NEW: Trump has targeted political foes — including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.
But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
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The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
P.S.- #epsteinfiles
"Chief Justice John Roberts created the monster that is Trump 2.0 with the ludicrous criminal immunity decision in Trump v. US.
But John Roberts is also behind Trump's effort to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve, as noted in an editorial by the NY Times on Tuesday .... John Roberts is now officially the worst Chief Justice in our nation’s history."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts
/4
"Why is Donald Trump trying to break the will of the Federal Reserve? Because he wants to be able to set the nation’s interest rates according to his momentary political interests—a tectonic disruption of America’s financial system that could permanently destroy America’s reputation as an economic safe haven and cause immeasurable damage to the U.S. economy."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#FederalReserve#LisaCook
/8
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-presidents-butt-snorkelers-cabinet-meeting-sycophants-dictator
"The administration’s solution is not to fund violence prevention programs and local law enforcement—two methods proven to work—but instead to use the power of the government to terrorize communities.
There is a frantic feel to that effort, as if they feel they must convince Americans to fear crime more than they fear rising grocery prices or having to take their children past police checkpoints on their way to school."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/12
Paul Krugman looks at Trump's decimation of renewable energy enterprises, electricity generated by wind and solar power"
“'The Crazy' is my personal term for the escalating barrage of destructive actions and statements coming from the madman-in-chief and his minions."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #ClimateChange #electricity#WindPower#SolarPower#RenewableEnergy
/15
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-crazy-comes-for-clean-energy
Paul Krugman looks at Trump's decimation of renewable energy enterprises, electricity generated by wind and solar power"
“'The Crazy' is my personal term for the escalating barrage of destructive actions and statements coming from the madman-in-chief and his minions."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #ClimateChange #electricity#WindPower#SolarPower#RenewableEnergy
/15
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-crazy-comes-for-clean-energy
"In an orgy of 'flattery inflation,' President Trump’s Cabinet members tried to outdo themselves with over-the-top cultist praise for their leader while he preened, strutted, and projected for TV cameras for more than three excruciating hours Tuesday."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator
/16
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/dc-grand-jury-declines-to-indict
Paul Krugman looks at Trump's decimation of renewable energy enterprises, electricity generated by wind and solar power"
“'The Crazy' is my personal term for the escalating barrage of destructive actions and statements coming from the madman-in-chief and his minions."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #ClimateChange #electricity#WindPower#SolarPower#RenewableEnergy
/15
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-crazy-comes-for-clean-energy
"Perhaps the most important thing to understand about Trump’s mobster state capitalism is that it isn’t about economic efficiency or stimulating growth, let alone a vision of how the economy works and what it should create. It’s about power, pure and simple. Trump is expanding his own personal power in every direction he can — over Congress, over universities, over civil society, and over American business."
Paul Waldman discusses Trump's "mobster state capitalism":
"What distinguishes Trump’s version of state capitalism from what you might find in other places is its random character, with every decision driven by the whims of one erratic man."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #economy
/13
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-intel-mobster-state-capitalism-china
"The administration’s solution is not to fund violence prevention programs and local law enforcement—two methods proven to work—but instead to use the power of the government to terrorize communities.
There is a frantic feel to that effort, as if they feel they must convince Americans to fear crime more than they fear rising grocery prices or having to take their children past police checkpoints on their way to school."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/12
“The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, ‘You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'
With Trump underwater on all his key issues and his job approval rating dismal, the administration appears to be trying to create support for Trump by insisting that the U.S. is mired in crime and he alone can solve the problem."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/11
"Today, for the second time in as many days, President Donald J. Trump suggested that Americans want a dictator. In a meeting in the Cabinet Room that lasted more than three hours, during which he listened to the fulsome praise of his cabinet officers and kept his hands below the table, seemingly to hide the bad bruising on his right hand, Trump said:"
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/10
"Why is Donald Trump trying to break the will of the Federal Reserve? Because he wants to be able to set the nation’s interest rates according to his momentary political interests—a tectonic disruption of America’s financial system that could permanently destroy America’s reputation as an economic safe haven and cause immeasurable damage to the U.S. economy."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#FederalReserve#LisaCook
/8
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-presidents-butt-snorkelers-cabinet-meeting-sycophants-dictator
"The sight of soldiers on American streets—camouflage-clad, armed and patrolling the same avenues where tourists once lined up for food trucks—should never have become normal. Yet under Donald Trump’s leadership, Washington, DC was transformed from a civic capital into a stage set for authoritarian theater."
~ Mark Mansour
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/9
https://mmansour.substack.com/p/the-dangerous-normalization-of-trumps
"Why is Donald Trump trying to break the will of the Federal Reserve? Because he wants to be able to set the nation’s interest rates according to his momentary political interests—a tectonic disruption of America’s financial system that could permanently destroy America’s reputation as an economic safe haven and cause immeasurable damage to the U.S. economy."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#FederalReserve#LisaCook
/8
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-presidents-butt-snorkelers-cabinet-meeting-sycophants-dictator
Kate Riga notes that "the standoff the Supreme Court left the door open for is here" with Trump's determination to seize control of the Federal Reserve:
"The Court’s right-wing majority has been largely gleeful to cosign Trump’s rampage through the federal government, the weakening of executive branch agencies being a special hobbyhorse for Chief Justice John Roberts in particular."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts
/7
"And these are the six of the nine who went even further beyond than what I thought they would do in the United States versus Trump last year."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts#LeonardLeo#FederalistSociety
/6
"The problem is, is that Republicans have a backstop. That backstop is the Supreme Court. That Supreme Court currently has six individuals who are, I'm going to use the word, have been groomed for years by the Federalist Society, by these billions of dollars from right-wing donors, by people like Leonard Leo, the good soldiers who were then handpicked by Donald Trump."
~ Wajhat Ali
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts
/5
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-is-trying-to-fire-lisa-cook
"Chief Justice John Roberts created the monster that is Trump 2.0 with the ludicrous criminal immunity decision in Trump v. US.
But John Roberts is also behind Trump's effort to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve, as noted in an editorial by the NY Times on Tuesday .... John Roberts is now officially the worst Chief Justice in our nation’s history."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts
/4
"'I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I’m the President of the United States.'
That statement is not a joke. … Trump's statement is a sign of megalomania and malignant narcissism, but it is also an accurate statement of his governing philosophy. He really believes he can do anything he wants, which is the opposite of the oath of office he took in January 2025."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator
/3
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