TTT LIVE: Supreme Court Greenlights Trump's Mass Federal Purge

Supreme Court Enables Authoritarian Workforce TransformationThe Supreme Court has lifted the last judicial barrier preventing Trump from executing the largest federal workforce reduction in modern American history. Thanks for reading Narativ with Zev Shalev ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Also, you can now become a paid subscriber at our special 35% off our annual rate and keep that rate FOREVER! It’s our best rate and it’s available to you right now.Hundreds of thousands of career civil servants who took oaths to the Constitution—not to Trump—are being systematically purged and replaced with loyalists who must pass ideological purity tests. From Parks Department employees to intelligence analysts, new hires face loyalty exams requiring allegiance to Trump's extremist agenda. This represents the classic authoritarian playbook: eliminate institutional knowledge and independent judgment, replace with obedient functionaries who will carry out illegal orders without question. The purge isn't about efficiency—it's about consolidating power through total bureaucratic capture.FBI Weaponized Against Trump's Russia InvestigatorsThe administration has launched criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, the very officials who exposed Trump's Russia connections in 2016. This represents Trump's most direct use of federal law enforcement against intelligence professionals who did their jobs during an unprecedented foreign attack on American democracy. While Trump attempted similar retribution during his first term, career officials refused to break the law. Now, with his army of yes-men installed, Trump finally has the corrupt apparatus needed to prosecute his enemies. The timing reveals the strategy: distract from current scandals by relitigating past investigations that documented his treasonous behavior.Democrats Push Back on ICE's Kidnapping TacticsSenators Alex Padilla and Cory Booker have introduced the VISIBLE Act to ban ICE and DHS agents from wearing masks or concealing badge numbers during immigration raids. The legislation responds to reports of unidentified federal agents in unmarked vehicles literally disappearing people—tactics indistinguishable from kidnapping. The security implications are staggering: criminals are now impersonating ICE agents to commit sexual assaults and actual kidnappings, exploiting the administration's deliberate creation of anonymous enforcement squads. Even the FBI presents identification before speaking to suspects, yet ICE operates like death squads in authoritarian regimes. With Trump expanding this force to 17,000 agents, America faces the prospect of thousands of unaccountable operatives roaming the streets.Foreign Policy Chaos Leaves Americans as HostagesA prisoner exchange to free 11 Americans from Venezuela collapsed due to competing negotiations between Marco Rubio and Richard Grenell, both claiming to represent Trump. While Rubio pursued a straightforward prisoner swap for 250 detained Venezuelans, Grenell simultaneously offered separate terms involving Chevron oil concessions. The Venezuelan government, unable to determine who actually spoke for America, walked away from both deals. American hostages remain imprisoned because Trump's administration is too incompetent to coordinate basic diplomacy. The episode reveals dangerous command structure failures where multiple officials conduct freelance foreign policy without presidential oversight—assuming Trump isn't secretly orchestrating the chaos.Corruption on Full Display at Trump TowerFIFA has opened new offices in Trump Tower, with the organization's president praising Trump's support ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Trump will attend Sunday's Club World Cup final as FIFA's trophy sits display