The Druggie Administration

As I’m sure you’ve heard, President Putin along with his faithful stooges, the Twitter Twat and the Adderall Asshole, are in the process of dismantling the country and making the world less safe for everyone.

What are Ketamine Karen and his band of teenage mutant coders poking their unqualified, drug addled, unelected, nazi noses into now?

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) which is responsible for daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings (like hurricanes), and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration, and supporting marine commerce.

Kind of an important joint wouldn’t ya say? I mean, imagine a hurricane hitting Florida or Louisiana or South Carolina with absolutely no fucking warning, all because little Leon didn’t think the department was worth the money? Granny down in Surfside may get blown out to sea but, hey, MusKKK saved some bucks that can go towards millionaire tax breaks. Cool, cool right?

USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development). They’re responsible for humanitarian efforts around the globe—health, disaster relief, socioeconomic stuff, environmental protection, education and such.

The Trump administration's move to gut USAID has crippled the agency's ability to conduct any proper oversight of unspent aid worth $8.2 billion, an independent government watchdog said on Monday. (source)

How much you wanna bet that $8.2 billion disappears without a trace?

FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) the folks responsible for, basically, keeping us safe in the air by:

• Regulating civil aviation to promote safety
• Encouraging and developing civil aeronautics, including new aviation technology
• Developing and operating a system of air traffic control and navigation for both civil and military aircraft
• Researching and developing the National Airspace System and civil aeronautics
• Developing and carrying out programs to control aircraft noise and other environmental effects of civil aviation
• Regulating U.S. commercial space transportation (source)
  

Since the bloated orange felon and his billionaire bestie moved in there have been three crashes (leaving 84 people dead), a fire and a big fat parking whoopsie. Then there are the security issues—stowaways, doors opened inflight and such. But heck, co-genius, the Boy Blunder, just had to make some "rapid safety upgrades.”

Then there’s the Treasury Department which I touched on last week. I only mention it BUT if the Muskrat was really looking for fraud, why did he bring in a team of racist baby coders instead of forensic accountants? Rat Boy has now brought in Tom Krause, the CEO hatchet man of the Cloud Software Group to carve up what’s left. This totally doesn't stink of three day dead trout left in the July sun. Nope, not at all. (insert major eye roll here)

Trump has vowed to kill the Department of Education—of course he has. The man is not only functionally illiterate, he’s wholly incurious about the world (except where he can make a buck). Plus, he and the rest of the Nazi Party (formerly known as the Republican Party) prefer to have uneducated, ill-informed, easily manipulated citizens. Want the correct change back on your coffee and bear claw purchase? Yeah, good fucking luck.

DOGE staffers have access to agency data that includes a dataset containing “personal information for millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.” (source)

Not good, not good at all. Big Brother anyone?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been effectively shut down.

When Congress created the CFPB as part of the Dodd Frank Act, it mandated the agency to carry out certain functions, including protecting military service members from predatory financial players.
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Since the CFPB opened its doors in 2012, with a budget well under $1 billion a year, it’s returned more than $21 billion to Americans, protecting them from big banks’ abuses, fintech (financial tech) scams and multitudes of junk fees. In short, the CFPB has proven time and time again the government can be effective on behalf of the welfare of the people. No wonder oligarchs hate it. (source)

How long before it’s safer to stow your life savings in the old mattress? I’m in Massachusetts and my savings are in a credit union. Am I safe? MAYBE but I’m not betting on it.

What’s next on Putin’s puppets’ hit list? The Food and Drug Administration? The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)? The Centers for Disease Control? I wouldn’t be at all surprised. Not that I ever stopped but I'll be masking up for at least the next  four years (if I make that long).