Donald Trump and Elon Musk have become a “wrecking ball” on American Government agencies, as they are determined to reshape the federal government.
Without Congress having taken action to end agencies or transform agencies they had created, the executive branch headed by Trump has set out to do great damage to a multitude of such agencies, firing thousands of workers and making massive budget cuts without any backing by Congress, creating a horrendous crisis!
Among the agencies under attack are the following 20:
US Agency For International Development
Department of Education
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of the Interior
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
Center For Medicare and Medicaid Services
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health
Food and Drug Administration
Social Security Administration
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Public Broadcasting Service
National Public Radio
Occupational Safety And Health Administration
United States Postal Service
When one considers that the US Government, with about 2 million workers is the largest employer in the nation, and that 30 percent of government workers are retired veterans, the magnitude of the disaster that is occurring across the nation is massive, and will affect all Americans, not just those who are removed from government service!
As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, the response from RFK Jr. has leaned heavily on treatment with vitamin A, as well as the use of the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil.
Doctors say that this messaging might take away from efforts to increase vaccination, and some misinformation about these therapies is already circulating online.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/health/measles-rfk-vitamin-a-misinformation/index.html
RFK Jr. is an imbecile!
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen.
The ruling was 5-4.
Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh all dissented.
The majority was: Chief Justice John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html
They are not just closing agencies, they are selling off government buildings as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/trump-federal-property-buildings-sale.html
An opinion column in The Hill says that selling off these properties to developers at auction to turn into apartments and condos is a win-win for America. It will help ease the housing crisis.
I kid you not.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5174204-federal-office-buildings-sale
Tim Walz Offers to Meet With Voters Whose GOP Reps Refuse to Hold Town Halls
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tim-walz-gop
Trump is planning to cut tens of thousands of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Veterans in my neck of the woods protested about that yesterday. They’re worried about layoffs at a VA Medical Center in the area.
Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/trump-education-department-shut-down-order/index.html
Trump and Musk are trying to privatize everything.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/business/trump-musk-take-america-private-nightcap/index.html
‘Read this e-mail immediately’: CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work.
https://apnews.com/article/cdc-reinstatements-c1f0b33d677e5a02a4df1210b82ca930
House Republicans gush over DOGE in meeting with Musk.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5179301-house-republicans-doge-meeting-elon-musk/
House Republicans are deranged.
His order to get rid of the Department of Education is blatantly unconstitutional.
Cuts to Federal Work Force Push Out Young Employees
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-cuts-young-federal-workers.html
ActBlue, the Democratic Fund-Raising Powerhouse, Faces Internal Chaos
“At least seven senior officials have left the group, setting off deep concerns about its future as it confronts scrutiny from congressional Republicans.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/politics/actblue-democrat-fundraising-resignations.html
Rep. Robert Garcia says Democrats are set to begin hosting town halls in Republican districts.
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/we-re-hosting-town-halls-in-republican-districts-says-democratic-house-member-233631301745