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Recall that the U.S. was founded primarily to gain independence from British rule under King George III. The founding fathers vision sought to limit the power of the executive branch. Trump has clearly breached his authority by weaponizing the federal government to target perceived enemies and execute personal vendettas. These types of actions are typical in fascist regimes. Is this how our federal government should operate in your view?
From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American newsletter:
"Targeting Bolton has been a goal of FBI director Kash Patel, whom Trump appointed after Patel made it clear he intended to use the power of government against Trump’s opponents. 'We’re going to come after you whether it’s criminally or civilly,' Patel said in 2023 on Trump associate Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast."
"Indeed, Trump loyalist Attorney General Pam Bondi has launched criminal investigations into Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), who led the House Intelligence Committee that broke the story of Trump’s phone call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky asking him to smear Trump’s 2020 political opponent Joe Biden; New York Attorney General Letitia James, who successfully sued Trump and the Trump Organization for fraud; and now Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, who suggested on August 6 that the revision of the last few months’ jobs numbers might signal a turning point in the economy."
"Those investigations come after another Trump loyalist, William Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, alleged that the three committed mortgage fraud years ago. All three have denied the allegations, and Allan Smith, Steve Kopack, and Dareh Gregorian of NBC News note that accusation of mortgage fraud has long been a common tactic in opposition research on political campaigns. James’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, pointed out that the administration does not appear to be investigating Trump loyalist Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who, divorce filings released this July show, claimed three different properties as his primary residence, thus securing lower-interest mortgages on them."
"The crackdown in Washington, D.C., seems to have far less to do with combating crime in a city where crime rates are at a 30-year low than it does with demonstrating that the administration controls the capital, the seat of the U.S. government. As conservative lawyer George Conway, who helpfully videoed the FBI raid on John Bolton’s house this morning, put it: 'If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city.'"
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Recall that the U.S. was founded primarily to gain independence from British rule under King George III.
The founding fathers vision sought to limit the power of the executive branch.
Trump has clearly breached his authority by weaponizing the federal government
to target perceived enemies and execute personal vendettas.
These types of actions are typical in fascist regimes.
Is this how our federal government should operate in your view?
From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American newsletter:
"Targeting Bolton has been a goal of FBI director Kash Patel, whom Trump appointed after Patel made it clear he intended to use the power of government against Trump’s opponents. 'We’re going to come after you whether it’s criminally or civilly,' Patel said in 2023 on Trump associate Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast."
"Indeed, Trump loyalist Attorney General Pam Bondi has launched criminal investigations into Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), who led the House Intelligence Committee that broke the story of Trump’s phone call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky asking him to smear Trump’s 2020 political opponent Joe Biden; New York Attorney General Letitia James, who successfully sued Trump and the Trump Organization for fraud; and now Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, who suggested on August 6 that the revision of the last few months’ jobs numbers might signal a turning point in the economy."
"Those investigations come after another Trump loyalist, William Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, alleged that the three committed mortgage fraud years ago. All three have denied the allegations, and Allan Smith, Steve Kopack, and Dareh Gregorian of NBC News note that accusation of mortgage fraud has long been a common tactic in opposition research on political campaigns. James’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, pointed out that the administration does not appear to be investigating Trump loyalist Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who, divorce filings released this July show, claimed three different properties as his primary residence, thus securing lower-interest mortgages on them."
"The crackdown in Washington, D.C., seems to have far less to do with combating crime in a city where crime rates are at a 30-year low than it does with demonstrating that the administration controls the capital, the seat of the U.S. government. As conservative lawyer George Conway, who helpfully videoed the FBI raid on John Bolton’s house this morning, put it: 'If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city.'"
You’re an idiot...
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
Idiot Wind... From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
---Bob Dylan.