Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> has spoken in broad terms about undercutting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> agencies but never spelled out sweeping plans to defund the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>.</p><p>Vought’s plans track closely w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s campaign rhetoric about using the military against domestic protesters or what Trump has called the “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnemyWithin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnemyWithin</span></a>.” Trump’s desire to use the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> on US soil recently prompted his longest-serving chief of staff, ret Marine Gen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnKelly</span></a>, to speak out….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>