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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

House GOP Impeaches Homeland Security Chief In a rare move, the Republican-controlled House impeached DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over immigration policy (passing two articles 214–213). 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

House GOP Impeaches Homeland Security Chief In a rare move, the Republican-controlled House impeached DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over immigration policy (passing two articles 214–213). 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

House GOP Impeaches Homeland Security Chief In a rare move, the Republican-controlled House impeached DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over immigration policy (passing two articles 214–213). 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Election Subversion Plot 2.0 Trump and GOP allies have been laying groundwork to potentially interfere with future elections. For example, Trump endorsed state bills that would let legislatures override popular vote results in “fraud” cases and called for deploying federal observers to 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

January 6 Prisoners Honored by GOP In a stunning move, some congressional Republicans hosted what amounted to a celebration of convicted Jan. 6 rioters, referring to them as “political prisoners.” Trump praised these events. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

“Chilling Effect” on Dissent in Government Numerous reports emerged of federal employees self-censoring or leaving their jobs due to the Trump administration’s climate of intimidation. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Trump’s Disney Revenge Talk Though not directly enacting policy, Trump repeatedly cheered efforts to punish Disney for opposing certain GOP social policies. He mused about revoking Disney’s copyrights and said “maybe we should break them up” after clashing with the company. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

House GOP vs. Corporations over “Wokeness” Empowered by Trump, Republican lawmakers stepped up attacks on companies with “ESG” or diversity initiatives. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Stock Trading Threats Trump threatened via tweet that the administration might investigate and punish Wall Street firms if markets “misbehave.” After a major index fell into correction territory in February on recession fears, Trump insinuated short-sellers and certain banks were 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Downgrading Economic Data Under pressure from the White House, economic agencies started releasing optimistic projections that conflicted with private forecasts. The Council of Economic Advisers was reportedly told to produce GDP growth estimates above 3% despite signs of a slowdown. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Federal Reserve Intimidation Breaking presidential norms, Trump repeatedly and loudly pressured the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates. On March 19, after the Fed held rates steady, Trump blasted the central bank on social media and demanded immediate cuts “to ease” the impact of 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Stricter ID Checks Snag Seniors As part of the SSA changes, DOGE ordered “enhanced identity verification” for beneficiaries: more people must verify ID in person to receive Social Security checks. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Social Security on Path to Privatization? Trump’s DOGE outlined “reforms” for the Social Security Administration that alarmed retirees. It plans an $800 million cut to SSA’s budget and a 12% staff reduction, plus closing 47 field offices nationwide. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Federal Unions Sue – Judge Freezes Order Federal employee unions (AFGE, NTEU, and others) filed suit against Trump’s order ending collective bargaining. A D.C. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Union-Busting Executive Order In late March, Trump signed an executive order ending collective bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees (those in agencies deemed “national security”). 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Big Oil Allies in Charge Trump stacked his administration with fossil fuel allies – e.g., naming an oil executive as Interior Secretary and a climate skeptic to lead the EPA. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Clean Water Rules Reversed The Trump EPA moved to undo Biden’s strengthening of clean water regulations. It suspended enforcement of the definition of “Waters of the U.S.,” allowing polluters to avoid permits for discharging into certain streams and wetlands. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

EPA Budget Slashed Trump’s proposed budget for FY2026 included deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency – reportedly nearly 30% reduction in funding. Key programs for climate research, renewable energy, and environmental justice were zeroed out. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Wildlife Protections Rolled Back The administration also moved to weaken the Endangered Species Act implementation, making it easier for developers and miners to bypass habitat protections. One rule under review would remove climate change as a factor in deciding species protections. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Greenlight to Drill in Alaska Trump signed an executive order to “unleash” oil and gas production on public lands, specifically targeting Alaska. He reopened the entire Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) coastal plain to oil leasing and expanded drilling in the National Petroleum 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

“America Only” on Climate Trump’s withdrawal letter to the U.N. argued that the Paris Accord “doesn’t reflect U.S. values” and funnels taxpayer money to unworthy countries. Climate scientists warn the U.S. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Climate Pact Abandoned (Again) Hours after being sworn in, Trump signed an order withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement for a second time. This dealt a blow to global efforts against climate change and isolated America from its allies on climate policy. The U.S. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Insurance for Preexisting Conditions Jeopardized The administration signaled support for a revived lawsuit aiming to overturn the Affordable Care Act entirely (resuming the Texas-led case paused under Biden). 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Women’s Health at Risk – Title X Gutted The Trump administration moved to reinstate a “gag rule” on Title X family planning clinics, barring them from referring patients for abortions. It also proposed cutting Title X funding. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

National Abortion Ban Proposed Seizing on their narrow control of Congress, Republicans reintroduced a bill for a nationwide 15-week abortion ban. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Big Pharma Relief – Drug Reforms Stalled The administration quietly stopped or delayed implementation of Biden-era drug price reforms. Plans for Medicare to negotiate certain prescription drug prices – a cost-saving measure for seniors – were put on hold, aligning with pharmaceutical 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

“Junk” Health Plans Greenlit Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration moved to expand short-term health insurance plans that lack ACA consumer protections. A bill was introduced to allow cheap short-term plans lasting up to 36 months (undoing Biden’s 4-month limit). 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Medicaid Cuts and Work Requirements Alongside Congress, the Trump administration backed proposals to slash Medicaid funding and impose work requirements on “able-bodied” adults. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

ACA Undermined – Coverage at Risk Trump moved swiftly to reverse many Biden-era health policies. He rescinded orders that expanded Affordable Care Act coverage and lowered drug costs, and signaled plans to weaken Medicaid. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Politicizing Pandemic Data The administration’s communication clampdown raised fears of data manipulation. Career HHS staff worried if COVID or flu surveillance data would be released on schedule, recalling how in Trump’s first term political appointees tried to alter CDC reports for 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Scientific Hiring Freeze and Brain Drain An email obtained by reporters showed NIH institutes were ordered into a hiring freeze and to rescind job offers for any new hires slated to start after Feb 8. Travel for scientific conferences was suspended. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Trump Muzzles Health Agencies In his first week, Trump’s HHS imposed a near-gag order on health agencies. NIH, CDC, FDA, and others were told to “refrain from most external communications” unless cleared by a Trump appointee. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

House GOP Politicizes Investigations House Republicans dramatically ramped up “weaponization” hearings, not to scrutinize Trump, but to harass federal law enforcement. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Libel Law Change Threats Trump renewed his longstanding vow to “open up” libel laws to make suing media outlets easier, even though he lacks the power to do so at the federal level. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

License Threats Against Broadcasters Trump also directly threatened major TV networks NBC and CBS for coverage he didn’t like. He publicly called for NBC’s parent Comcast to be investigated (after a satirical SNL skit featuring his opponent) and suggested CBS should lose its broadcast 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Suing Media – and Winning Concessions In one case, Trump’s aggressive legal action paid off: ABC News quietly agreed to pay $15 million to Trump’s foundation to settle his defamation lawsuit against anchor George Stephanopoulos (who had incorrectly phrased the outcome of E. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Multi-Pronged Attack on the Free Press Trump escalated attacks on media across multiple fronts. He filed lawsuits against news outlets (e.g., suing the Des Moines Register and its pollster after an unfavorable poll, and suing ABC News over on-air comments about a sexual abuse verdict) 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Global Media Agency Hijacked Trump installed L. Brent Bozell III – a far-right media critic known for accusing mainstream outlets of bias – as head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and other international broadcasters. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Public Broadcasters in the Crosshairs NPR and PBS vehemently denied violating any rules, noting their donor acknowledgments are longstanding and legal. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Trump’s FCC Targets Public Media The new Trump-appointed FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, opened an investigation into NPR and PBS, alleging that public radio and TV stations might be airing underwriting announcements that amount to “prohibited advertisements.” Carr explicitly said he’s 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

DOJ as Political Weapon – Case Dropped for Favor Under new leadership (Attorney General Pam Bondi), the Justice Department intervened in multiple prosecutions seemingly for Trump’s political benefit. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

FBI Chief Who Won’t Promise Impartiality In Patel’s confirmation hearing, he pointedly declined to rule out investigating figures Trump deems enemies (such as the special counsel who probed Trump). 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Senate Narrowly Confirms Trump Loyalist to FBI The Senate (51–49) confirmed Kash Patel – a fervent Trump ally – as FBI Director. Patel refused to promise he wouldn’t use the FBI to go after Trump’s opponents and even asserted the Bureau “answers to the White House.” Democrats warned his 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Trump Pushes Death Penalty “Express Lane” Trump signed a sweeping order to “restore the federal death penalty”, ending the Biden-era moratorium on executions. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Chaos for Trans Americans The flurry of orders has sown chaos for transgender Americans. For example, the State Department’s new rule forces passports to list birth-assigned sex, leaving trans travelers in limbo. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Courts Push Back on Anti-Trans Policies At least ten lawsuits have been filed against Trump’s new anti-transgender rules. Four federal courts have already issued temporary restraining orders halting parts of these policies. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Broad Anti-LGBTQ Executive Orders On inauguration day, Trump issued a sweeping executive order recognizing only “two genders, male and female,” setting off a cascade of federal policy changes targeting transgender people. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Transgender Military Ban Attempt President Trump signed an order barring transgender Americans from serving in the U.S. military, reversing the inclusive policy of the previous administration. The Pentagon was directed to discharge service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria. 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Blitz Trump’s second term brought an aggressive escalation in anti-immigrant policies. He not only reinstated family detention at the border, but also leaned on city and state officials to aid federal deportations – in some cases by threatening prosecutions or 🧵

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Fuck You, Fascists. @fu-fascists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Threats to “Sanctuary” Cities The DOJ’s motion to drop the Adams case explicitly argued the charges were “distracting” the mayor from helping Trump with immigration enforcement – a rationale that stunned legal experts. 🧵

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