I've told myself, I'm going to stop adding this kind of stuff (something about my and our collective can't-look-away interest just keeps this beast alive).
But, I can't just sit here and watch it happen (even if that is exactly what I am doing). Am I sliding down the slippery slope of paranoia? Maybe. I wouldn’t be the first one.
Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. DOGE and its boss, Elon Musk, have instead focused their activity on the eradication of the federal civil service, along with its culture and values, and its replacement with something different. In other words: regime change.
No one should be surprised or insulted by this phrase, because this is exactly what Trump and many who support him have long desired. During his 2024 campaign, Trump spoke of Election Day as “Liberation Day,” a moment when, in his words, “vermin” and “radical left lunatics” would be eliminated from public life. J. D. Vance has said that Trump should “fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people.” Steve Bannon prefers to talk about the “deconstruction of the administrative state,” but that amounts to the same thing. Continue...here.
...or, a coup.
He thinks it's working, too:
Might as well go for it, then — the press is next:
Don't act so shocked (I don’t think we know the half of it) — he told us a hundred times (actually, more like a 1000) what he was going to do:
Really makes you wonder what the end-game really is...seems pretty clear, though, doesn't it?
He wants to be the king (executive order — just the modern word for decrees). He's trying to take over the country by ripping it apart and Republicans are just letting him do it (all nominees confirmed so far).
Aw, c'mon, it's not THAT bad, right?
You have seen this J. D. Vance video, right? I think the intentions are pretty clear, well-documented, and highly underway.
Maybe more of this will help me (climb back out of the hole of despair)...and you: