When Trump removed members of the EEOC and NRLB, my first thought was that he would next turn to other commissions designed, under law, to have multiple members of both parties with staggered terms. 1/
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Lisa, I am just staggered by the fact that at day's end democracy appears to simply hinge on the goodwill and basic honor of the person occupying the Oval Office. Never expected such frailty of our system.
The fragility is astounding. Why didn't anyone see it coming? They put it in writing ffs. We're looking weaker and weaker around the world and within as each day of this regime passes. Everyone is at risk, everyone knows it.
That’s a feature, not a bug. The goal is to ensure balanced decision making, independent of the control of any one president or party. And it’s the intentional design of the bodies that regulate our elections, airwaves, and the fairness of our business practices. 3/
Last night, Trump began what I expect is a new wave of removals of these kinds of commissioners, starting with Federal Elections Commission chair Ellen Weintraub, who, thus far, has said she knows what a lawful firing looks like and this ain’t it. 4/
But does it end with Ellen? Surely, it does not, even if she fights back (and all signs indicate she will). And I am watching the Federal Trade Commission next. FIN.
Focus on any USG activities that enable, oversee, or protect free and fair elections. That's the death knell of American democracy aside from recent and, most assuredly, upcoming Supreme Court rulings.
Lisa, is this where we’re at? Ends justify the means for Trump 2.0/Musk/MAGA breaks stuff & we have to hope the Courts can be the guard-rails? We’re on shaky ground if true…elections have consequences to the nth power…
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WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GROW SOME BIG ONES AND START DOING SOMETHING TO END THIS TRUMP MAGA MUSK GOP FASCISM?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GROW SOME BIG ONES AND START DOING SOMETHING TO END THIS TRUMP MAGA MUSK GOP FASCISM?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GROW SOME BIG ONES AND START DOING SOMETHING TO END THIS TRUMP MAGA MUSK GOP FASCISM?