The Trump Presidency Is Going Great

The Justice Department just dropped its bribery case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, because apparently, aligning with Trump is the ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card. Adams, who was indicted for accepting illegal campaign contributions and other perks in exchange for favors, suddenly found himself off the hook after cozying up to Trump's immigration policies. The DOJ insists this decision has nothing to do with politics—just like the memo explicitly stating they don’t want to interfere with his “duties.” Meanwhile, the charges were dismissed “without prejudice”, meaning they could be refiled, but don’t hold your breath. Because when Trump’s DOJ starts making corruption charges disappear, it’s never about due process—it’s about loyalty.

"let's make corruption great again," President crime wave has signed an executive order halting the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)—the very law that prohibits U.S. companies from bribing foreign officials. The administration argues that the FCPA puts American businesses at a disadvantage because they can't engage in the same shady dealings as their international competitors. Critics, however, warn that this could undermine decades of anti-corruption efforts and tarnish the U.S.'s reputation as a leader in combating global graft. But hey, who needs ethics when there's money to be made?

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has officially embedded itself inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—because nothing says efficiency like dismantling the only federal agency that protects consumers from financial predators. Three DOGE operatives waltzed into CFPB headquarters with full access to procurement, HR, and finance data, thanks to a Trump-installed acting director who immediately barred external communications (totally normal). Musk has been openly calling for the CFPB’s elimination, conveniently while turning X into a financial services platform with Visa. But don’t worry—Trump’s team insists this isn’t blatant corruption, just a bold new era of regulatory capture.

straight out of far-right conspiracy land, Trump halted all U.S. aid to South Africa and ordered a plan to resettle White South Africans as refugees, citing so-called “race-based discrimination.” Never mind that the land reform policy he’s railing against is a legal, constitutional effort to undo apartheid-era disparities—Trump and his favorite billionaire, Elon Musk, have been amplifying debunked claims of White genocide for years. Meanwhile, the $440 million in U.S. aid—mostly funding HIV/AIDS treatment—just got cut overnight, threatening millions of lives. South African officials? Not impressed. One minister fired back: “If they don’t give us money, let us not give them minerals.”

A federal judge just smacked down DOGE’s data grab, blocking Musk’s operatives from rifling through the Treasury Department’s payment systems like a bunch of tech bros snooping through their boss’s email. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that Treasury can no longer provide access to its Bureau of Fiscal Service records, which Musk’s handpicked cronies had been poking around in—because, apparently, national security is just another open-source project to these guys.

The lawsuit—brought by unions representing retired Americans and federal employees—accuses Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of handing DOGE workers “full access” to systems containing millions of Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses, and even bank account details. Because why not just upload the entire federal payroll to Twitter while they’re at it?

While the judge allowed two DOGE-linked figures, Tom Krause and Marko Elez, to retain “read-only” access, that’s cold comfort when the entire scandal started with Musk’s people being given near-unrestricted access in the first place. Notably, Elez has since resigned after being outed for racist social media posts—because, of course, these guys come with bonus baggage.

And the backlash isn’t just coming from lawyers. On Tuesday, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Treasury Department, waving anti-Musk signs that read “America: We’ve Been Hacked” and “Impeach President Musk”—a phrase that’s sounding less like a joke and more like a warning.

Democratic lawmakers aren’t letting this slide, either. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, Ed Markey, and Ron Wyden joined the protests, with Wyden delivering the message loud and clear: “Tell Elon Musk to take his hands off your money.” Meanwhile, Congress is demanding answers about who these DOGE employees actually are, what systems they’ve accessed, and what Trump’s administration is doing to stop them—which, let’s be honest, is probably absolutely nothing.

This isn’t just a data breach—it’s a full-scale government takeover, and Musk is looting it in real time. The only question left is how much damage he can do before someone finally stops him.

Trump’s war on competent governance continues—now with mass layoffs of federal health workers. The administration is reportedly preparing an executive order to slash thousands of jobs at HHS, the FDA, and the CDC, because "efficiency" meansgutting the agencies responsible for managing viral outbreaks, drug safety, and public health.

The plan? Force agencies to cut a set percentage of their workforce, leaving officials scrambling to decide who’s “essential” and who gets the boot. This follows Trump’s buyout scheme, where workers were pressured to resign while still getting paid until September—because why fire people when you can trick them into quitting first?

HHS employs over 83,000 people, handling everything from disease response to medical research, but sure—let’s just start slashing jobs and see what happens. And, of course, the White House is denying it’s happening, because transparency is for losers.

So if you thought the government’s response to the next pandemic couldn’t get worse, just wait—we’re about to find out what happens when you fire the experts and replace them with Musk’s Twitter followers.