Maintenance in progress

the us supreme court overturned a 1935 precedent, giving the president power to fire federal trade commission members at will — removing the legal wall that kept independent agencies independent. one day later, the acting director of national intelligence, who has no intelligence background, dismissed dozens of career officials citing 'deep state' removal. two separate mechanisms — judicial and personnel — moved executive control over insulated institutions in the same 48 hours.

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