Under Cover Of 'Shock And Awe,' Trump Takes Concrete Steps To Hobble Government

Originally published at: Under Cover Of ‘Shock And Awe,’ Trump Takes Concrete Steps To Hobble Government

Amid a flurry of executive actions meant to demoralize his opponents and flex his supposed “mandate” from a historically narrow election win, Donald Trump has begun the real work of neutering the government and punishing his enemies. In the first 24 hours of his presidency, that has entailed a vengeful stripping of security clearances, firing…

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That fuckwit could use some concrete overshoes.

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It helps when you’re wondering if you’re alone feeling this way and then see an article making it clear that was the expectation and the gleeful cruelty was to help keep people off-base and scattered.

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Well the Potomac is deep enough. Imagine the splash. It would be Yuuuuge.

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Incompetence is already setting in:

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Just stating the obvious here, the “shock and awe” is also aimed at R Senators, an attempt to establish a sense of inevitability for his cabinet nominations. How dare they oppose the King in his moment of triumph!

I’m hoping a few of the nominees like RFK Jr., Gabbard, and maybe Patel are radioactive enough that it won’t work. Not every R Senator is up for reelection in the midterms.

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I hope some intrepid reporter points it out to him. Not that he would get it.

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So the chromosomes themselves are totally irrelevant? Only how they are later “expressed”? Seriously?

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Religion attempting to co-opt science is about as dangerous as it gets.

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The Pentagon removed a portrait of former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley from a corridor filled with paintings of all of his predecessors.

Petty man does petty things. Bystanders respond with shock and awe.

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I would suggest not some intrepid reporter but some semi-sane attorney. With the Executive Order stating sex is determined at conception that puts damn near everything on its girly little head !

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The “find-out” phase begins for those who voted for Trump in ignorance.

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Read this yesterday. Seems like a sound approach in a field of limited options for the Democratic opposition.

The idea is to hammer the failures of the Trump administration as they unfold, and they will unfold.

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I heard our criminal president has declared forthwith and heretofore that the Gulf of Mexico shall be therefore hereby mandated nationwide as having a new name.

I forget what it was. Perhaps Space Gulf?

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It’s a good thing the 28th amendment was ratified.

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“If You’re Feeling Overwhelmed, That’s Deliberate”

Joy will be my defiance.

Outrage my fuel.

My vengeance will show no mercy nor offer quarter.

I will not surrender to these fools.

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Trump executive orders on health care: Drug pricing, ACA, Covid-19 | STAT

From what I understand, he rescinded things tied to the Inflation Reduction Act.

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One thought along those lines is to track the activity of violent and seditious Jan 6 convicted felons now that they are pardoned.

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Ugh, that mess. Honestly, that was the stupidest bit of ‘burnishing my legacy’ Biden could have pulled. VA ratified it in 2020. He could’ve released that statement on Day 1 and let the courts work it all out. Instead, he made a feel-good statement that’s going to fall apart when the Archivist continues to refuse to certify it (for perfectly valid reasons), leaving some people swearing it’s been ratified, and others swearing it hasn’t.

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Incompetence is an ongoing bug (feature, if you prefer) of DonOLD Drumpf.

Are we going to get a Morning Memo today?

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