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The safeguard of democracy is the people.
“A people who yield to tyrants
lose more than flesh and fortune.
Then the light fades.”
H.M. van Randwijk, 1909-1966. Dutch WWII resistance leader, journalist, author, and poet.
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This isn’t just ideology. It’s reckless. Europe and the world now have to navigate a U.S. administration where even the Defense Secretary doesn’t know Trump’s own policies.
#TrumpEffect #GlobalRisk
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And it gets worse: this same Secretary reportedly used unsecured private tech in Pentagon offices, bypassing classified networks.
#SecurityBreach #Pentagon
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This shows the stunning ignorance — or deliberate distortion — now steering U.S. defense policy. Even basic facts are getting lost in culture war fog.
#StupidityInPower
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Except… it wasn’t a Biden initiative. Trump himself launched it in his first term. He even promoted it as a key defense priority.
#Irony #Misinformation
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While they smoked their cigars…
You panicked sold while the Don’s crew quietly loaded up behind closed doors?
“He” (Charles Schwab) “made two-and-a-half billion today, and he” (Roger Penske) “made nine hundred million, that’s not bad.”
You 🫵 weren’t in the club.
You were lunch.
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… That Pope didn’t die for nothing, after Vance had visited.
That you get such an unbelievable boorish prick on your doorstep and that you then think, well, then I’d better get out.
#Trump’sPeaceIn24h
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www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Don’t applaud empty soundbites. RT if you stand for limited government, free markets & the rule of law.
#ProtectDemocracy #ChecksAndBalances #ConservativeValues
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This isn’t just about Powell or interest rates—it’s about whether the U.S. stays a constitutional democracy.
“The Fed should work for the people.” Translation:
“The Fed should obey the President.”
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7️⃣ Rewrite the Rules
He wants to broaden the Federal Reserve Act’s “for cause” clause so any policy disagreement becomes grounds for dismissal. That’s live, on-the-fly constitutional rewriting.
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6️⃣ Create an Enemy Class
He’s calling Fed officials “unelected bankers” who “don’t work for us.” That paints career experts as adversaries of “the people” and stokes dangerous division.
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5️⃣ Frame the Press as the Enemy
“When reporters ‘took it the wrong way,’ Trump blamed them for the market panic.”
Discrediting coverage is always step 1 in silencing critics—and it’s right here, in his own words.
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4️⃣ Bend the Judiciary
He’s pressing courts to reinterpret “for cause” so he can oust independent officials at will. Once judges defer, constitutional limits on the executive vanish.
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3️⃣ Dismantle Oversight Institutions
The Fed Act allows removal of Powell only “for cause.” Trump’s legal team is probing how to bypass that safeguard. If oversight falls, so do our democratic guardrails.
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2️⃣ Centralize All Power
By demanding rate cuts on threat of removal, Trump wants ultimate control over monetary policy. Centralized power undermines free markets and individual liberty.
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1️⃣ Politicize Every Position
“The Fed should work for me, not policy.”
He’s threatening to fire Chair Powell if rates don’t drop—turning an apolitical institution into a political weapon.
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The Trump administration is ordering Harvard to shutter all DEI programs—offices, staff, policies, even speech rules—under threat of losing federal funding. By Aug 2025, Harvard must prove its “reforms” to the government’s satisfaction. Academic freedom is under siege. #DEI #Harvard #NRC #NYTimes