Eric Elwell

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[DEFIANCE.org @defiancedotorg]

Taylor on Scott Pelley: If you are a Republican and if you are a MAGA...you should hate this just as much.

Because in 2.5 years, you don't want the Democrats to come in and wield this power and have their billionaire buddies take over networks and control the news that you watch.

@MilesTaylorUSA @weeknightmsnow

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

Yesterday Donald Trump tripled the size of his personal political army inside the government. Illegally. And almost no one noticed.

Here's what happened:

He signed an order converting ~8,000 of the most senior career officials in government into employees he can fire for any reason, or no reason at all.

These aren't rando's. They're the directors, chiefs of staff, and the people who write the rules or decide who gets federal money, i.e. the lieutenants right below his political appointees.

Until yesterday, they answered to the law. Now they answer to him.

A president normally gets ~4,000 political appointees. People he can bring into government and fire at will. I was one of them at DHS. You serve at his pleasure, full stop -- so if you're gonna speak truth to power, you're prepared to quit (or get fired if he doesn't like it).

The rest of the federal government is PROTECTED from firing if they tell the truth.

But Trump just stripped those protections. Adding 8,000 more people to his personal army. Overnight. Without asking Congress.

With the stroke of a pen, those people now serve at the pleasure of the president. They're "his" people, whether they like it or not.

And the chilling effect is real. An official who can be fired this afternoon for "subversion of presidential directives" (the order's own words) doesn't need to be hand-picked to know what's expected of him or her.

The threat does all the work.

By the way, this order is illegal. The law only lets Trump reclassify jobs when "necessary" in exceptional circumstances. And this blows an 8,000-person hole in the merit hiring / firing system created by Congress.

Without permission, Trump has created a whole new category of stormtroopers inside the Executive Branch.

If this doesn't get challenged in court, you're going to see the U.S. government become a very different place.

Here's the full story: https://t.co/mJzrvzhxGR

[IndyBuck @Indybuck1]

@JoJoFromJerz

[The Fake MAGA Patriot @FakeMAGAPatriot]

@JoJoFromJerz Where the fck is the Sec. of Snake Charming to make is seem like Trump is awake!?

https://t.co/frTSOohkYF

[BabylonBibi @BabylonBiBi]

@JoJoFromJerz He's just making nap time great again.

[VoidScreamer @theun4seen]

@JoJoFromJerz Joe knows.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Holy shit. He’s fucking out.

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

.@DAGToddBlanche, room full of Epstein survivors stood up during my line of questioning of your former boss to confirm that they have wanted to give information to the DOJ but have been denied and their lawyers ignored. In fact Ms. Bondi said she’d follow up with them, but that never happened.

I understand you view your job as the people’s lawyer to be a continuation of your previous job as the President’s personal attorney, but is there a reason you continue to stonewall them other than covering up for Trump?

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

This is Adam Hoffman, a 49-year-old Waco, TX attorney. He faced life without parole for repeatedly raping a young boy. Texas AG Ken Paxton offered him 1 day in jail and no need to register as a sex offender. A judge increased his sentence to a whopping 60 days. He gets out in June.

Not an immigrant. Not a trans person. Not a Black or brown person. Every MAGA accusation is a confession.

Full story: https://t.co/cU1WnZK2pT

[Laurie @Laurie0801]

Trump has not been exonerated of anything. He’s a pedophile.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

🎯🎯🎯

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

How many people know this?

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Rep Massie: “I think the biggest crime I committed against the swamp…was showing the American people that somebody on the right could join somebody on the left and get something done, which is releasing the #Epstein files, that everybody knew needed to be done. That’s probably the ONLY bill that has passed Washington DC in the last ten years, that lobbyists haven’t written. It was written by me and Ro Khanna…that’s when they decided I had to be taken out, that I was becoming effective so they wanted to eliminate me...”😳

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Let’s not forget that these 211 Republicans voted against releasing the Epstein files so let’s make sure they’re voted out as soon as possible!

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

He manipulated the voting machines‼️ There’s no way he won all the swing states‼️

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Hear, hear.

[Eric Elwell @eric_elwell]

Unbelievable spirit in Nashville right now! #NashvilleSC #MLS #Woledzi
#BoysInGold

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media.

A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children.

Lets make this viral again 👇

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Here's how the corruption works:

Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump

Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it

Friday: FDA changes the policy
https://t.co/Udu1RhYtKI