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  1. #Extortion

    #Trump begins #firings of #FederalWorkers to pressure #Democrats in government #shutdown

    The White House budget office said Friday that #MassFirings of federal workers have started to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers in the ongoing govt #shutdown.

    #OMB dir #RussVought, posted on social media that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force firings.

    #law #labor #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState #tyranny
    apnews.com/article/government-

  2. #RussVought’s role in #Project2025 was to oversee executive orders & other #unilateral actions that #Trump could take during his first 6 months in office, w/the goal of tearing down & rebuilding #ExecutiveBranch institutions in a way that would enhance presidential #power.

    In an interview with The NYT in 2023, Vought laid out an agenda of eliminating the #independence of certain #regulatory agencies that operate outside the direct control of the WH, such as the #FCC & the #SEC.

    #law #USpol