Scott Curtis had a leadership role in a critical agency until being kicked “to the curb” by Trump and Musk. Only after this article was published was he rehired.
He says he still was kicked “to the curb” by Trump and Musk.
He was kicked to the curb by his agency leadership bowing to pressure from trump and Elmo.
We just went from “the president has zero control over any agency” to “the president has ultimate control over every agency”.
Neither are true, and we desperately need people to actually understand what is happening, and why nothing could happen in the four years between trump terms.
Republicans pressure agencies to do what they want, and fire agency heads who dont.
Neoliberals say they can’t do anything. And nothing gets done.
The result is sometimes we move really far right in very short amounts of time, then neoliberals normalize it.
In 2012 people would have said you were insane if you claimed the 2024 Dem candidate would want a border wall, be against healthcare reform, profracking, and actively supporting genocide.
But due to the ratchet effect of neoliberalism that’s exactly where we ended up.
He was kicked to the curb by his agency leadership bowing to pressure from trump and Elmo.
We just went from “the president has zero control over any agency” to “the president has ultimate control over every agency”.
Neither are true, and we desperately need people to actually understand what is happening, and why nothing could happen in the four years between trump terms.
Republicans pressure agencies to do what they want, and fire agency heads who dont.
Neoliberals say they can’t do anything. And nothing gets done.
The result is sometimes we move really far right in very short amounts of time, then neoliberals normalize it.
In 2012 people would have said you were insane if you claimed the 2024 Dem candidate would want a border wall, be against healthcare reform, profracking, and actively supporting genocide.
But due to the ratchet effect of neoliberalism that’s exactly where we ended up.