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A COUP IS UNFOLDING BEFORE OUR EYES. HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO  
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York Dispatch Editorial Board
February 5, 2025
York Dispatch (PA)
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_ Editorial from the York, Pennsylvania York Dispatch - Donald Trump
and his shadow president have worked to undermine our country's
founding democratic principles. Here are some things you can and must
do. _

Heil Musk (Pat Bagley, editorial cartoon, The Salt Lake Tribune),

 

Democracies don’t die in darkness.

They die in broad daylight.

Over the past three weeks, President Donald Trump and his shadow
president, Elon Musk, have worked swiftly to undermine America’s
founding principles.

Their attempts to freeze federal grants and tax imports from Canada
and Mexico — a move that would increase costs for all Americans —
made headlines. But the real danger is unfolding quietly — not with
tanks in the streets but with hard drives, spreadsheets and
bureaucratic maneuvers.

Historically, strongmen rise with the backing of the wealthy elite.

There’s no one wealthier than Elon Musk, the unelected South
African-bred billionaire Trump tapped to run the so-called Department
of Government Efficiency. Despite the official-sounding name, DOGE is
not an actual federal agency. That would require congressional
approval.

Musk, who spent $277 million
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Trump’s reelection, now wields outsized power.

Over the weekend, a 25-year-old Musk employee
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control of the U.S. Treasury’s payment system, giving him control
over an estimated $5.5 trillion in government spending — IRS
refunds, Medicare, Social Security — with no oversight.

 
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left,
claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after
speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024,
in Butler, Pa.  (Photo:  Alex Brandon/AP  //  York Dispatch)
A few days later, amid public outcry, the Treasury claimed the data
Musk obtained was “read-only.” Musk, however, bragged
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media platform about blocking payments to a Lutheran charity.

If Musk can cut off funds to a group he dislikes, what’s stopping
him from cutting off tax refunds to ordinary Americans or leaking
financial data to other bad actors?

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio touted
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Salvador’s offer to house deportees and imprisoned American citizens
in a “mega-prison.”

Musk moved to shut down
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U.S. Agency for International Development, despite Congress
controlling its funding. Remember from fourth-grade civics: Congress
has the power of the purse and the president is obliged to
“faithfully execute the laws.” Congress pointedly _has
not_ stripped the funding that’s been redirected.

 
Elon Musk performing a bizarre Nazi-style salute during a Donald
Trump inauguration rally in Washington DC.
The billionaire’s purge of federal employees has expanded to
the CIA
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with Jan. 6 prosecutors already fired.

And what of grocery prices — the reason many Americans voted for
Trump last November?

Last week, amid the tariff push, the president said inflation would
likely get worse. “We may have, in the short term, a little pain,”
he said.

Call it Trump’s “let them eat cake” moment.

If all this feels overwhelming, that’s the point. Flood the zone,
exhaust the opposition, and watch democracy die.

But you’re not powerless.

* SEEK OUT AND SUPPORT TRUSTWORTHY SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
* TAKE NOTE AND SPEAK OUT WHEN NORMS ARE BROKEN.
* ORGANIZE LOCALLY. Pro-democracy groups are mobilizing. Get
involved.
* ATTEND MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. These are the places
where you can have the greatest and most immediate impact.
* CALL YOUR U.S. SENATE AND CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES — DAILY IF
POSSIBLE.  Let them know directly and personally how you feel about
the appointees they’re confirming and the legislation they’re
voting on.

The time is now. Start small. Don’t stop.

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