I just figured out the back story, the state has a pending court decision in a lawsuit vs. the USDA. This announcement is clearly a political stunt in light of that:
But they can keep doing this and harm people while court cases play out right? It’s a tactic to abuse people, exhaust the resistance, and normalize their activities.
USDA or some specific czar, pasha or chief of staff in the Trump admin? Or perhaps Trump himself? It would be good practice to start assigning responsibilities directly to those acting by executive fiat. Credit where credit is due, if these are correct actions.
This type of overly broad collective punishment would be considered a war crime under international law. Potentially hundreds of thousands of families will go hungry as a result. All for fraud that is ALLEGED to be $9B without much evidence.
Meanwhile the administration added 4 trillion in new unnecessary spending, including $170 billion in additional funding for DHS and ICE. Those contracts probably go to companies with some tie to the Trump family. That’s the real fraud. All this “Somalian fraud”, could be true, but is insignificant compared to the corruption in the Trump administration. And let’s not forget the Epstein files that they’re using Venezuelans and Somalians and immigrants to distract from.
No, please, let's do forget about Epstein. We've gone beyond the point of no return; there is no reputational damage to Trump that will change anything; the avalanche has begun and there is no immediate shelter for anyone, anywhere.
These are now the United States of Roy Cohn, where everyone in the federal government claims all authority and denies all responsibility. They will continue to lie and deny, and attack attack attack. This is the apprentice lawyer's lowdown and dirty gameplan: to claim victory in everything, no matter how egregious the loss or failure; to never admit to any mistakes, never accept defeat; to never stop attacking enemies, real or imagined.
This is Trump teaching his cabinet what Roy Cohn taught him: the mindless attack-dog strategy. It is a wonderful stance for a lawyer to take. Who wouldn't want a lawyer like that, working for them? But this US administration should not be built on this rabid aggression against the American people (but it is). The fact that the ghost of a long-dead and demented lawyer is now haunting the halls of our federal government-- in every cabinet office and hanging from every branch-- influencing and participating in the same rabid hate-- repeating the same frothing-at-the-mouth bald-faced lies-- tells me that no amount of Epstein taint will make any difference.
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