Episode 22
Constitution Under Siege: Inside the White House's War on Americans
Summary:
Dr. Jim chats about the urgent crisis facing American institutions under the Trump administration. He discusses the relentless dismantling of political norms, an attack on constitutional pillars, and the controversial tactics used to consolidate power. With a focus on the ongoing threat to civil service employees and a systematic assault on protective regulations, Dr. Jim highlights the need for citizens to resist these undemocratic moves. This stark conversation examines the broader implications of unchecked power and the essential fight to uphold democracy.
Key Takeaways:
- The Trump administration is seen as executing a strategic attack on U.S. institutions, potentially undermining democracy.
- Federal prosecutors have been fired unlawfully, exemplifying the departure from political norms.
- The administration's actions are framed as an authoritarian takeover of varied governmental branches, especially financially-backed sectors.
- Civil servants and citizens are urged to recognize these warning signs and resist compliance and disengagement.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
We Are Seeing a Purge in Real Time
0:10 - Blitzkrieg Strategy
How Dictators Consolidate Power
0:40 - Political Norms and Congress
Overlooking Political Norms
1:00 - Administration's Actions
Hostile Takeover and Constitutional Issues
2:00 - Civil Service Advice
Stay and Fight Back3:00 - Stripping Citizen Protections
Attacks on Regulatory and Safety Organizations
3:36 - Call to Action
Realizing the Urgency to Act
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Left in Exile Intro
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Transcript
Dr. Jim: We are seeing a purge in real time. Every major institution in the U S is under attack by the Trump administration. It's under attack in a number of different ways.
One of the first things that you have to understand when you're talking about how dictators consolidate power is that they use a blitzkrieg strategy to.
Quickly subdue any opposition within the government that they were put in charge of. You're seeing this happen in a number of different ways.
One, you saw it with Trump firing federal prosecutors without giving notice, which is illegal. And that has raised the eyebrows of a lot of elected members in Congress.
But at this point, you see those members in Congress acting in a way. That still respects political norms.
look at what they've done so [:You have a made up department headed by a South African billionaire who skirted immigration laws to be in this country in the first place. Who's openly stated he admires what the apartheid system had done.
He openly Salutes in a way that is reminiscent of world war ii germany and he's openly supporting Every far right nazi party around the world and this person just committed a hostile takeover of the american treasury And nothing is being done about it.
This is a systematic attack on every pillar of American society and government. This is a systematic attack on every principle of the constitution. And when you have a press secretary that is saying that the constitution is unconstitutional. You get the idea of what we are walking in towards
and it doesn't stop just there.
to resigning their positions [:This is, In line with a pattern of behavior that Trump has displayed throughout his business career.
This is somebody who has a 40 year track record of stiffing people left and right. And for those of you who are in the front lines of the civil service and you are a government employee, don't fall for the bait. Because nothing he says has weight to it. And what you should do is refuse to leave, stay in your position, contact your union reps and.
Start fighting back.
The worst thing that can happen is for you to get hoodwinked and be left with nothing. And that is the pattern of behavior that Trump has displayed throughout his career.
We are seeing attack after [:And the fact that he isn't in jail is the biggest failure of the previous administration. Now it's up to the citizens to fight back against this naked. Attempt at installing a dictatorship. As I mentioned before, we are under attack. And the quicker we realize that the time for political norms is over, the better off we're going to be.
