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Editorial from the York, Pennsylvania York Dispatch - Donald Trump and his shadow president have worked to undermine our country's founding democratic principles. Here are some things you can and must do.

Before Elon Musk and Donald Trump can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball. Federal workers see they are the targets of an authoritarian attempt to abolish democracy.

Reader Comments: Dictatorial UnConstitutional Power Grab; Anti-Trump Protests Brake Out; USDA IG Refused To Leave Was Investigating Elon Musk; Nightmare Over Washington (and in the Capitol); ICE Raids and Resistance; People's Guide to Project 2025

Trump’s promise of widespread deportations won’t happen without defining a wave of new ‘illegals’ into existence. Immigration detention has become a $3 billion industry fusing for-profit prisons with immigration policies built to “secure” the border.

As many as 200,000 federal employees with weaker civil service protections could be let go. But they are supposed to only be fired for poor performance. FAA director Mike Whitaker resigned, effective January 20.

One of those IGs, Phyllis Fong at the US Department of Agriculture, decided not to leave, believing the order to be illegal. She was escorted from the building today by security. She was heading an investigation into Elon Musk's Neuralink.

Trump sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he’ll face political reality. He was whoever they wanted him to be—a choose-your-own-candidate. Voters projected their wishes onto his candidacy, regardless of his stated policy program

The Drug Enforcement Administration had strong evidence since 2013 that the Hernandez brothers were making Honduras the primary transfer point for cocaine between Colombia, and likely knew they were working with Mexican drug lord El Chapo Guzman...