In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy

Summary

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s drastic federal budget cuts and regulatory rollbacks have sparked legal and political backlash.

Musk has gutted agencies while Trump fired 17 inspectors general without legal notice.

Critics liken the firings to “firing cops before you rob the bank,” accusing Trump of dismantling oversight to benefit donors and special interests.

Judges have blocked some moves, prompting Trump and Musk to attack the judiciary and threaten impeachment.

Lawsuits are challenging their actions, warning of constitutional violations and unchecked executive power.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
      57·
      5 days ago

      But most other people don’t. This needs to be shouted loud and clear over and over again until everyone knows what’s happening.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        202·
        5 days ago

        But most other people don’t.

        People who lived through 2000 and 2004 and 2016 can do barely more than shrug, because it’s just more of the same.

        Republicans were allowed to rig the democratic process in their favor, run the board on multiple branches of government, and suffer no meaningful consequences… again.

        Most people aren’t responding to this because it’s been normalized. Republicans stepping into office and crushing minorities, gouging federal bureaucrats, and shredding constitutional principles is just the Reagan Era standard.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
      16·
      5 days ago

      At least domestic media is finally coming around to directness. For the past month, I’ve been feeling like a Jew in Nazi Germany listening to the BBC. Granted, it’s far easier to get international news these days, but it would be nice if the passively informed had some no-nonsense truth shoved in their faces.

        • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
          17·
          5 days ago

          They were the most accessible international news radio station in 1930s Germany. It’s far easier to get a more whole picture from diversifying international media sources today. Relying on a single source nowadays amounts to willful ignorance.