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.
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.
This is a perfect example of why refuting bullshit is so much harder than generating it or spreading it.
The Biden admin tried several times to forgive debt and was stopped by every republican and finally the Supreme Court. They didn’t drop it, they were forced to stop by Republicans after repeated attempts. If they didn’t find a legal path to forgiveness, it could be clawed back easily in the future.
The Trump administration can do whatever the fuck it wants right now because Republicans are letting them with their overall majority.
And as Trump has shown us the Supreme Court has LOTS of Teeth so you BETTER listen to them!
More unnuanced bullshit, that’s objectively false, with small grains of truth. Makes people think Biden had the same backing Trump does now, which is false.
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
They’re both pro capitalism parties sponsored by the 1%, Democrats suck up social change movements to ensure they don’t challenge the status quo.
Hey at least they have the moral high ground - they’ll have a good view watching the country sink into fascism from up there