🚨NEW: Federal Judge William Alsup has blocked Elon Musk and the Trump Administration from firing federal probationary employees, ruling that the terminations were unlawful.
RETWEET to thank Judge Alsup for sending up for the Constitution!
🚨 NEW: Five former defense secretaries are sounding the alarm, blasting Trump’s purge of the Joint Chiefs chairman and top military leaders as a dangerous political power grab.
In a scathing statement, they warn Congress to act, declaring these firings were purely partisan retaliation—a move that threatens national security.
The signatories include Secretaries—Leon Panetta, Lloyd Austin, Trump’s own Jim Mattis, William Perry, and Chuck Hagel.
BREAKING: Five respected former U.S. Defense Secretaries incinerate Donald Trump for his "reckless" mass firings at the Pentagon — destroying the MAGA myth that this president will "keep us safe."
The wheels are really coming off now...
"We are deeply alarmed by President Trump’s recent dismissals of several senior U.S. military leaders," former Secretaries Lloyd Austin, Jim Mattis, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, and William Perry wrote in a bipartisan letter to lawmakers.
They slammed the layoffs as a "partisan" purge and called for formal Congressional hearings into the firing of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General C.Q. Brown.
"We write to urge the U.S. Congress to hold Mr. Trump to account for these reckless actions and to exercise fully its Constitutional oversight responsibilities," they stated.
The unprecedented letter comes in the wake of six prominent firings including that of Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who was the first woman to ever serve as chief of naval operations as well as the first woman to serve in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
By firing her, Trump tossed red meat to his misogynist supporters who hate seeing women in any kind of positions of power or influence, especially in a military context.
"Mr. Trump’s dismissals raise troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military and to remove legal constraints on the president’s power," the former Defense Secretaries wrote in their letter. "Talented Americans may be far less likely to choose a life of military service if they believe they will be held to a political standard."
White House’s National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes quickly hit back, claiming that the firings were "well within" President Trump's authority which, even if true, does not mean that they were wise or in the best interests of the country.
The expert consensus is clear: Donald Trump makes America less safe.
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🚨 BREAKING: RECESSION INCOMING The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow just slashed its Q1 forecast to -1.5%—economic contraction under Trump.
When @JoeBiden left office in January, growth was projected at 3%. But thanks to Trump’s tariffs and economic chaos, consumer confidence is tanking, and the economy is crumbling.
Welcome to the Golden Age!
Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today officially designating English as the official language of the United States, reversing nearly 250 years of tradition. https://t.co/gvgQPbWbnG
LEADER JEFFRIES TAKES THE GLOVES OFF:
Democrats will fight back in Congress AND the courts:
“More than 100 different lawsuits have been filed related to over 35 different unconstitutional and illegal executive orders. Trump administration is not winning in court.”
Then, Leader Jeffries explained the commitment Democrats have to save the country:
“Democrats need to push back in the Congress just like we did as it relates to the reckless Republican budget.
We had members like Brittany Petterson with her newborn baby who left Colorado with her newborn baby, Sam — brought him to the Congress because she understood the importance of standing on the side of the American people.
We have members like Kevin Mullen, who was battling an infection after knee surgery, who literally left the hospital, got on a plane from Northern California, traveled with his wife because she needed to change his IV on the plane in order to make sure that every single Democratic voice was in the Congress on behalf of the American people.
We're going to continue to to aggressively push back in the Congress. We have to continue to push back aggressively in the courts.”
More of this energy!
It simply is not feasible to believe that the massive cuts made by the Trump administration to agencies involving public health could exist without there also being the intent to willfully and knowingly kill vulnerable U.S. citizens.
About 70% of Ukraine funding is spent in the US, as we manufacture weapons to send to Ukraine or replace ones we donated from our stockpiles. Here’s where the money’s going.
My @Morning_Joe Chart
In case you haven't already figured out why RFK Jr. is posting LIES about Bird Flu being "harmless" and implying that the circulating strains that are lethal to humans (with a mortality rate of 50%)..and only exist because of Bill Gates & Dr. Fauci, please allow me to explain:
When the Bird Flu Pandemic hits (and some epidemiologists are indicating that we are headed in that direction), the Trump administration wants to have already seeded the clouds to falsely rain down blame on Gates and Fauci, using them as the fictitious "villains" they've long painted them to be.
Because Trump does not want to TRUTH to be in the spotlight? This Truth:
Trump has dismantled EVERY mechanism in place to protect the American citizens...and the citizens of the world, from infectious diseases, and 100% of the blame will correctly and accurately belong to Donald John Trump.
Chair Comer just threaten to have the House Sergeant of Arms forcibly remove me from the Oversight Committee for calling out Grifter-in-Chief Trump for corruption and making money off of the American people.
BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked Donald Trump's executive order pausing the US Refugee Admissions Program saying it appeared to "cross the line" into "nullification of congressional will.."