#justice #politics #freedom #democracy #ruleoflaw
From #DianeRavitch
The far-right forces behind Trump have been planning their assault on democracy and the rule of law for years. Decades even, if you consider ALEC and other rightwing groups, like the Heritage Foundation. Project 2025 was the plan, and one of its author is now director of the powerful Office of Management and Budget.
A central part of their plan was to overwhelm the public and the media with a flurry of executive orders. They call it "flooding the zone." It's nearly impossible to react to three or four outrages a day. Who can even catalogue all of them?
Heather Cox Richardson tries to pull it together for her readers. Yesterday there were multiple court orders, more than she has room to report. And multiple executive orders, including one suspending enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits U.S. firms from bribing foreign officials; Trump thinks it puts American businesses at a disadvantage if they can't bribe foreign officials as their competitors do.
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