Trump fires all 3 Democrats on privacy oversight board

[Eugene]

Source: The Hill

Trump fires all 3 Democrats on privacy oversight board

by Rebecca Beitsch - 01/27/25 6:48 PM ET

President Trump on Monday fired all three Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), bringing much of its work to a standstill.

The move guts a board designed to ensure the government’s work to fight terrorism is balanced with protections for civil liberties.

The White House informed the three Democrats on the board on Thursday it was seeking their resignation, but the members were officially terminated Monday.

It’s an action that removes some voices on the panel critical of some foreign surveillance actions — a detail that often had them aligned with right-wing Republicans who wish to curtail such programs.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5109672-trump-fires-all-three-democrats-on-privacy-oversight-board/

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Related: Trump Paralyzes Independent Rights Watchdog, Firing Members Selected by Democrats (New York Times)
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[Irish_Dem]

1. Who is writing all of these EOs?

Trump has no idea about any of these boards and agencies.

[Eugene]

2. This is Project 2025 in action. The people who wrote it are now running the White House.

The Heritage Foundation and its allies wrote these orders months in advance.
Dump just has to sign off.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Who is funding the Heritage Foundation?

Who is the power behind them?

[Eugene]

4. The usual suspects: the Coors family, the Koch family, the Sciafe family, Big Oil...

[Midnight Writer]

5. Originally, it was funded by Coors and Richard Mellon Scaife, at the behest of Paul Weyrich, a John Bircher.

They also started ALEC, American Enterprise Institution, and others. Many of the RW lobbying groups (think tanks) are funded through Foundations set up by the extremely rich so that they will continue to operate long after the funders are dead.

Oh, and it is all tax-free, of course. The rich can write off their donations so that the actual expense is footed by the American taxpayer.

Nice gig if you can get it.

[Stargazer99]

6. Ah the biggest WELFARE QUEENS in the USA - the rich using tax payer money for their benefit

sometimes I wonder just how ignorant the middle class is as they are the main taxpayers

[Irish_Dem]

7. Buying and controlling the entire US government is not cheap.

Nice touch that they pay no taxes on their treasonous activities.