, is this going to be front-page news for as many days as those were? Or is this far less consequential?
Like Germans sleep walking into hitler world..
Nothing to see here...
All i want is cheaper 🥚 eggs..
But if inflation is still high, they won’t. 🤔
What a conundrum
Posting about it on social media and doom scrolling isn't going to fix anything.
Removing just one bad orange out of the fruit bowl won't fix anything either. There are solutions, but, they require action.
#spinelessAF
I added extra links not included in the original article.
It's a Bluesky thread, so tap above the 'article pic' and scroll ⏬
of course NYT puts the notice requirement with reasons, in the 4th graf and not at all in its bluesky post
leader Thune care? A direct challenge to their responsibility. I’m afraid that whisper of integrity is gone.
So party over country is what he chose!
🤬
Mary Trump, in her book, "Too Much and Never Enough" also puts the blame squarely on the MSM.
And as you can see from this piece, they're still doing it :(
I don't believe for cabinet positions, a couple lessers i think worked in administration returning
4 of his personal attorneys coming in
Lordy
Wants full loyalty to himself no matter what
Firing independent inspectors is like firing Fact-Checkers then replacing them with his staff! It's like purging the police department replacing them with your private security. Corruption is on steroids! SHOCKING!
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