What Happened Today – May 8

⚖️ When Supreme Court justices break their typical silence to defend democracy, we’re beyond normal politics.

It’s happened four times in the past three months, a shocking public display for the usually taciturn jurists.

Trump’s systematic purging of officials who won’t bend to his will reveals an administration that demands absolute loyalty over competence or truth. Today he fired the Librarian of Congress and the acting FEMA director. This capricious man given to incivility and vindictiveness also attacked the Fed Chair again, calling him “a fool” for not reducing interest rates.

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