@stevecroll.bsky.social
This and don’t overlook the other quote this weekend from this chaos muppet about “wholesale” removal of all regulations.

“Regulations basically should be default gone. Default gone, not default there, default gone”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Elon Musk says he and Trump are shutting down USAID
Musk announced the planned closure of the foreign assistance agency early Monday morning on social media.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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It’s “easy it is to actually control people. It doesn’t take secret police. It doesn’t take guns…gulags…if you have the ability to overwhelm the media ecosystem with lies, you make the cost of engaging in public debate so high that it becomes an existential one.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/m...
The Outgoing Ambassador to Hungary Is Alarmed by What He Has Seen
Ambassador David Pressman talks about his contentious relationship with Viktor Orban’s administration and why what happens in Hungary matters.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“This is Donald Trump’s way of telling us he’s terrified of accountability,” Schumer, of New York, said, according to HuffPost political reporter Igor Bobic.”

No it isn’t! He is just showing how toothless he’s made congress by flagrantly violating its laws.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs at US government agencies
Inspectors general at state, defense and transportation departments removed in apparent violation of federal law
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM