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In Democracy Watch, we’ll share a roundup of the most alarming and mostly illegal activities that the Trump administration engages in a few times a week, along with some ridiculous things that Trump and co-President Elon Musk are attempting to do.
We’ll also offer some useful resources to keep you informed about current events and guide you on how you can help prevent the United States from becoming the next Russia.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to disrupt the U.S. government and hamstring federal agencies are increasingly predicated on the idea that they’re combating fraud. Trump and Musk used that word more than a dozen times in the Oval Office on Tuesday, and the Trump administration keeps citing fraud in defending itself in court. “We have massive amounts of fraud that we’ve caught,” Trump said. Except they seem to be having trouble locating the actual fraud. [Washington Post – Gifted]
Longtime anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed as Health Secretary. Get ready for the outbreaks! [NBC News]
What happens if Donald Trump starts ignoring court rulings? [NPR]
Trump threatens to “look at” judges blocking Musk’s DOGE actions. [Rolling Stone]
Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is accused of orchestrating the FBI personal purge. [The Guardian]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed the complaint on behalf of US federal workers, arguing that DOGE’s data access is illegal and should be cut off. [Wired]
This administration is so fucked up. The White House said Wednesday that court rulings going against the Trump administration are coming from “judicial activists” on the bench whose decisions amount to a “constitutional crisis.” [AP]
Trump made himself the chair of the Kennedy Center after firing the longtime president and trustees. [The Atlantic]
NATO allies are in a state of anger, denial, and despair after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth effectively declared an end to America’s role as the primary guarantor of European security, particularly over Ukraine. [Axios]
A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday dissolved his temporary freeze on the Trump administration’s unprecedented offer for millions of federal workers to resign, allowing the controversial “fork in the road” program to proceed. [NBC News]
Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to overhaul the foreign service to ensure “faithful and effective implementation” of Trump’s foreign policy agenda. This order, which comes after turmoil at the U.S. Agency for International Development, coincides with Trump making changes to ensure U.S. foreign policy aligns with his “America First” agenda. He has also consistently vowed to “clean out the deep state” by removing bureaucrats he considers disloyal. [Reuters]
Donald Trump is looking close the Department of Education as soon as possible. [Reuters]
Ted Cruz is an idiot. [NPR]
DOGE has started gutting the Technology Transformation Service. At least dozens of workers were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [Wired]
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