Summary
Trump tried to fire Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chair Ellen Weintraub, but she is refusing to leave, arguing the move is legally invalid.
Weintraub, a Democrat and frequent Trump critic, has served since 2002 and can remain until a replacement is confirmed.
Six commissioners run the FEC, with no more than three from a single party allowed to serve at one time.
Democrats condemned the action, calling it an attack on the FEC, which is currently reviewing complaints against Trump.
The commission, often deadlocked, oversees federal election compliance.
The article is misleadingly phrased.
He “tried to fire” her. She’s obeying the law by not leaving, since he had the exact same authority to fire her that my nieces do. And there’s no “arguing” about it. She’s not arguing, she’s just ignoring his invalid order.
More federal employees should do this. Don’t just go along with his random illegal bullshit.
“Thank you Mr. Trump but as of today, your term as President is terminated.”
Okay. I fired Trump. I’m just a rando from Canada, but all Trump has to do now is leave for it to work.
Thank you for your service!
This is EXACTLY how you fight fascism. You just refuse to do what they say (even when it’s ‘legal’ what they’re asking) and resist. I’m so happy and proud of Ellen Weintraub.
Resist, follow this guide (yes it’s dated, you can adapt it I believe in you), refuse to go along with them.
There are two ways to help fascists: Directly, and by passively following their new laws. Don’t do either.
Yeah fuck trump. People should just ignore him and Musk like they ignore the law
I’m curious to see how it plays out. Does he sick his corrupt justice system on her now? Forcibly bar her from the building? I mean who will stop him?
The news has to be extremely careful with accuracy, or they can be held liable.
Oh wait. That’s just for Nazi salutes and rape. If Trump “fires” President Macron tomorrow, the news can just print “Trump fires President of France”.
To bad that he will have security walk her out and remove her. Illegal or not, Congress is jackshit to stop him. It’s fucking infuriating.
He can’t do that either, but you’re right.
Yeah, there’s a line being held by fed employees, they aren’t moving. Bit cringe of me to refer to reddit, but there’s a thread over there, for fed employees and they’re talking about how to fight, they’re being offered (pressured into) redundancy packages that they aren’t allowed to see, until they agree to take them, but they’re holding out and not taking them.
Lol maybe all the people he’s trying to get rid of should do this, just say “no lol” and stay. Let’s see what happens then.
that’s literally what you’re supposed to do in a situation like this. force the person breaking the system to work for it. i’ve been infuriated how many upper management types in the federal government have just been rolling along with the shit
all but a handful of congress are spineless fucking cowards
100%. they tried to wield fascism as a threat to do conservatism, and now they’re letting fascism take over out of spite for us not as a collective going along with it. in effect: they would rather this than shift left to where their voters are.
and so we’re clear. i took 20 minutes out of my day to go vote for kamala not because i thought she was good, but because i thought she was better than this. but the fact remains that mainstream democrats are complicit in this
They’re waking up, a little bit.
A lot of what made them change is the protests this week in DC, meetings with congresspeople, going to their offices in a big crowd, phone calls that are blowing up their phones to 4,000% of the usual traffic level.
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a-suggested-approach-for-dealing
It’s nowhere near what is required, they’re still sleepwalking. But the pressure is working, a little bit, and a lot of the solidarity that’s being developed to put pressure on them is going to be useful as things get worse and worse.
I’ve been infuriated how many upper management types in the federal government have just been rolling along with the shit
A lot of people think we are still doing business as usual as a country, and expect there to be another election in 4 years. These kind of people don’t think too deep about politics and their consequences. “Can never happen here” syndrome. They’re all used to the United States just being as solid and stable as a rock, because that’s what it’s been all their lives. Completely unaware they are laying out a red carpet for fascism, because “fascism is just that thing we all fought in WW2 and there’s no possible way we can become that too.”
yup. the infuriation is… embarrassment. it’s all embarrassing
Belief in American Exceptionalism runs deep
Can we stop with this ‘never having another election’ nonsense, you’re essentially admitting defeat. You may feel powerless, but your words have impact, use them carefully.
Yes, words have impact. I hope that words like “no more elections” inspire people to action against what is happening. I don’t see it as defeatist at all.
Correct.
Their goal is to, right now, move fast and break things.
You wanna be glue. Netting in their axles. Quicksand. Civil, disobedient.
“______ Resigns Under Pressure From Trump”
Fuck you, make him work for it! Make him fire you, then sue for wrongful termination! Don’t just politely get out of the way so you can be replaced by some goon who will happily do the horrible thing you’re resigning in protest of!
handcuff yourself to an expensive piece of office equipment if you have to
they did this last time trump was elected
This is different and much worse.
I just imagine my kid telling me some crazy rule is how we do it now and me being like “aderp… uhh. Okay cool. We stay up until 1am eating junk food playing video games and don’t go to school anymore. Got it boss!”
Yeah, that sort of thinking is how they do things to boot. You aren’t going to come out on top as long as you are trying to play ball with the guy that broke into your house
What if, and hear me out, everyone just ignores trump. He signs his little orders and the rest of the government says “lol that’s nice” and then continues functioning as usual. Isn’t that the point of having a deep state?
Also those techbros can’t weigh more than 120 lbs. pick their bitch asses up and toss them out of the building through the nearest window.
That is literally what many of his advisors did the first term. He would order something absolutely batshit and they knew he has the memory of a goldfish so they would ignore it.
If only he were still surrounded by people who had an ounce of sanity
This is the type of gangster shit I like to see, versus the unpatriotic thugs that Musk’s mafia have roaming around.
What a perfect expression she has in that thumbnail.
