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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 Donald 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 Trump said over the weekend his work to “save” the country gives him legal leeway. “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” Trump posted Saturday to Truth Social and X. Trump’s post drew quick criticism from Democrats, who argued it was another instance of the president likening his executive authority to authoritarianism.
No need to worry about all the layoffs at the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration); Elon Musk is on it. 😟 [Reuters]
Elon Musk and his DOGE bros are seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country. [Washington Post – Gifted]
Vice President JD Vance has launched a scalding attack on European democracies, saying the greatest threat facing the continent was not from Russia and China, but “from within”. It had been expected that Vance would use his speech at the Munich Security Conference to address possible talks to end the war in Ukraine. His speech was met by silence. [BBC News]
Trump says DOGE found ‘tens of billions’ in savings. Not even close. [Washington Post]
Elon Musk’s team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has posted classified information about the size and staff of a U.S. intelligence agency on its new website, raising bigger concerns about where Musk’s programmers got this information and what they are doing with it. [Huffington Post]
Pam Bondi, Trump’s attorney general, has already done something that in any other administration would have already gotten her fired. [New Republic]
Linda McMahon vows to “return education to the states” at confirmation hearing. [NBC News]
Linda McMahon is not sure if Black History courses taught in schools are legal. WTF? [Media Matters]
President Donald Trump‘s transgender policy began with a Day One executive order delegitimizing gender identity. Now it has encroached on a conspicuous place, removing the word “transgender” from the U.S. National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument. [Reuters]
It looks as if the Trump regime wants us all to die. According to two agency employees who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak for the agency, the administration is slashing about 1,300 employees, or 10%, of the workforce at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Staff were notified Friday of the cuts. [NPR]
Some federal employees who have been laid off under the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to slash the federal workforce were reportedly given only 30 minutes to pack their belongings and vacate federal offices. Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to fire mostly probationary staff, with as many as 200,000 workers set to be affected and some made to rush off the premises. [The Guardian]
RFK Jr., the newly appointed head of Health and Human Services (help us all), is coming after your depression, anxiety, and mood disorder drugs. [Mother Jones]
What does RFK Jr. want for the people who he thinks are addicted to antidepressants? He wants opioid, antidepressant, and ADHD “addicts” receiving treatment on tech-free “wellness farms,” where they would spend as much as three or four years growing organic produce. [Mother Jones]
The Trump administration will request that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn a lower court ruling that ordered a government ethics watchdog to be reinstated after the president dismissed him. Hampton Dellinger, the head of the whistleblower protection agency known as the Office of Special Counsel, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after his firing this month. [NBC News]
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