Trump Seeks To Dismantle The Federal Government
First, I’m still trying to get the list of the IG’s that were fired.
Looks like the Department of Interior AG was fired and Trump is straight up lying about it, calling it a “common thing to do”, when it is unprecedented in violating the law on notification of Congress and in its scope and lack of justification.
The DoI IG firing comes after Trump issued a series of Executive Orders that declared an “energy emergency”, a policy of “energy dominance”, invoked the “Unitary Executive” theory that vests all federal executive power in himself, and sought to over-ride environmental laws that govern federal lands and oil, gas and mining extraction. So it’s obvious why Trump eliminated informed and independent expert oversight.
Trump also lies by omission, given Project 2025’s Plan to fire federal experts and replace them with political loyalists, and his Executive Order to do exactly that, known as “Schedule F”.
[A hack named Sergio Gor, whose only qualifications appear to be Fox News and a Trump loyalist, is Trump’s Director of Personnel. That’s really all you need to know.]
[Public Citizen reports that EPA IG was one of those fired.]
Second, a reader has pushed back and falsely claimed that the IG’s are political and do nothing (she drinks the Trump Kool-aid). So, for those unfamiliar with the work of the IG’s, check out the EPA IG webpage.
And for those who think that IG’s are political and do nothing, check out this scathingly critical EPA IG Report:
There are MANY like this.
Even the environmental groups are not this critical or don’t have this kind of expertise and inside information and access to EPA scientists and staffers.