It can’t get any worse, or can it…
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It seems with the arrest and abduction of legal residents and green card holders like Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, and others, that the Department of Homeland Security, under the guise of a National Security threat, may turn their sights on critics and dissenters of the current administration. It will only be a matter of time before they justify this behavior (arrest without charges, or trumped-up charges) toward U.S. citizens. I actually see this playing out quite soon given the approach their current agenda seems to be taking – Act quickly, fix later to adjust for mistakes (and there seem to be many) by downplaying the enormity and the gravity of the situation.
But seriously, I don’t think I have ever witnessed such a massive mishandling of so many different things in one organization all happening in tandem with each other. It’s like watching a tornado path of destruction, with all the debris and dust swirling, and not knowing what direction it will be heading next to destroy, (watch out America because efficiency is headed your way). I can’t wait to see how well the Government will run now that they’ve stuck their DOGE in it.
It seems they streamlined how our Government functions with the addition of many extra steps all in the name of “efficiency.” It's a contradiction of epic proportions. This is reminiscent of the way the right tailored the word “woke,” by customizing it and overusing it; and creating a whole different meaning. Woke is defined as alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination (but to the right it means to discredit individuals and policies they consider to be overly advocating for or implementing social reform).
The things that Trump ran on that were popular and most likely got him reelected, things like making groceries and gas more affordable and helping regular people with the cost of housing and availability, lost priority to his deportation agenda and tariffs. Instead his new prime objectives are his Executive Orders and making a government that once functioned, albeit slowly, into a government that has so much red tape for almost everything, like Social Security, Medicare, federal funding, grants, subsidies, that it’s made getting things done more difficult. It seems that that is the goal, to make things so difficult that people won’t get access to them, defunding by default. On the other side of that coin they are making things easier for large corporations and special interest groups with deregulation and tax cuts. The Billionaires and Millionaires love this new government.
