There are quite a few ways to describe what we’re living through right now: a coup, a fascist takeover, a nightmare. But one way to see it is as a series of gleeful violations of consent, courtesy of some of the worst people in the world.
Did any of us consent to having the current regime allegedly rummaging around in the databases belonging to the Treasury Department — you know, the people we pay our taxes to? I doubt it. Without the permission of Congress or much of the populace, whole departments and divisions of the government are being shut down. The autonomy of all kinds of people, especially trans folks, is being targeted in ever more cruel ways daily.
