Stories like this are all the same story.

[berg80]

You don’t need to cheer me up … I’m already as happy as a puppy with two peckers.

That makes you a disgrace to everything the country stands for...........which Baby Donald is trying to obliterate.

 

[westwall]

I don't think you know what integrity means. Garland was even handed to a fault. Far too much of an institutionalist to meet the moment.

So many words that mean so little.

 

[j-mac]

Another wise comment from the Cult. Your country is being taken over by oligarchs. Welcome to the dictatorship.

And all you’re doing to cheering the dumpster fire.

All we are "cheering" is the take down of destructive regulations, and fixing what you're willing to put up with in Canada...

This is a good point where I remind you once again Canadian, mind your business.

 

[j-mac]

That makes you a disgrace to everything the country stands for...........which Baby Donald is trying to obliterate.

Is that the Old/New narrative?

 

[Mashmont]

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency​

The top agent at the F.B.I.’s New York field office vowed in a defiant email to his staff to “dig in” after the Trump administration targeted officials involved in the investigations into the Jan. 6 attack — and praised the bureau’s interim leaders for defending its independence.

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy,” wrote James E. Dennehy, a veteran and highly respected agent who has run the largest and arguably the most important field office in the bureau since September.

Mr. Dennehy, through a representative in New York, declined to comment.

The email, viewed by The New York Times, came after the Justice Department ordered the F.B.I. on Friday to collect the names of bureau personnel who helped investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, raising the possibility that Mr. Trump’s political appointees plan to purge career bureau officials, including rank-and-file field agents. That number could reach 6,000 — or about a sixth of the bureau’s 38,000 employees, according to the F.B.I.

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency

James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in “a battle of our own.”

www.nytimes.com

We already know about the illegal firing of 17 IG's, and the removal of top DoJ officials in violation of civil service protections. In retaliation for participating in investigations examining various aspects of trump's illegal behavior. We know about the new admin trying to usurp the authority Congress has over spending by freezing funding (then partially rescinding it after a judge blocked it) and trying to shut down the UDAID office.

USAID takeover is unconstitutional, lawmakers say​

USAID takeover is unconstitutional, lawmakers say

"USAID was established by an act of Congress, and it can only be disbanded by an act of Congress," said Rep. Don Beyer.

federalnewsnetwork.com

Then there was the offer of early retirement to all government employees. Like other announcements this was changed, in this case to exclude air traffic controllers after two airline crashes and three other incidents involving flight safety. Oh, and a new FAA director was named following the first crash after Musk forced the last guy out.

Then there's the story about the new, insidious way PBS and NPR are being targeted.

Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS​

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281162/fcc-npr-pbs-investigation

And this.

Trump Administration to Remove 4 Major News Outlets From Pentagon Office Space​

Trump Administration to Remove 4 Major News Outlets From Pentagon Office Space

The New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico will be replaced by outlets including the right-wing site Breitbart News as part of a “new annual media rotation,” a spokesman said.

www.nytimes.com

And this.

Trump moves to fire members of EEOC and NLRB, breaking with precedent​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/28/trump-fire-eeoc-nlrb-board-members/

Look, I know trump devotees have been told this was all necessary. Vaguely falling under the broad heading "drain the swamp." You've been told the purge at the DoJ/FBI had to be done because holding trump responsible for crimes is inherently corrupt. An Orwellian twist making the perpetrator the victim.

You say, "we told you it was coming" as though that justifies any of it.

So, is the point to highlight trump's vengeful petulance, incompetence, or his violations of law and precedent? Not really. It's a reminder that while you told us what was coming, we also had a warning. What we said was coming has arrived in vivid, unmistakable form.

Ignoring laws, stifling dissent, purging enemies, replacing them with cronies, consolidating power, all under the guise of making the country stronger when it fact it's doing the opposite. It is exactly, exactly the incremental steps the world's autocrats have taken on their way to absolute control of their countries. It's important that you see it for what it is.

You said it was bad news. I haven't seen any bad news.

 

[Leo123]

Another wise comment from the Cult. Your country is being taken over by oligarchs. Welcome to the dictatorship.

And all you’re doing to cheering the dumpster fire.

You need an education, Draco. The U.S. is a Representative Democracy most just call it Republic so it cannot be an oligarchy. In fact, the term comes from Russia. Only Marxist would try to redefine it to having anything at all to do with the U.S. You're projecting big time here comrade.

The term 'oligarch' was first used in the 1990s and was defined as a dozen powerful men who amassed great wealth after the collapse of the USSR.

 

[berg80]

The term 'oligarch' was first used in the 1990s and was defined as a dozen powerful men who amassed great wealth after the collapse of the USSR.

trump hasn't orchestrated the collapse of the US yet, but he's working on it.

 

[berg80]

You said it was bad news. I haven't seen any bad news.

Allow me to explain. The guy you helped elect purged the FBI of the agents who did their jobs by trying to bring members of trump's violent mob to justice. Unfortunately, trumpery has caused you to forget what justice looks like.

 

[berg80]

...berg's TDS troll thread of the morning, total bullshit as usual.

GREENBELT, MARYLAND – The Trump administration defied a court order on Friday, telling a judge in writing and verbally that it could not provide information about a man that it admitted it wrongly deported to an El Salvador prison.

At the court hearing, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis for the District of Maryland repeatedly asked a DOJ lawyer to provide basic information about the whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported on March 15.

“I have a simple question: Where is he?” Xinis implored more than once.

Each time the judge asked, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign was unable to answer the question. He said he had no personal knowledge and that Trump administration officials were still assessing what they could and would tell the court about Abrego Garcia.

In one Kafkaesque exchange, the judge dropped her head into her hands when Ensign said, “The government does not contradict the plaintiff’s claim that he is imprisoned in El Salvador.”

As it became clear the Trump administration’s pattern of stonewalling her in their filings would continue in the hearing, Xinis excoriated Ensign, telling him that the Supreme Court’s Thursday order in the case had been clear.

“The Supreme Court has spoken quite clearly, yet I can’t get an answer from you about what has happened,” a visibly frustrated Xinis said.

Trump Admin Defies Court Order To Provide Basic Info On Man It Wrongly Deported

GREENBELT, MARYLAND – The Trump administration defied a court order on Friday,...

talkingpointsmemo.com

I regret to see you are still suffering from Reality Detachment Syndrome.

 

[kyzr]

GREENBELT, MARYLAND – The Trump administration defied a court order on Friday, telling a judge in writing and verbally that it could not provide information about a man that it admitted it wrongly deported to an El Salvador prison.
At the court hearing, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis for the District of Maryland repeatedly asked a DOJ lawyer to provide basic information about the whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported on March 15.
“I have a simple question: Where is he?” Xinis implored more than once.
Each time the judge asked, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign was unable to answer the question. He said he had no personal knowledge and that Trump administration officials were still assessing what they could and would tell the court about Abrego Garcia. In one Kafkaesque exchange, the judge dropped her head into her hands when Ensign said, “The government does not contradict the plaintiff’s claim that he is imprisoned in El Salvador.”
As it became clear the Trump administration’s pattern of stonewalling her in their filings would continue in the hearing, Xinis excoriated Ensign, telling him that the Supreme Court’s Thursday order in the case had been clear.
“The Supreme Court has spoken quite clearly, yet I can’t get an answer from you about what has happened,” a visibly frustrated Xinis said.
I regret to see you are still suffering from Reality Detachment Syndrome.

He's from El Salvador, they want to keep him. Its not that difficult to understand. If El Salvador releases him, no problem.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/13/abrego-garcia-el-salvador-trump-administration-00288502

"All of those requested orders involve interactions with a foreign sovereign — and potential violations of that sovereignty,” Justice Department attorneys wrote in a seven-page submission to U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis. “[A] federal court cannot compel the Executive Branch to engage in any mandated act of diplomacy or incursion upon the sovereignty of another nation.”

The US can't compel El Salvador to extradite a criminal they want to keep.

 

[Mashmont]

Allow me to explain. The guy you helped elect purged the FBI of the agents who did their jobs by trying to bring members of trump's violent mob to justice. Unfortunately, trumpery has caused you to forget what justice looks like.

The FBI was corrupt in going after Trump. Trump is clearing the deep-state partisan vermin out of the FBI. That's nothing but great news.

 

[Billiejeens]

trump hasn't orchestrated the collapse of the US yet, but he's working on it.

He's not

 

[Billiejeens]

Allow me to explain. The guy you helped elect purged the FBI of the agents who did their jobs by trying to bring members of trump's violent mob to justice. Unfortunately, trumpery has caused you to forget what justice looks like.

We haven't

 

[berg80]

He's from El Salvador, they want to keep him. Its not that difficult to understand. If El Salvador releases him, no problem.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/13/abrego-garcia-el-salvador-trump-administration-00288502

"All of those requested orders involve interactions with a foreign sovereign — and potential violations of that sovereignty,” Justice Department attorneys wrote in a seven-page submission to U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis. “[A] federal court cannot compel the Executive Branch to engage in any mandated act of diplomacy or incursion upon the sovereignty of another nation.”

The US can't compel El Salvador to extradite a criminal they want to keep.

The US is paying El Salvador to jail someone who did not violate any laws there. A man living in the US under protective status. A man deported by mistake. The SCOTUS has told the regime to facilitate his return. The admin is refusing.

The Trump administration insisted Sunday that it has no legal obligation to arrange for the return of a Maryland man illegally deported from the United States, arguing that a Supreme Court ruling last week only requires officials to admit him into the country if he makes it back from a high-security prison in El Salvador.

Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge that they don’t interpret the Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling — that the administration “facilitate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release — as obligating the administration to do anything more than adjust his immigration status to admit him if El Salvador’s government chooses to release him.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/13/abrego-garcia-el-salvador-trump-administration-00288502

The question now becomes what the Court will do about the regime flaunting its order.