'Slow Moving Coup': Outrage After Trump Quietly Fires State Department Inspector General Friday Night. "What checks and balances do we have left?"

reddit.com | https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/16/slow-moving-coup-outrage-after-trump-quietly-fires-state-department-inspector

Democrats launch inquiry into Trump firing of watchdog who was investigating Pompeo

reddit.com | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-steve-linick-firing-mike-pompeo-democrat-investigation-watchdog-a9518621.html

‘Trump Is Destroying Our Democracy’: Lawyers Outraged After Inspector General Axed Under Dark of Night

reddit.com | https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-is-destroying-our-democracy-lawyers-outraged-after-inspector-general-axed-under-dark-of-night/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

This viral video of Trump supporters screaming at a reporter is a Rorschach test of America right now

reddit.com | https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/politics/donald-trump-media-reporters/index.html

Rep. Justin Amash says he won’t run for president

reddit.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-justin-amash-says-he-wont-run-for-president/2020/05/16/17d5ccb0-979e-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html

The Trump administration has recently removed 4 inspectors general. Here are the ousted watchdogs

reddit.com | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/16/pompeos-firing-state-ig-linick-latest-removal-trump-admin/5206160002/

'Trump was basically the buyer and the seller' in almost $1 million of gov. transactions

reddit.com | https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-trump-was-basically-the-buyer-and-the-seller-in-almost-1-million-of-gov-transactions-83549765613

Obama says coronavirus has exposed lack of leadership in US

reddit.com | https://thehill.com/homenews/news/498158-obama-says-coronavirus-has-exposed-lack-of-leadership-in-us-during-virtual

Obama Says U.S. Lacks Leadership on Virus in Virtual Commencement Speech

reddit.com | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/barack-obama-2020-commencement-graduation-speech.html?referringSource=articleShare

White House says Trump fired State Dept. watchdog at Pompeo's request

reddit.com | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-whitehouse/white-house-says-trump-fired-state-dept-watchdog-at-pompeos-request-idUSKBN22S0VS?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29