Trump-Vance administration

Actions

• /deportation of "illegals"
• /funds freeze
• /mass firing and "buyouts" of federal employees

Links

News

• 2025/04/05 23:23 UTC [L..T] You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It's Everywhere. «It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend’s "Hands Off" protests against President Donald Trump: "Where do I start?"» [...] «People weren't taking action just to protest what the president and his movement represented, but because of visceral fear – real fear – of what he had already done, and that once impossible things were now very much possible.» Article also references the "Ikea has better cabinets" sign.
• 2025/04/05 22:34 UTC [L..T] My Trump-Loving Massachusetts Hometown Just Showed The Hell Up «Marshfield votes more red than Massachusetts does overall. But their massive protest on Saturday suggests Trump might be changing that.»
• 2025/04/05 19:37 UTC [L..T] In Carthage, Protesters Join Nationwide "Hands Off" Rally Against Trump, Musk «In Carthage on Saturday afternoon, opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk gathered around the Moore County Courthouse to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy and human rights. [/] The protest, which lasted from 1 p.m. to about 2:30 p.m., was, at its peak, attended by close to 200 people. A counter protest of about three cars began at around 1:10 p.m. and lasted a little less than an hour.»
• 2025/02/17 21:25 UTC [L..T] 'No Kings on Presidents Day' Rallies Target Trump-Musk Assault on Democracy and Working Class «Democracy defenders from blizzard-bound Maine to sunny southern California and cities and towns in between took to America's streets and public spaces Monday for a "No Kings on Presidents Day" action against what organizers called the "anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration and its plutocratic allies."»
• 2025/02/17 16:29 UTC [L..T] (fedi post) full text: «Massive turnout in Portland, OR at City Hall to protest against Trump & Musk and the fascist American regime. Thousands of people out. A group broke away from city hall and is now marching. I cannot see where the march starts nor where it ends.» (with 4 photos)
• 2025/02/13 16:33 UTC [L..T] RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health secretary, over Democrats' loud objections «Kennedy faced opposition from the left for his decades of espousing conspiracy theories on vaccines and from the right for his past support of abortion rights. For several weeks, it was uncertain whether he had enough senators backing him to get through. Yesterday, Democratic senators made speeches on the floor past midnight in protest. But on Thursday morning, he had the votes to be confirmed. The vote was 52 to 48. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Republican majority leader and a polio survivor, was the sole Republican joining Democrats to vote against Kennedy.»
• 2025/02/07 20:59 UTC [L..T] AG Bondi to Criminally Prosecute Private Entities for DEIA «This week a contact at the DOJ sent me a dozen memos just been issued by new US Attorney General Pam Bondi. The memos, among a range of instructions, informed DOJ employees that the Department will criminally prosecute private entities that implement Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEI/DEIA) policies. This is Project 2025 in action. This is fascism, plain and simple.»
• 2025/01/29 [L..T] Latest Trump highlights you need to know: Funding freeze to Laken Riley Act Judge Loren AliKhan (US District Court, DC) «has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's order to suspend hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and loans just minutes before it was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday», ruling «that the plan should be delayed until 5pm (22:00 GMT) on Monday.» The AJ article also covers the deportations, federal employee buyouts, the Laken Riley Act, and a few other items.