AP News for 7 February 2025

 

This is a quick rundown of some articles I received from the AP News letter.

Forced Leaves of USAID Workers: Trump is forcing thousands of USAID workers to leave their jobs. They operate in different capacities around the world bringing assistance to many nations.  Federal courts work towards halting the effort, but Trump, through the efforts of Elon Musk are pushing forward. <read more>

Trump’s Pick for FBI Leader, Kash Patel, has a roster of foreign clients that could be a problem.  This article points out that it appears Kash Patel has investments that could be potential conflicts of interest for such a position. (He wants to lead the FBI, but doesn't want to be investigated.)  <read more>

Trump Said Nothing About “A Little Pain” When He Was Trying To Get The Job

 

"The Grabber" 
Image: Artistic Interpretation from Image on Citizens for Ethics site.

This has to be said.

Trump lied to Trump supporters again.  And they are the dumbest, most gullible people ever. Not only do they NOT own the libs, but they are also figuratively slamming the door on their own fingers!  Over, and over, and over again.  Then afterwards they hit their fingers with a hammer.  All while looking around thinking they are accomplishing their mission here in ‘Amerka’.  Look up fools, and there they are—wearing those red hats with pride.

Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I believe Trump told his followers during the campaign “groceries” were going to come down right away—on day one. He also told them he knew nothing about Project 2025, which he seems to be following to the letter. Oh yeah, instead of saying he loved

This "Not Working for the Good of the People" Is Absolutely Nuts! Time for Recalls

So here we are pretending like we don’t know what to do.  I am absolutely disgusted at the way Trump and Republicans can just walk in, seemingly, and make rules and other shit up, then people do it--as if they don’t know their jobs nor read regulations.  People, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW UNLAWFUL ORDERS!

I believe Trump and his Republican buddies are moving so fast because they know that half of the stuff they want to do is unlawful and they also know that they could more than likely be challenged about election results.  Because according to Trump himself, “it was rigged so that I [he] could win."

Since the numbers are so close in Congress (House and Senate)... why can't we do this?

1. Any state that can recall their conservative or Republican representative should do so; along with their state legislators. That could shift the balance to a more favorable representation for the people. 

2. Then it should be made known that any abuse of power will be documented, and those people

The Rules of Monopoly Should Apply To Millionaires and Billionaires…Personally.

 

Why don’t the monopoly laws apply to millionaires, billionaires, and sectors who would corner a market?  And why were the hedge fund folks allowed to buy up a large portion of the family housing stock? No one and no company should have that much power as to effect all of America.

These are the things we need to work on correcting in order to get power back to the people.  Donald Trump and his newfound friends like Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are trying to form a billionaires club that tries to control everything right before our very eyes.  Things were definitely on the right track back when the rich people and corporations had to pay upwards of the 50% tax rate. 

They use most of the resources and get most of the assistance, so they should have to pay more. Things seemed to be more on an even scale.  If they don’t want to pay people their worth, then at least they could pay for services and common use things like roads, bridges and parks.  It is way past time that we