#Toiletpaper shortage could be coming to US thanks to #Trump #tariffs.
#USPol a toilet paper shortage won’t bother Trump, he’s been using the #AmericanFlag for years.
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Judge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including #DisasterRelief funds for #farmers after a #flood, in-person appointments for #SocialSecurity recipients to discuss their #benefits, #workplace #safety inspections in #mines & #grants that support #kindergarten programs.
Judge Illston’s order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.448664/gov.uscourts.cand.448664.85.0.pdf
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Judge Illston noted that process requires consultation with #Congress on any plan to abolish or transfer part of an agency.
“It is the prerogative of presidents to pursue new policy priorities & to imprint their stamp on the #FederalGovernment,” she wrote in a 42-page order. “But to make large-scale overhauls of federal agencies, any president must enlist the help of his #CoequalBranch & partner, the Congress.”
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Of all the lawsuits challenging #Trump’s vision to dramatically scale back the form & function of the #FederalGovernment, this one is poised to have the broadest effect. Most of the agencies have yet to announce their downsizing plans, but employees across the govt have been anxiously waiting for announcements that have been expected for weeks.
Federal Judge Susan Illston on Friday called for a two-week pause in the #Trump admin’s plans for #MassLayoffs & program closures, barring 2 dozen agencies from moving forward w/the largest phase of Trump’s *downsizing* efforts, which the judge said was #illegal without congressional authorization.
#law #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Musk #DOGE #Congress #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/federal-layoffs-trump-ruling.html?smid=url-share
The New York Times · Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Plans for Mass Layoffs and Program Closures
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An additional minimum 10% reduction in general & flag officers would be required in the second phase.
The announcement comes after #Trump fired #JointChiefs of Staff chair Gen Charles "CQ" Brown, Jr & other top #military leaders in Feb.
“Less Generals More GIs,” #Hegseth said in a video about the overhaul.
"We're going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our war fighters," Hegseth said of the changes, which he described as "historic."
#Trump #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth ordered a reduction in the number of #military #generals & #admirals per a memo published Mon.
#Hegseth wants a minimum of 20% cut to the number of #FourStar positions across the military's active component & the same for general officers in the #NationalGuard to cut "redundant force structure to optimize & streamline leadership.”
[BS, they want honorable career #ServiceMembers out & ignorant malleable kids in]
#TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/hegseth-cuts-four-star-generals-admirals
Axios · Hegseth orders 20% cut to top military ranks
It is INSANE that these children are who #Trump has licensed to reshape (destroy) the #UnitedStates #FederalGovernment.
#FauxNews' Jesse Watters interviewed #DOGE members at their nightly meeting. The meeting was led by #ElonMusk, who the #WhiteHouse & the #DOJ has stated in court is not in charge of DOGE. #AmyGleason who supposedly is in charge was not at the meeting.
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#SafetyNet cuts: #Trump proposed slashing some federal safety net programs, confirming early #budget documents reviewed last week by NYT. Those recommended cuts include trimming more than $26 billion in federal #RentalAssistance.
#law #TrumpCoup #USpol
[Will boost post w/ NYT #GiftArticle]
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Major changes to the #FBI: The #Trump #budget proposed cutting more than $500 million from the FBI, declaring that the admin “is committed to undoing the weaponization” of the agency that it said occurred under the #Biden admin [weaponization = law enforcement]
A boost in #defense: Even as many domestic programs see budget cuts, Trump’s 2026 plan proposes increasing #military spending by 13#, to $1.01 trillion for 2026.
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#Trump unveiled his #budget for the 2026 fiscal year, proposing about $163B in cuts to key federal #education, #health, #housing & #labor programs while still seeking to boost spending on #defense.
The blueprint showcased Trump’s vision for Washington while formalizing his disruptive reorganization already underway, as he shutters entire offices & dismisses scores of federal workers w/o the legally required approval of #Congress.
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(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secy of #Defense, in coordination with the #AttorneyGeneral, shall determine how #military & #NationalSecurity assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, & personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.
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…[but the #Trump admin]…is instead determined…to fundamentally end how the storied #CivilRights division has functioned since it was established during the Eisenhower admin, becoming an #enforcement arm for #Trump’s agenda against state & local officials, #college administrators & #student #protesters, among others.
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Traditionally the #DOJ’s #CivilRights division has protected the #ConstitutionalRights of *minority* communities & marginalized people, often by monitoring police departments for civil rights violations, protecting the right to vote & fighting housing discrimination.
Now, more than a dozen current & former civil rights division lawyers say, the new admin appears intent on not simply modifying the direction of the work…
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The wave of departures has only accelerated in recent days, as the #Trump admin reopened its “deferred resignation program,” which would allow employees to resign but continue to be paid for a period of time. The offer, for those who work in the #CivilRights division, expires Monday. >100 lawyers are expected to take it, on top of a raft of earlier departures, in what would amount to a decimation of the ranks of a crucial part of the #DOJ.
#Trump Recasts Mission of #DOJ’s #CivilRights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’
Hundreds of #lawyers & other staff are leaving the #Justice Dept’s civil rights division — the arm of the agency that defends #ConstitutionalRights, as veterans of the office say they have been driven out by Trump admin ofcls who want to drop its traditional work to aggressively pursue cases against the Ivy League, other schools & *liberal* cities.
#law #ConstitutionalCrisis #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/trump-doj-civil-rights.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=880A8FAA-CF6A-4943-892D-81166575173C
The New York Times · Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’
For months now the #Trump govt has claimed in court that #ElonMusk’s #DOGE merely *advises* & *consults* with #FederalAgencies.
@Lawfare piece on the administrative paper trail now emerging in court that clearly disproves the #Trump admin’s claims.
#law #USpol #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-doge--directives--and-doj
DefaultOn DOGE, Directives, and DOJA new court filing reveals the most compelling evidence yet that the government has been spinning a fiction about DOGE in federal court.
New Details on #Trump Sprint to Gut #Consumer Bureau Staff
Emails & testimonials from workers at the #CFPB document the admin’s efforts to lay off 90% of the employees.
2 wks ago, a 3-judge panel from the federal appeals court in DC lifted a freeze on firing employees at the CFPB, w/conditions. The judges…said that workers could be fired if agency leaders determined…that they were not needed to carry out the bureau’s legally required responsibilities.
#law #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/business/cfpb-layoffs-trump-musk-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=12219B24-FE10-4CF9-B8C9-DA7678659E96
The New York Times · New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
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I wish it were still that simple.
Meanwhile @ #SCOTUS and in the #WhiteHouse:
Must listen-to for any #USresident and anyone interested in #GeoPol!
"The #US is now a lawless...dictatorship...without the rule of law...#Congress must impeach the #Trump...#Administration!"
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#USpol #TrumpCoup #Legal #LawFedi #Garcia #ElSalvador #MassDeportations #ConcentrationCamps
#Fascism
#BreakingNews
#Emergency Announcement