Summary
Donald Trump fired FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the agency’s only Democrats, prompting accusations of illegal action.
Both cited Supreme Court precedent protecting FTC commissioners from dismissal without cause. Bedoya warned Trump wants the FTC to serve corporate interests, while Slaughter said the administration fears accountability.
The 1935 Supreme Court ruling bars presidents from removing FTC commissioners arbitrarily.
Critics say the move undermines regulatory independence and eliminates opposition voices that could challenge Trump’s policies favoring major corporations.
But it’s not illegal. Which is why it hasn’t been overturned lol. People can argue that something is illegal all day long but unless it’s overturned in court then clearly its LEGAL.
Dude is trying to be like undercover cops. “RedditSucks” and “88” in a same package lmao we all believe u bro 👍🏼🤣
No, this one is pretty clear. The FTC chairs very specifically cannot be made up of members of a single party, with a maximum ratio of 3 members of one party to 2 of others.
If he really wanted to skirt the law without ipenly defying it, he could invent a new, fake, political party for replacement commissioners. But Trump has zero interest in obeying the law now that he’s been specifically granted immunity from prosecution for violation of the law.
They do have a ruling. 1935. May not without cause. Specific language is inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. So your point is…?
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Isn’t that the FCC?
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Lol sooooo you have no idea what you are talking about. Got it.
Woke: Get illegally fired and act like you were fired illegally. Keep going to work. Let security block your entry. Argue that you still work there because the order to fire you was illegal. When you’re arrested, take the matter to court and get legal standing on the fact that your firing was illegal.
Broke: Get illegally fired and whine on social media about it.
I’m sure going into the FTC, swiping their security fob and having it deny them entry would be a huge boon for their cause. If they’re asked to leave by security and they don’t they can be legally arrested for trespassing.
The same afternoon she was dismissed, Slaughter is out with an official statement and on the phone to multiple press agencies to get the story out immediately. Sure sounds like someone taking action to me. No doubt she will take them to court (likely the other guy will join her) but that doesn’t happen overnight, this was literally yesterday - best lawyer in the world would struggle to have an actionable case ready yet.
You’ll note that none of the above can be done if you’re still under arrest for trespass…
administration fears accountability
Pfffft. That is so fucking bullshit. No they don’t. They don’t fear accountability or responsibility. This administration is lead by a 34-count convicted felon/rapist, a two-time impeached, failed businessman of a crook. What the fuck does he have to lose in terms of credibility that makes him think twice of the actions he’s done?
He straight up admitted on air that the election was rigged, and there hasn’t been a peep from anyone
@earphone843 @venotic Might be worth signing this? https://www.change.org/p/demand-a-hand-count-audit-of-pennsylvania-s-2024-presidential-election There’s a group called the election truth alliance who’s looking into any numbers they can get hold of and finding weird stuff. Also Smart Elections.
https://substack.com/@electiontruthalliance
https://electiontruthalliance.org/
https://youtube.com/@electiontruthalliance
https://smartelections.substack.com/Petitions don’t do shit. What good are petitions going to do, with an administration that waives off such?
We need action and this isn’t the kind of action.
@venotic @MicroWave @earphone843 they’re not asking Trump. They’re asking the boards of elections in three specific counties. I agree that petitions always feel pointless but you said nobody was doing anything - somebody is at least trying to do something.
He’s saying the dems rigged the election, so his second term is late enough to be president during the Olympics and World Cup.
And what did Harris and the Dems do? Nothing.
What did Trump do in 2021? Cause an insurrection.
I had literally not heard of this so looked up the video. Fucking wild, man!
He even praises Elon over it…
I’d seen that one and I understand how he could be referring to the Dems as “them” but the FIFA/Olympics one is more damning imo.
Yup. “They rigged the election and now I’m president again.”
So fucking nonchalantly too.
Should be the other way around but whatever gets y’all in the militia
Shouldn’t be hard to prove then.
Pretty hard when he controls the alphabets.
Weird how it’s only ever .ml jumping in against this, ain’t it?
A fascist/Russian stooge admitting on open mic that an American election was rigged by the oligarchy, and all of a sudden the “commies” demand proof in triplicate that American elections aren’t fair?
Just as general praxis, you’d think a good Marxist would keep their mouth shut on the topic, if not start organizing. Whatever gets the revolution going, right?
Interesting, as they say.
Sure he fears accountability, all profligates do especially when that accountability comes in the form of extreme violence. Ooh maybe we can give out loto tickets to decide who lives or dies, only two get to live one though one will get their legs crippled. Truly I need to stop playing New Vegas
Oh, I get to say it this time. A dog can’t play basketball!
Most blatantly and openly venal miserable and horrible attempt at an “administration” in the last 60yrs… Likely in US history.
Helluva legacy for you Chump! Good one!
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You went from 60 years to ever in US history lol.
The fact that approval ratings for Trump are still as high as they are while the approval for the only other far, far, far lesser evil you can vote, the Democrats, is sinking, does not give me any hope whatsoever for the US, were I naive enough to believe that the next elections that matter could come soon enough or that they would still remain legitimate. The US no longer has a trace of Democracy except for the mask it wears, it is at the same or even lower level than Russia’s.
I think it’s important to put it in context: the Democrats are hemorrhaging support from their base who thinks they should be doing more to resist this administration. That does not mean they are losing support in favor of Republicans.
Meanwhile Trump is only losing a tiny amount of support because his base is a cult of personality that worships him. They won’t turn against him until he’s hurting them so directly that they can’t rationalize it as somehow being Obama’s fault. But many of them are delusional enough that they will never abandon their fealty so matter how much he harms them.
Democrats hemorrhaging support despite that support not being in favor of Republicans is what already cost them the elections, and they are the sort to more easily fall prey to propaganda meant to dissuade them from participating.
All that he’s missing is a war America is involved in, not related to the trade tariffs. We’ll find out which country he wants to go to war with soon.
Canada, Greenland or Panama. He’s still deciding. Give him time it’s been a busy two months!
I wouldn’t be surprised if it were Central America, first. They already lack strong governments and global positioning. Especially with the cartels actively holding back progress.
Yeah, Panama also side steps the NATO problem.
That is one of my more annoying thoughts. In his child-like rampaging through the most powerful office in the world, he might accidentally do something good like wipe out the cartels or give support to a country that really needs it on the global scale. The cost will be extremely high. Like through the twisted Nazi experiments, we ended up learning a ton about mental health and brain responses that… Well, it’s probably the only way to discover some of those things. But the methodology is unthinkable.
He may have some success in beating the cartels back, somewhat. But overall he’s not going to support any country down there, he’s going to send the military to bomb the fuck out of what little infrastructure they have, cause large amounts of collateral damage and death, and seize whatever is of value. We’ve already seen this playbook in the middle east.
Playing this forward in my head -
The U.S. attacks Panama, who probably have some way of sabotaging or permanently disabling the locks, which are already struggling to keep up with modern shipping demands, despite the recent expansion. Under the weight of either the U.S. attack or the inoperability of the locks and resulting loss of income, the Panamanian government falters, and the only groups with money and a need for land with loose or weak laws is the cartels. The resulting instability may or may not spread to other countries, but the displaced people/refugees will directly or indirectly exacerbate immigration to the U.S. Within 15 years Arctic Sea ice has decreased to a point that the Arctic will be navigable in the summer. Within 50, during the winter, as well. If not sooner, if the U.S.’ attempts to roll back climate policies are successful.
All in all, a losing proposition in the short and long term. Trump’s kind of “deal.”
I didn’t really do a good job in my comment. I meant fostering support by others, just like Ukraine. Against his whatever crazy agenda. But I totally agree.
Here in America we have great wars, the best wars, possibly ever. We do war so well we fight on both sides, and we always win. We’re so good at war, we keep it civil. The most civil of any war, possibly ever.
Biden: “I can’t fire a postmaster general who actively tried to sabotage the election against me in 2020 because it would be against the law.”
Trump: " I fired someone who SCOTUS directly said i can’t fire because some people openly bribed me"
Or Biden and the 10k$ of student debt - which he buckled on basically immediately. Handouts to donors are okay, helping Americans isn’t.
Biden then preceded to fill the open slots on DeJoys board with DeJoy supporters btw.
that was the wierd part he did.
I’m not sure I buy into Dems being Republican-Lite, but through that lens Biden’s actions do seem pretty suspicious
Hey at least they have the moral high ground - they’ll have a good view watching the country sink into fascism from up there
Just illegal, fascist things.
Do what a Trump official would do, refuse to leave. What are they going to do?
Earlier today, the DC police forcibly removed the employees of an independent agency after the employees called said police to get the illegal attempted-invaders removed.
Then make them do that
And nothing will be done.
Dems are just going to sit there with frowny faces, say bold things but take it up the ass.
Nice frowny face, are they using lube in your fantasy?
No but there’s a block in yours.
What I don’t understand is, in what sense did he actually fire you? It’s illegal. Just show up to work anyways.
Why do people keep saying this is illegal lol. Just because you don’t agree with something doesn’t make it illegal. Don’t you think some high powered lawyer would offer to fight this for them?
Did you not read the article OR the comments? ? ? I quote an above op who paraphrased the law. “They do have a ruling. 1935. May not without cause. Specific language is inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.”
Alternatively, it’s illegal because it was confirmed to be illegal by the supreme court in 1935. Why would you assume we’re not speaking truthfully?
If the security team and the operations team are willing to obey the order and revoke access then the illegal firing is very much effective.
The jackboot thugs that work security for these government agencies have repeatedly demonstrated that they’re happy to listen to the children running DOGE over the members of the agency that they’re supposed to be securing, so at that point what do you expect one of these beaurocrats to do? Get into a fist fight with all the mall cops that are itching to serve the fascists?
That would be something at least
I feel like if a democrat did something like this fox news et al would be screaming screaming screaming and there would be violent riots. Why is everyone else so docile?
exactly this, FOX, all the MSM, russian backed grifters will all be railing the Ds.
Enjoy your tiered internet, US citizens! Want to access cnn.com? That’s in the special site, requires the premium package of 150/month extra but we’ll throw in free reddit.com…
Xitter now cost you 50 cents for the privilage of posting a tweet bootlicking president musk
(and the magats would happily do it)
So, let’s say after we add this to the already massive stack of criminal acts he and his jackbooted loyalists have done, we all gather around and admire how big it is while the few who remain that are capable of doing anything at all about it- do absolutely nothing at all about it.
