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Nobody seems all too concerned about Dump flushing out Federal office workers and replacing them with loyalists. A 7 or 8 month buyout might be appealing to some, but the best and brightest will be more inclined to jump ship and shift over to private sector.
This only weakens the institution.
He is EXECUTING his authoritarian plan with great ease - there is very little resistance. At what point do any leaders do something? Is a hit squad our only chance?
There is some opaque talk about the freeze not being rescinded, but rather the memo about the freeze is rescinded. I have no idea what that means. I am not sure the White House staff knows either.
Maybe the regime isn’t as inept as they seem and the end goal has always been to usurp the constitutional powers given to the legislative branch. Perhaps things are much much worse than a clown with a sharpie signing this and that. Dictators take over gradually and then very quickly.
There is some opaque talk about the freeze not being rescinded, but rather the memo about the freeze is rescinded. I have no idea what that means. I am not sure the White House staff knows either.
Yeah the idiot WH press spox said the 'order' was rescinded but their plans (or somesuch) were not. Didn't exactly clear anything up despite her saying it was a clarification.
From Rawstory...
""This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo," she wrote. "Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction. The President's EO's on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented."
In saying this, however, Leavitt gave an opening for a large coalition of Democratic state attorneys general suing to permanently block the order to tell a federal judge that they needed a restraining order against the administration."
@larryB: we get to see the public signing of the EO's, but people like Stephen Miller have been planning these moves for the past four years out of power. The man has been described as being obsessed with immigration since his teen years. That's a lot of time to stoke the fire of hatred against "the other." If DT has genius, it is evil, but it also knows how to enlist the services of ruthless acolytes. We'll be told that families were never separated last time and that it's not happening this time; anyone who reports the truth of the matter will be accused of spreading "fake news." DT claimed during the campaign that he had nothing to do with Project 2025; that was an obvious lie and the truth is that substantial portions of that document are being implemented right now. DT has not disavowed any of these actions taken on his behalf.
... and now he's planning to build a 30,000-bed c̶o̶n̶c̶e̶n̶t̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶p̶ facility in Guantanamo for illegal immigrants. Must be nice to have property away from easy 24x7 media access/coverage, isn't it? Out of sight, out of mind, away from protestors .... for now.
... and now he's planning to build a 30,000-bed c̶o̶n̶c̶e̶n̶t̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶p̶ facility in Guantanamo for illegal immigrants. Must be nice to have property away from easy 24x7 media access/coverage, isn't it? Out of sight, out of mind, away from protestors .... for now.
This POS might stick his name on that "facility" and then start charging the illegal immigrants $600 per night for the Dump special - you get a cot, a signed MAGA bible and a slug of his crappy crypto coins.
I hope he’s not just letting the illegal immigrants “test” the facility first - before filling it with other designated “enemies” of the nation. I like flying south to Key West in the winter - but don’t wish to go any further.
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This only weakens the institution.
He is EXECUTING his authoritarian plan with great ease - there is very little resistance. At what point do any leaders do something? Is a hit squad our only chance?
After Ernst blessed Hegseth I expect nothing but total fealty.
Well, good luck out there.
... let's see if it holds or what their next dastardly scheme will be here.
From Rawstory...
""This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo," she wrote. "Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction. The President's EO's on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented."
In saying this, however, Leavitt gave an opening for a large coalition of Democratic state attorneys general suing to permanently block the order to tell a federal judge that they needed a restraining order against the administration."
The Basic Equation
... and now he's planning to build a 30,000-bed c̶o̶n̶c̶e̶n̶t̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶p̶ facility in Guantanamo for illegal immigrants. Must be nice to have property away from easy 24x7 media access/coverage, isn't it? Out of sight, out of mind, away from protestors .... for now.
Don't put it past him to monetize this.