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Shadow President: Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Is Using Shutdown to Gut Federal Agencies (www.democracynow.org)
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Vought is “the driving force behind the [government] shutdown” and “basically a second commander-in-chief, a shadow president,” says ProPublica reporter Andy Kroll, who spent months researching Vought for an extensive profile on the Office of Management and Budget director. During this second Trump administration, Vought’s deeply conservative ideology has been unchallenged by a compliant Congress

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More media needs to be talking about how Donald is so far gone he needs someone else to do things for him. He'll love to hear that.

Might even kick out those acting on his behalf for saying to steal the spotlight

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

The media is too spineless and fears retribution. Most of the large networks people watch are owned by trump supporters anyways.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We're gonna have to literally rebuild the government from scratch if the country continues after this clown

[–] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago

It will never be rebuilt. It’s over. The best we can hope for is it being split up and reformed into different countries.

Which I’m fine with, but we’ll be dead before it’s a good place to live again.

[–] classic@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The fact that this post was above this other one... Reality is just too on the nose nowadays img

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives