Anne Applebaum on the Trump administration: "They are seeking to traumatize and terrorize the civil service...The idea that you take control of state institutions and you make them work for you personally." youtu.be/Q778H4Zibb4?... - ThreadSky

billkristolbulwark.bsky.social • 11 days ago

Anne Applebaum on the Trump administration:

"They are seeking to traumatize and terrorize the civil service...The idea that you take control of state institutions and you make them work for you personally."

https://youtu.be/Q778H4Zibb4?si=xY0HZFS3VRCBYZZm

Comments

luful.bsky.social•11 days ago

Exactly these programs Musk has cut were agreed upon by congress and funded by congress!
He has no legal right or authority to cut them and fire people! This Doge is usurping congress constitutional authority!

robe87.bsky.social•11 days ago

DOGE should be declared an illegal operation and I suspect that the courts will shut it down

luful.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yes it is illegal
We don’t vote for anyone to take a chainsaw to our government! There are procedures in place for a reason! Musk calls it bureaucracy but it is procedures that insure fair government!

robe87.bsky.social•11 days ago

Elon should be indicted indicted or shot I'm fed up of him spouting on about bs corruption when he and his team of arsonists corrupt the systems

luful.bsky.social•11 days ago

I do believe there will come a day where he will be indicted!

robe87.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yes its inevitable as Trump will be overthrown

billkristolbulwark.bsky.social•11 days ago

Whole conversation here:

https://conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation/anne-applebaum-on-ukraine-europe-and-the-us/

mgolden7.bsky.social•11 days ago

📌

vagrantjourno.bsky.social•11 days ago

I really feel for Anne. If I feel like I'm going insane watching the Russification of the US, it must be crushing to see what you have literally described in books and lectures for decades just...happen, with no regard for any of that. Bit soul-crushing for me, and I'm short decades of experience.

hallijayne.bsky.social•11 days ago

Seismic control issues

happywarrior24.bsky.social•11 days ago

Not not institutions, just wait until he takes over the military and calls for martial law! That’s the end game here. Our institutions are just the starting point.

susiesm.bsky.social•11 days ago

Make the institutions not work at all sounds more like.

angrygenxdad.bsky.social•11 days ago

corrupt and criminal regime. Trump is not United States of America. He can be MAGAts king but he's not an American president.
FUCK TRUMP and his thug administration. Our government is not gangster/cartek enterprise.

ravenna321.bsky.social•11 days ago

Eliminating or underfunding so many social programs will have devastating effects in ways we can't even foresee. It's not always about saving a buck. Saving lives, improving lives, is priceless.

saltonsailor.bsky.social•11 days ago

Trump took his re-election to POTUS as a signal from the citizens that, because he was found guilty of MULTIPLE criminal activities and still got elected, they would be in favor of ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING he wanted to do. IT'S REALLY THAT SIMPLE!

bluefishercat.bsky.social•11 days ago

Repost if you agree Americans need a voice
1 Term limits congress+ courts
2 Kill citizen united limit political $$$
3 No insider trading +Emoluments w/teeth
4 Sunset provisions for legislation
Strengthens Congress, weakens President + Parties and makes our system work like the Founders vision

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply