The order is expected to direct the #Education Dept to develop a legislative plan to present to #Congress. But it also will instruct the dept to come up with a plan to diminish its staff & functions.

It was unclear how detailed the order will be, but [it’s] expected the agency will try to move various functions to other federal depts. #Project2025, the blueprint for a 2nd #Trump term, detailed where different pieces of the dept might land if it were closed.

#law #USpol #TrumpCoup2

#Trump on Saturday followed through with his #threat to impose stiff #tariffs on #Mexico, #Canada & #China, setting the stage for a #destabilizing #trade war with the #UnitedStates’ largest commercial partners

#economy #prices #inflation #cost #geopolitics #law #USpol #TrumpCoup2 #BurntItAllDown
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/01/us/trump-tariffs-news/canada-mexico-china-trump-tariffs?smid=url-share

The new *authority* [overthrown] follows a standoff this week with a top #Treasury ofcl who had resisted allowing #ElonMusk’s lieutenants into the department’s payment system, which sends out #money on behalf of the entire #federal #government. The ofcl, a career #CivilServant named #DavidLebryk 🦸🏻‍♂️, was put on leave & then suddenly retired [was #fired] on Friday after the dispute….

#law #criminal #kleptocracy #TrumpCoup2 #robbery #GovernmentOverthrow #plutocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism

#Trump #Treasury Secy #ScottlBessent gave reps of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system late on Fri, acc/to 3 people…, handing #ElonMusk & the team he is leading a powerful tool to monitor & potentially limit government #money.

#law #criminal #kleptocracy #TrumpCoup2 #robbery #GovernmentOverthrow #broligarchy #plutocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #technocracy #USpol #GiftArticle

And it’s done . . .

#ElonMusk’s team has gotten access to the most sensitive #Treasury Department’s payments system.

The system could give #Trump another mechanism to attempt to unilaterally restrict disbursement of #money approved for specific purposes by Congress, a push that has faced legal roadblocks.

#law #criminal #kleptocracy #TrumpCoup2 #robbery #GovernmentOverthrow #broligarchy #plutocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #technocracy #USpol #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/01/us/trump-tariffs-news/treasury-department-payments-system?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Trump has fired the director of the #Consumer #Financial #Protection Bureau, #RohitChopra, in the latest #purge of a #Biden admin ofcl.

Chopra was one of the more important #regulators from the previous admin. Chopra’s tenure saw the removal of #MedicalDebt from #CreditReports & limits on #overdrafts #penalties, all based on the premise that the financial system could be fairer & more competitive in ways that helped #consumers.

#TrumpCoup2 #GovernmentOverthrow #law
https://apnews.com/article/trump-chopra-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-47b6b39d0eff05ea0c9bca4eacf55b79

#SteveBannon has encouraged Trump’s uncompromising & bellicose style. He has helped shape the way #Trump views #policy & #politics — even how he speaks. He has counseled #Trump to treat his political opponents as #enemies & to pursue an unforgiving approach to issues that are especially potent w/his [#racist #sexist] supporters, like #immigration.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup2 #insurrection
#democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024 #landslide

If Trump’s vote totals on #Election Day look as they did in 2020, #SteveBannon said, he would encouraged #Trump to once again just declare himself the winner.

“He should stand up & say:‘Hey, I’ve won this. And we have teams right now that are going to make sure that this thing is not going to be stolen.’”

…“If people think American #politics has been divisive before, you haven’t seen anything,” he added.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup2 #insurrection
#democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#SteveBannon was one of the first advisers to suggest in the autumn of 2020 that #Trump should just claim victory on the night of the #election regardless of what the vote tallies showed. He said on Tues that he believes the Trump campaign & its allies are prepared for a #legal battle after Election Day this time, to an extent that they were not the last time.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup2 #insurrection
#democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024 #landslide

#SteveBannon, 70, had been serving a 4-month #prison sentence on contempt charges for refusing to comply w/a Congressional subpoena seeking information about the events of #Jan6, 2021.

…Bannon predicted that the days & weeks after #Election Day this year would be especially volatile — perhaps even more so than 4 years ago.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup2 #insurrection
#democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024 #landslide

#SteveBannon, just released from #prison, said if #Trump’s vote totals on #Election Day, Nov 5, look like 2020, he should once again simply declare himself the winner.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup2 #insurrection
#democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024 #landslide
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/steve-bannon-prison-release.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

And now, just today, there’s this in Michigan:

https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112921358276207496

#FakeElectors #Law #ElectionLaw #criminal #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #TrumpCoup2
#HarrisWalz2024

cc @democracydocket @marcelias

Across the country, *#conservative* orgs & #TrumpAllies have sought to create new #laws or win court rulings granting local ofcls more authority over the #certification process. In #Arizona, conservatives are targeting the state’s election manual w/several lawsuits. In #Nevada, an ofcl in the state’s 2nd-largest county refused to certify a recent election, setting up a legal test at the State Supreme Court.
#Law #ElectionLaw #criminal #ElectionInterference #TrumpCoup2
#democracy #HarrisWalz2024

[Recall #Trump name-checking 3/5 members of the #Georgia State #Election Board: Janice Johnston, Rick Jeffares, & Janelle King]

#Law #ElectionLaw #criminal #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #TrumpCoup2
#democracy #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-brags-maga-takeover-georgia-election-board-1235073860/

The #Republican-controlled GA State #ElectionBoard approved on Tues a measure that could empower local ofcls to refuse or delay #certification of a county’s #election results.

The new rule states that before certifying results, local ofcls may conduct “reasonable inquiry” that “the results are a true & accurate accounting of all votes cast in that election.”

#Law #ElectionLaw #criminal #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #TrumpCoup2
#democracy #HarrisWalz2024

#Georgia Grants Local Ofcls New #Power Over #Certifying #Elections

Across the country, *#conservative* orgs & #TrumpAllies have sought to grant #loyal #LocalElectionOfficials more #authority over #certification creating the potential for another *disputed* & *contentious* [#illegal & #fraudulent] post-election period.

#Law #ElectionLaw #criminal #ElectionInterference #TrumpCoup2
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/us/politics/georgia-elections-certification.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Overshadowed by … other … noise was this very important article by Jim Rutenberg & Nick Corasaniti

Voting against certification was practically unheard-of in presidential elections until late in 2020, when #Trump allies sought to block certification in Wayne County, #Michigan - & until #Jan6, 2021, when thousands of protesters sought to block Congress from certifying the #election results.

#ElectionLaw #law #Republicans #Trump #election #TrumpCoup2 #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024 #SaveUS

Unbowed by #Jan6 Charges, #Republicans Pursue Plans to [very very illegally] *Contest* a #Trump Defeat

Trump’s *allies* [#coconspirators] are preparing to try to short-circuit the #election system, if he does not win.

#TrumpCoup2 #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024 #SaveUS
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/republican-election-campaign-2024.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb