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Boy, you get out of breath every day, James.

The breakneck speed of actions of this Trump administration have several common threads.

One, the rule of law is irrelevant.

Two, make money all the way from grifting to breaking the casino, taking the lead from Trump and Musk.

And the effects on average folks, sometimes cool, sometimes dangerous, be damned.

Under what legal authority does Elon Musk enjoy to shutter entire agencies authorized by Congress

fired thousands without any process and force access to the most personal and sensitive data of

Americans. This ultimately may be sob, but a lot of damage is going to take place. It will be very

hard and take a long time to reverse. One reform I can assure you Trump's not going to make is

anything adversely affecting his billions of government contract. And Trump,

as the Times reports, is working to get a PGA-Southis deal, which it happens he would

benefit from financially. I'm going to make two points about the bus firings, which include

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