Donald Trump is a wretched human being, a man who clearly is racist, sexist, nativist, misogynist, homophobic, and elements of antisemitism.
Trump is a very disturbed person, who flirts with authoritarian leaders, including Vladimir Putin, and the leaders of other nations with dictatorships.
Somehow, he has a hold on the Republican Party, which refuses to speak out over the years about his outrageous utterances, actions, and illegal and unethical activities.
Now, just two days into his second Presidency, Trump is displaying once again his lack of compassion, empathy, and humanity.
Trump has created a new potential threat with the pardon of all of the January 6, 2021 Insurrectionists.
He has also made clear mass deportation will include raids on churches and schools.
He has eliminated the Spanish language translation on government websites.
He is in process of firing many civil servants in the federal government.
He has demanded an apology from the Washington National Cathedral Bishop, who pleaded with him for the protection of gay, lesbian and transgender people, and undocumented immigrants who have not committed crimes.
He has moved to get rid of birthright citizenship, even though it is in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
There are clear signs that he is bent on assuming absolute power, and has totally intimidated members of Congress, who with only a few exceptions, have not been willing to speak out against his actions and intentions.
Trump intensifies his war on private enterprise with anti-DEI executive action
Trump directed federal agencies to identify private sector groups engaged in “illegal discrimination” through diversity programs.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-dei-private-companies-executive-action-rcna188771
Justice Department issues memo threatening to prosecute officials who resist immigration crackdown.
Trump said he was going to be a dictator on Day One.
Trump 2.0 is all about getting revenge.
I hear that Lauren Boebert wants to give guided tours to the January 6 rioters. And Trump wants to invite them to the White House.
WTF?! That’s completely insane!
Those guided tours that Boebert wants to give to the January 6 rioters are tours of the Capitol.
Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-executive-order-discrimination-lbj_n_67914b7ce4b0835f2b834b9c
Trump is labeling drug cartels as terrorist groups. That’s a terrible idea.
Trump’s “war on terror” idea could push us closer to destroying U.S.-Mexico relations.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-mexico-drug-cartels-terrorist-war-drugs-rcna188600
There is a feud occurring between Trump’s billionaire buddies.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-trump-stargate-ai-musk_n_6791c55be4b0c94316ec28bd
House Republicans have formed a committee to investigate January 6. It sounds like this committee will be investigating the investigators.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-new-jan-6-committee_n_6791451de4b0dd8cd97015b6
Trump suggests Biden and those he pardoned should be investigated.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/trump-hannity-takeaways-fox-interview-00200167
EXTREMELY dangerous and f’ed up.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Already Rearrested on Gun Charges
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-trump-rearrested-gun-charges-1235243994/
New FCC Chair Revives Complaints Against NBC, ABC And CBS Over Bias Against Trump
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fcc-brendan-carr-bias_n_67917d3ee4b070f232a30617
CNN to lay off hundreds of employees as post-inauguration transformation begins, sources say.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/22/cnn-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-employees-post-inauguration.html
How to Stop Trump in One Stupid Chart
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-stop-trump-in-one-stupid-chart
Judge blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics/birthright-citizenship-lawsuit-hearing-seattle/index.html
Trump has reportedly decided to pull Mike Pompeo’s security protection despite ongoing threats from Iran, according to The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-pompeo-security-iran.html
The judge is a Reagan-appointed judge.
Trump Attacks FEMA, Says States Should ‘Take Care Of Their Own Problems’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fema-federal-aid-disasters_n_6791ce9ce4b09ddfcf92d0ee
Some of the rioters are rejecting Trump’s pardon.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-rioters-reject-trumps-pardons_n_67924045e4b0c94316ec6d0a
It’s going to be a long several years until the nation collapses. Or Trump does and VP Hillbilly Elegy takes over. Or the world somehow survives.
The Senate voted today to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director under President Donald Trump. The vote was 74-25.
Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Department of Defense narrowly overcame a Democratic-led filibuster, 51-49, advancing toward a final confirmation vote that could happen in the next day or so. GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joined Democratic opposition to his nomination. Republicans can lose three of their members on the final vote and still confirm Hegseth to the job, assuming every Democrat votes no.
Several of those rioters are calling for imprisonment and execution of people involved in their cases: Merrick Garland, prosecutors, jurors, police, etc.
Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases,
https://apnews.com/article/civil-rights-division-justice-department-trump-2dcb45cca7c9c9cdaea78282d4279c35
It wouldn’t surprise me if Trump revokes security protection for Biden, Hillary, etc.
Co-president Musk wants to get rid of the penny.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/business/elon-musk-doge-penny/index.html
I’m in agreement with him on that. I very rarely use physical currency these days, especially pennies.
Wall Street Journal is reporting that Ramaswamy was pushed out of DOGE.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/inside-the-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-divorce-975a3d26
Republicans are trying to pass a bill that would let Trump run for a third term.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/new-gop-bill-let-trump-not-obama-run-third-term-rcna189099
I certainly hope that fails.
Trump’s War On Government Science May Be Underway
His team at HHS has paused critical communications and meetings, right as public health officials are worried about bird flu.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rfk-hhs-nih-silence_n_6792b9f6e4b0067621f8455c
Conservatives are flipping out over VP Hillbilly Elegy (great nickname for him, by the way) having an interview on CBS.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-first-move-backlash_n_67933d3ce4b0067621f8617b
As part of the attack on science, Trump admin obstructs cancer research funding.
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-who-voted-for-this-trump-admin-obstructs-cancer-research-funding-230130245610
Some reports are coming out that ICE agents are starting their raids.
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-immigration-ice-agents-arrest-300-migrants-sanctuary-cities-including-couple-new-york-city/15829571/
Trump uses Davos address to accuse oil producers of prolonging Ukraine war. He also threatened tariffs on imports to US and repeats call for Nato countries to increase defense spending to 5%.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/donald-trump-imports-to-us-tariffs-davos-economic-policy-nato-spending
Republicans shoot down Democratic request to ditch party-line immigration push and write a bipartisan bill instead.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-shoot-democratic-request-bipartisan-immigration-bill-rcna189033
Trump’s staff is furious at Musk for criticizing his AI project.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/23/trump-staff-musk-conflict-00200311
Democrats who are fighting back against Trump.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/01/23/whos-fighting-back/
Even if Trump did get a third term, he’ll drop dead before he could complete it. I’m praying he will kick the can much sooner rather than later.
In New Jersey, a US military veteran was one of the people detained.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-raids-new-jersey-undocumented-immigrants_n_67931012e4b084b88b0f5af6
Trump Proposes ‘Getting Rid Of FEMA’ While Visiting North Carolina
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-get-rid-of-fema-disaster-relief_n_6793c9abe4b0a839b98bb076
CNN is reporting that Trump has pulled Dr. Fauci’s security detail.
Trump says he is conditioning aid to California following the L.A. wildfires. He is demanding the “water to be released”. He also said he wants voter ID in the state.
He wants the water to be released? What the f— does that mean?!
I think that these are the Twitter videos by Chris Murphy that Digby was referring to in the blog post about Who’s Fighting Back.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/01/16/the-chris-murphy-show/