President Donald Trump's latest executive order "gives Elon Musk, an unelected, hyper-partisan billionaire, unfettered authority over this country's civil service," warned one advocacy group.
This is such a big setback that if Democrats win the White House, Senate and Congress in 2028 they’re going to spend 4 years just to rehire and build back a lot of the Executive branches as training etc takes a lot of time and money instead of moving the country forward.
Considering that everyone at CISA responsible for securing state elections has been put on leave, I'm pretty sure there will never be another fair election in any shape in the USA.
There isn't a 4-8 back and forth cycle anymore. This paradigm no longer exists because the GOP has abdicated. It took the two parties to agree on this unwritten understanding.
The Dems are continuing to muddle around under the guise that a bygone era of decorum still exists... That maybe the old Republican party will come back. After each Dem term, MAGA will continue to do whatever the fuck they're doing with reckless abandon. They know the Dems are cucked. One or both disappears as a party. We're past that point for the GOP as it's clear MAGA isn't an aberration of 2016. So it must be the Dems re-invent themselves as something that can actually challenge MAGA.
This isn't just a setback for Democrats. This needs to be a realization that the Dems are no longer a viable party. Sure on paper and in a bottle they are indeed a political party. Not one that is going to rise to the challenges.
People have been wondering if the party will be listless if Trump dies. Maybe that's when MAGA finally reverts to the old Republicans. It's clear now it won't. They'll elect a puppet president. The real president will be Musk or who ever else manages to worm their way in.