Robert B. Hubbell - Trump's second term is only three and a half weeks old. The press, politicians, and many Americans seem to have forgotten what happened two weeks ago. Here is a quick refresher of what Trump or his minions have done in 25 days:
Pardoned 1,500 insurrectionists who assisted Trump in his first attempted coup.
Converted the DOJ into his political hit squad by opening investigations into members of the DOJ, FBI, Congress, and state prosecutors’ offices who attempted to hold Trump to account for his crimes.
Fired a dozen inspectors general, whose job it is to identify fraud and corruption and to serve as a check on abuses of power by the president.
Fired dozens of prosecutors and FBI agents who worked on criminal cases relating to Trump
Fired dozens of prosecutors who worked on criminal cases against January 6 insurrectionists
Opened investigations into thousands of FBI agents who worked on cases against January 6 insurrectionists
Disbanded the FBI the group of agents designed to prevent foreign election interference in the US
Disbanded the DOJ group of prosecutors targeting Russian oligarchs’ criminal activity affecting the US
Fired the chairs and members of the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, and the Federal Election Commission and refused to replace them, effectively shutting down those independent boards in violation of statute
Shut down and defunded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Shut down and defunded USAID by placing virtually the entire staff of the agency on leave
Impounded billions of dollars of grants appropriated by Congress to USAID, National Institutes of Health, Department of Education, and the EPA, all in violation of Article I of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power to make appropriations
Allowed a group of hackers to seize control of large swaths of the federal government’s computer network by attaching unauthorized servers, changing and creating new computer code outside of federal security protocols, creating “backdoors” in secure systems, installing unsanctioned “AI” software to scrape federal data (including personal identification information), and installing “spyware” to monitor email of federal employees
Disobeyed multiple court orders to release frozen federal funds (an ongoing violation; see the NYTimes on Wednesday)
Granted a corrupt pardon to the Mayor of New York in exchange for his promise to cooperate in Trump's immigration crackdown
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