THEM

The People
Responsible.

Not "the administration." Not "Washington." These specific people, by name, and exactly what they did. Every card sourced. Every claim documented. The junk drawer is fully stocked.

The Principal
Donald Trump
47th President — Twice Impeached — Convicted Felon

34 felony convictions. Two impeachments. Liable for sexual abuse per federal jury. $2M charity fraud judgment. $25M Trump University settlement. 30,573 documented false or misleading claims. Currently defying 96+ court orders.

9 documented posts — search "trump" on /search
The Junk Drawer
Mike Johnson
Speaker of the House — Gavel Holder, Door Opener, Accountability Avoider

Trump threatened to wipe out a civilization. Democrats demanded Congress come back from recess. Johnson said nothing. His office didn't return comment requests from NPR, NBC, or TIME. He wasn't in Washington for the emergency session where Democrats tried to force a war powers vote. When asked about nation-building in Iran — the only thing he commented on — he said "that's not our responsibility." That was it. Zero hearings on an active war. Zero war powers votes allowed to pass. Zero public statements on the genocide threat. The Speaker of the House used the most powerful legislative gavel in America to hold the door open for one man.

JD Vance
Vice President — Led Iran War Diplomacy — Campaigned for Orbán During the War

Led the U.S. delegation to Islamabad for 21 hours of direct negotiations with Iran — the first face-to-face engagement since 1979. Left without a deal. Said Iran "chose not to accept our terms." Before the talks: flew to Hungary to campaign alongside Viktor Orbán — NATO's most Russia-friendly member — while the U.S. was at war in the Middle East. Said he found it "darkly ironic" that people accused him of foreign interference for endorsing Orbán. Also said the ceasefire was a "fragile truce" on the same day Trump was calling it a complete victory. Publicly contradicts his boss, then falls in line.

Karoline Leavitt
White House Press Secretary — Says the Quiet Parts Loud, Sometimes

Press secretary who confirmed NATO withdrawal is "something the president has discussed" when directly asked — then said it might come up in a meeting with NATO Secretary General Rutte "in a couple hours." When asked whether the draft could return amid the Iran war, said Trump "keeps his options on the table." Confirmed the White House sent staff a warning email about not making war-related prediction market bets — then claimed any suggestion of wrongdoing was "baseless." She doesn't lie as smoothly as the job demands, which is occasionally useful for the record.

Pam Bondi
Attorney General, Feb 2025–Apr 2026 — Fired for Insufficient Loyalty

Served 14 months as the 87th U.S. Attorney General before Trump fired her on April 2, 2026. Two reasons: she wasn't going after his political enemies aggressively enough, and her department botched the Jeffrey Epstein files release — publishing ~3 million documents with redaction errors that exposed abuse victims' identities. As Florida AG in 2013, her office received a $25,000 donation from the Trump Foundation shortly before declining to join a multistate Trump University investigation. She implemented Trump's DOJ purge, dropped charges against allies, and still got fired for not going far enough. Replaced by Trump's personal former criminal defense lawyer.

Todd Blanche
Acting Attorney General (Apr 2026–) — Trump's Personal Former Defense Lawyer — Closed the Epstein Case on Fox News

Now the top law enforcement officer in the United States. Previously spent years as Donald Trump's personal criminal defense attorney — representing him in the New York hush-money prosecution, the federal classified documents case, and the federal election obstruction case. Switched party registration from Democrat to Republican in 2024. Confirmed as Deputy AG in March 2025. Elevated to acting AG the moment Trump wanted someone more personally loyal running the Justice Department. On April 14, 2026, went on Fox News and declared the Epstein investigation closed: "We are not sitting on a single piece of paper." Zero new prosecutions have been filed. The same DOJ that blocked Bondi's congressional subpoena by name. This is not a coincidence. This is the point.

Elon Musk
DOGE Director — Unelected. Unconfirmed. Ungovernable.

Donated $290 million to get Trump elected. Was handed control of the federal government as a reward. Runs DOGE — a fake agency with no legal authority — while his companies (Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink) hold billions in federal contracts he is now in a position to influence. Fired 92,000 federal workers in a month. Cut USAID, killing disease programs. Gutted NOAA before hurricane season. Currently losing money for Tesla while crashing the stock 50%. The biggest conflict of interest in American political history, operating in the open.

Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense — Multiple Sexual Misconduct Allegations — Purging the Military Mid-War — Praying for Carnage at the Pentagon

Confirmed despite a documented alcohol problem and multiple sexual misconduct allegations. Shared classified Yemen attack plans on Signal with a magazine editor. Blocked promotions of Black and female officers. Bombed a dairy farm and posted the video. Fired the Army's Chief of Staff during an active war and replaced him with his personal former aide. And held a Christian worship service at the Pentagon during the Iran war, praying for "overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy" in the name of Jesus Christ. A lawsuit was filed. The Pope disagrees.

Betsy DeVos
Secretary of Education, 2017–2021 — Confirmed 51-50

Dismantled public education. Protected predatory for-profit colleges while Trump University had already paid $25M for identical fraud. Found in contempt of court for refusing to process student loan relief claims.

Bill Barr
Attorney General, 2019–2020 — Misrepresented Mueller Report

Sent Congress a four-page summary misrepresenting the Mueller Report. Mueller complained in writing. A federal judge later found Barr acted in bad faith. Intervened to reduce Roger Stone's sentence after Trump complained.

Stephen Miller
Senior Policy Advisor — Architect of Immigration Policy

Designed the family separation policy. Emailed with white nationalist websites. Southern Poverty Law Center published 900 of the emails. Architect of the Muslim ban, public charge rule, and second-term mass deportation operations.

Scott Pruitt
EPA Administrator, 2017–2018 — Resigned in Scandal

Resigned after 14 ethics investigations. Charged taxpayers for a $43,000 soundproof phone booth. Had aides use official time to find him a used mattress from a Trump hotel. Rolled back dozens of environmental rules before resigning in disgrace.

Ben Carson
HUD Secretary, 2017–2021

Spent $31,000 of HUD funds on a dining room set for his office. The legal limit was $5,000. The employee who objected was demoted.

The Enablers
Matt Gaetz
U.S. Representative, FL — Resigned Before Ethics Report Dropped

The House Ethics Committee investigated him for sex trafficking, illicit drug use, and sharing explicit images of women on the House floor. He resigned the day Trump nominated him for Attorney General — before the report dropped. It said investigators found "substantial evidence" he had sex with a 17-year-old. Trump's pick to run the Justice Department.

Rudy Giuliani
Personal Attorney — $148M Defamation Judgment — Law License Revoked

Ran the shadow foreign policy that led to Trump's first impeachment. Called for "trial by combat" on January 6 before the mob stormed the Capitol. Law license revoked in New York. Lost a $148 million defamation judgment for lying about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss on national television, destroying their lives. Filed for bankruptcy. Never apologized.

Mitch McConnell
Senate Majority/Minority Leader — SCOTUS Seat Thief

Stole a Supreme Court seat in 2016 by refusing to hold hearings for Merrick Garland. Blocked 100+ Obama judicial nominees. Voted to acquit Trump twice. Gave Trump three Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.

Mike Pence
Vice President, 2017–2021 — The Mob Chanted "Hang Mike Pence"

Trump pressured him for weeks to reject the certified electoral votes on January 6. Pence refused — correctly — because he had no legal authority to do it. Trump sent a mob to the Capitol that erected a gallows outside and chanted "Hang Mike Pence" while Pence was evacuated. Trump later said Pence "deserved" what happened. Pence's own Secret Service detail texted their families goodbye.

Marjorie Taylor Greene
U.S. Representative, Georgia — QAnon Endorser

Endorsed QAnon theories. Said school shootings were staged. Said California wildfires were caused by space lasers tied to a prominent Jewish family. Promoted 9/11 conspiracies. Called for the execution of Nancy Pelosi on social media. Stripped of committee assignments by her own party — then handed better ones when Republicans needed the votes.

Jim Jordan
U.S. Representative, Ohio — Speaker Attempt, 3 Failed Votes

177 athletes abused at Ohio State under coaches he supervised as wrestling coach. Jordan says he didn't know. Multiple athletes say he did. Failed three speaker votes. Now chairs the House Judiciary Committee overseeing DOJ investigations of Trump's opponents.

Ryan Zinke
Interior Secretary, 2017–2018 — Lied to Federal Investigators

Opened national monuments to drilling. Shrank Bears Ears by 85%. Was referred to the DOJ for lying to federal investigators about a land deal that benefited a company that had lobbied his department. Resigned under the weight of multiple ethics investigations. Returned to Congress in 2023 like none of it happened.

George Santos
U.S. Representative, NY-03 — Expelled 2023

Lied about every verifiable aspect of his biography. His college degrees, his Wall Street career, his grandmother fleeing the Holocaust, his properties, his finances. Republicans kept him for a year because they needed the vote. Expelled December 2023.

Steve Bannon
Chief Strategist, 2017 — "We Build the Wall" Fraud

Raised $25 million from Trump supporters to build the border wall. His team pocketed hundreds of thousands. Was indicted for fraud. Trump pardoned him on his last day in office. Now back as an informal second-term adviser. The grift is complete.

Kash Patel
FBI Director (Second Term) — Email Hacked by Iran

Confirmed as FBI Director. His personal email was immediately breached by Iran-linked hackers. The DOJ confirmed it. Running the nation's top law enforcement agency while his personal communications are compromised by a foreign adversary currently at war with the US.