https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-its-a-coup-and-yes-its-targeting-you/
The efforts by the Trump team to supplant the role and authorities assigned to Congress, to illegally shutdown whole federal agencies, to oust government employees en masse and to champion culture war witch hunts are little different from attempts to use violence to stop the transition of power in 2021.
The reason the law protects civil servants from arbitrary, partisan termination is because our elected representatives determined it was in our interests to immunize them from the ebbs and flows, passions and stupidities of American politics. When they are systematically fired or forced out of office—as is happening this week across the government—our voice as an electorate is being ignored.
So, too are our basic interests as people. Was it in our interest for the head of the Federal Aviation Administration to be forced out of office, just days before the horrific crash that sent a passenger jet and a military helicopter plunging into the D.C.‘s Potomac River? Is it in our interests for Trump to fire FBI officials simply because they were enforcing laws our representatives put in place to protect us? Simply because they were doing their duty?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/04/tulsi-gabbard-british-intelligence-alarm-trump-spy-chief/
ReplyDeleteBritish security chiefs are alarmed at Donald Trump’s choice for the most senior intelligence role in America and hope she is blocked, The Telegraph can reveal.
Tulsi Gabbard is facing intense scrutiny over her perceived support for Russia and Syria as she seeks to become the US director of national intelligence, an appointment that needs US Senate approval.
The Telegraph understands that there is also deep disquiet at senior levels of the UK security services over the prospect of her appointment, which would give her access to the most sensitive secret intelligence.
After being grilled by the Senate intelligence committee last week, the committee approved her appointment in a private session on Tuesday. Her confirmation will now before the full Senate for approval, which will likely happen next week.
The confirmation presents another diplomatic challenge for Mr Trump as he engages in a trade war with China. A call between Mr Trump and Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, was cancelled after Beijing retaliated against tariffs imposed by the US.
In the past, Ms Gabbard pointed blame towards Ukraine hours after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 and cast doubt over Syrian chemical weapons use after meeting dictator Bashar al-Assad.