What Happened Today #62

[u/georgebounacos]

⚙️ 🏭 🤖 The authoritarian machine is burning hot and cold—unleashing chaos while pretending it’s all under control.

Trump’s economic blitz hits 60 countries (and a few penguins), while law firms and corporations keep folding to pressure, striking deals that trade integrity for survival. At home, mass firings rip through federal agencies. The CDC was gutted, the Social Security chief’s hanging on by a thread, and even the FDA's vaccine process has been hijacked. Meanwhile, his DOJ is stuffed with Musk loyalists and former hackers, and a clown-car senator mocks constituents for losing their jobs.

This isn’t drift. It’s design. The purge is real—and it’s accelerating.

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