To the Editor:
In my long life of service to my community, I have never seen the outrageous, lawless, and anti-constitutional actions of Trump and his handlers – most egregiously, Elon Musk. These are a gang of thugs, shredding our government and our democracy in just a few short weeks. Musk’s chainsaw is an appropriate symbol of the destruction.
Congress has the sole constitutional authority to appropriate money and create or disband agencies. So far, Trump has unlawfully dismantled USAID, Voice of America, Institute of Museum and Library Services, US Interagency Council on Homelessness, to name a few. All of this is illegal.
The most troubling action, that will affect our children across our nation and here in Snohomish, is the threat to dismantle the Department of Education. Following the game plan elucidated in Project 2025, Trump has already slashed the Education Department’s workforce in half and cut $600 million in grants.
The Department of Education provides funds for school lunch programs, special ed programs, low-income school funding, school safety programs, and vocational training services in their portfolio of vital services. It’s like the billionaires vs. our children. Tyrants want us to be ignorant. Democracy needs education.
Trump was a convicted criminal before this last election and is now continuing to blatantly disregard the rule of law, while daring us to do something to stop this. We can stop this. We must stop this. We will speak up, stand up and go to the streets. It’s a time for courage and community. We are the people.
Karen Guzak
Snohomish
