Donald Trump is setting records for the use of the power of Executive Orders, and the use of this tactic is seen as leading the nation toward an authoritarian dictatorship, with Congress and the Courts unable or unwilling to intervene to halt, or control the use of that tactic.
The all time record of Executive Orders is with Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served longer than any other President, 12 years and 39 days, and utilized executive orders a total of 3,721 times.
Woodrow Wilson was second with 1,803, followed by Calvin Coolidge with 1,203; Theodore Roosevelt with 1,081; Herbert Hoover with 968; Harry Truman with 907; William Howard Taft with 724; Warren G. Harding with 522; Dwight D. Eisenhower with 484; and Ronald Reagan with 381, closing out the top ten.
Recent Presidents—Bill Clinton with 364; George W. Bush with 291; Barack Obama with 276; and Donald Trump first term 220.
Notice that Executive Orders have been used much more often by Republican Presidents, who, except for Theodore Roosevelt, tend to be more conservative.
So far, in two months of his second term, Donald Trump has issued at least 100 Executive Orders, the fastest clip in American history, and may end up surpassing all Presidents, except possibly FDR and Wilson, if the rate continues at the same clip!
Just today, Trump has issued an Executive Order attempting to have the President control federal elections, an abuse of the right of state and local governments to do so!
Group chat leaks show Trump’s view on US power.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/national-security-trump-team-signal-chat-foreign-policy/index.html
CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-pulling-back-11b-covid-funding-sent-health-departments-us-rcna198006
If this money was authorized and allocated by Congress, it’s illegal and unconstitutional for the CDC to just pull it back.
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/03/25/vaccine-skeptic-hhs-rfk-immunization-autism/
That is is insanity. And very damaging.
More insanity!
Trump floats possibility of compensation for Jan. 6 rioters.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/trump-floats-possibility-of-compensation-for-jan-6-rioters-00250063
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986
Mike Johnson is a fascist for sure.
Trump is signing executive orders aimed at firms challenging his administration’s priorities.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/trump-executive-orders-law-firms
Hopefully some good news for upcoming elections.
Democrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shocker.
https://www.the-downballot.com/p/breaking-democrats-flip-deep-red
He’s announced new auto tariffs.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/economy/auto-tariffs-announcement/index.html
Trump’s White House pulls out one of its favorite excuses for the Yemen security breach by Team Trump: It’s a “hoax”.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/politics/yemen-security-breach-trump-hegseth-waltz/index.html
A Tufts University student was detained by federal agents.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/us/rumeysa-ozturk-detained-what-we-know/index.html
Elon Musk, congressional Republicans target Democrats’ main fundraising machine.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/politics/elon-musk-republicans-target-actblue/index.html
The video of the student being detained is very chilling. It looks like a kidnapping…They approach her and start grabbing her with their faces covered and they’re in unmarked vehicles.
Trump administration at ‘war’ with mRNA technology: scientists alarmed vaccine skeptics could kill research.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/trump-vaccine-skeptics-research-funding
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/future-pandemics-vaccines-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.604.J7Ct.c-hJe2XB5t6i
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/
Republican senators break ranks to call for investigation of Signal leak scandal.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/signal-investigation-republican-senators
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
EMILYs List Puts Three U.S. House Republicans (John McGuire, Rob Wittman, Jen Kiggans) from Virginia “On Notice” As Key 2026 Flip Targets
https://bluevirginia.us/2025/03/emilys-list-puts-three-u-s-house-republicans-john-mcguire-rob-wittman-jen-kiggans-from-virginia-on-notice-as-key-2026-flip-targets
New polling shows Americans disapprove of what Trump is doing on every issue.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/underwater-on-everything-americans-disapprove-of-what-trump-is-doing-on-every-issue-in-new-poll-235653701650
Trump targets another large DC law firm where Robert Mueller used to work with executive order.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/politics/wilmer-hale-executive-order-law-firm-targeted/index.html
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4d
Musk is trying to influence an election in Wisconsin.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/politics/ad-spending-wisconsin-election-dg/index.html