Trump’s first 100 days: lots of fear, chaos, and abuse of power

Trump’s first 100 days: lots of fear, chaos, and abuse of power

“We are all afraid,” Alaska Republican Senator Liza Murkowski said last week at an event in Anchorage. “I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real,” she explained. Republican politicians are afraid to voice their dissent. Federal employees are afraid of being fired. Immigrants — especially if they are Venezuelan and have tattoos — are afraid of being deported without any due process to their countries (or worse, of being locked up in a maximum security prison in El Salvador). Universities are afraid of having their funding withdrawn. Foreign students are afraid of losing their visas. Law firms are afraid of being punished if they don’t bend. Companies are afraid of maintaining their diversity, equality, and inclusion policies. Benefit recipients are afraid of losing them. The media is afraid of retaliation. Trans people are afraid of being discriminated against..... Another senator, Democrat Cory Booker, recalled a quote from one of America’s Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, the third president: “When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.”

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