Let's ignore for a moment the cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and the Department of Education, all of which will disproportionately harm red states. Let's also overlook the harm caused to the VA.
It's hard to not see the irony of Trump hurting the well-being his own voting base much worse than Democratic voters. It's almost as if he simply doesn't care about poor people.
A lot of people have a hard time wrapping their heads around the idea that since the federal government has always had some corruption, that Trump could have brought corruption to an entirely new level. So I thought it might help to give an individual example.
I'm starting to get annoyed at those videos and news reports where people say "This isn't what I voted for." Well, what did you think what you were voting for, because none of this surprises me.
No, I'm not talking about Trump's meme coin.
I'm talking about the conviction of the GOP to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy oligarchy by cutting benefits for the working class.
I didn't expect to need to post an update on this series already, but here we are.
This has got to be the least surprising development so far.
Since Carter was president, the GOP has been looking to abolish the Department of Education. It looks like Trump will finally do it.
What would MAGA say if Biden had proposed using US troops to kick out the entire population of the Gaza Strip and seized the land?
Summarizing Trump's executive orders so far:
1. Trump fired most of the inspector generals.
2. Trump revoked Biden's rules against accepting gifts from lobbyists
3. Trump revoked Biden's rule against the "revolving door"
4. Trump replaced civil service classification with political appointees.
