Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats: ‘The President just illegally fired me’ “I’m a Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. The President just illegally fired me,” he wrote. Fired members of Federal Trade Commission confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter “The FTC is an independent agency founded 111 years ago to fight fraudsters and monopolists, our staff is unafraid of the Martin Shkrelis and Jeff Bezos of the world. They take them to court and they win. “Now, the President wants the FTC to be a lap dog for his golfing buddies,” he continued. In a similar statement given to the Guardian and other outlets, Slaughter spoke about the unlawfulness of her firing. “Today, the President illegally fired me from my position as a Federal Trade Commissioner, violating the plain language of a statute and clear Supreme Court precedent. Why? Because I have a voice, and he is afraid of what I’ll tell the American people,” she said. She also expresses her concerns that Trump’s removal of “opposition voices” in the FTC will prevent his administration from being held accountable for its actions. “The administration clearly fears the accountability that opposition voices would provide if the president orders Chairman Ferguson to treat the most powerful corporations and their executives – like those that flanked the President at his inauguration – with kid gloves,” the statement continues. The US supreme court ruled in 1935 to uphold a law that allows FTC commissioners to be fired only for good cause, such as neglecting their duties. The ruling is meant to shield a number of independent and bipartisan agencies from direct control by the White House. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-fires-ftc-commissioners Trump is taking us back to 1934.
Trump before country. Trump before party. Trump before accountability. Trump before everything. Mindlessly approving every action of your personal lord and savior. I bet you would be happy if Trump dismantled the judicial system and got rid of Congress.
Nah, it's just Democrats are pretty useless... They don't represent this country, they represent every other country while also trying to push their weird ideologies... This is why Democrats are so unpopular. I do hope they turn it around, maybe one day when they stop being Trump deranged. For now there is only one political party that represents the interests of America.
Exactly. Democrats oppose Trump. You want your dear leader to be unopposed. You know republicans won’t hold him accountable. You want Trump to be able to act unilaterally. You trust in your Trumpy lord and savior. There is nothing inaccurate in what I’m saying. You’ve only confirmed it. You don’t believe in democracy, separation of powers.
Trump is merely returning things back to normal, undoing all the r****ded **** Biden did... He really did a number in 4 years...
It's even worse when those types believe that Trump gives a sh*t about anyone but himself. It's all an act. He's bought and paid for by the billionaires, who are as greedy as him, but smart enough to know that Trump can be bribed, and they can afford to pay him for favors. They don't give a damn about Democracy, people, healthcare, or poisoning the environment. It's money they want, and even billions aren't satisfying enough for them.
We do need to be more honest across the board. You can't unfck a fck by using another fck. However if we are going to be fcked regardless, I certainly don't want it to be from a low-t liberal. The thought of being an @astros123 is nauseating. For now Trumo and DOGE have my support. They have a LOT of room for error after these last four years.
There is nothing Trump will do that will not get backlash from dumb democrats... They will complain about everything even sending mass murderous criminals out of the country. They have proven that there is no line of stupidity that they will not cross. Having a single party of common sense is not good but here we are. As of now I think Trump has been excellent. You can tell how good he is doing by how much complaining he is getting from the left.
Don't forget @Salvy works in the housing industry which is currently on pace to be destroyed by his tariffs which is making construction materials crazy expensive. None of it matters to his braindead cultists cuz theyre only focused on the "war on woke." ⁴ Sincerely one of the dumbest lowest iq cult of all time
Alright, let’s talk about this. 1. I agree, we should send out “mass murderous criminals” who are not legally in the US. I’m sure you agree as well. 2. What care must ICE exercise in determining if the person is a criminal and not legally in the US? Should they have evidence supporting these facts? Does it matter if ICE departs the wrong brown person and sends him to Honduras? Or is that an oh well, ICE was wrong, maybe we can bring the guy back if he is still alive? - Are people expressing any disagreement with point 1? Or is the concern about point 2? - Do you understand the difference? Or is it just more fun to falsely claim that Democrats love murderous mass criminals, when the concern is about legality and due process, and not deporting the wrong person or innocent people who have a right to be here?
@Salvy could get deported to El Salvador and would still be screaming about owning the libs or some such nonsense. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll round him up in the next ICE sting...
I live in New York, and it is an "At will" work state for exempt employees such as myself. There is no need to give a reason for letting someone go. Nonexempt employees always need the 3 levels of corrective action and many visits from the union reps. Unless they choose not to join a union, because NY is also a "right to work" state. PS the only associates in my experience that use the union reps are the ones that underperform consistently. So, like 3 old school hide behind the contract folks suck up the majority of my time. My other 55 are awesome. This is not political just stating what's up around here.
But like you're 100% right. You have to give Trump credit cuz it's the largest brainwashing experiment in history. The only thing that matters for MAGATS are the culture wars. Nothing else matters. They will literally go poor and/or get deported if it meant the libs were getting owned. That's all they care about
Defying the law while openly dismissing court rulings and calling for the removal of judges who ruled against their illegal actions isn't a error. But I'm curious - what has happened in the last four years that justifies supporting a lawless regime?
My point is moreso not that I'm tired of the firings, I'm just tired of hearing how "illegal" they are. It always drives home the point to me that Democrats ask for permission and Republicans ask for forgiveness (or in most cases just gaslight people). Since the year 2000 politics has been Democrats looking furiously for red tape or opposition as an excuse to not do anything, while Republicans look for the tiniest bit of daylight or flimsiest excuse to do whatever the **** they want.
Lol, this is American politics in a nutshell. "Welp, we're ****ed, but at least we're ****ed in a way that is 1% more palatable to me than my ideological opponents!" If Republicans promised me RCV and open primaries I would put on a MAGA hat so fast it would rip a hole in time and space.
