The autonomy of universities is no longer recognized. ICE agents are now allowed to barge into places of worship. The nation’s boss man fires the management of a cherished cultural institution.

This is the second installment of my Trump Outrage Watch designed to help me (and you) keep track of his violations of the Constitution, laws, norms and ethics perpetrated at a mind-numbing pace.

If we are applying this to our current politics and culture, a finger is pointed at Trump, Musk, and all the other happy warriors of disruption, self-promotion, and cruelty.

Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are the Careless People who call to mind The Great Gatsby’s Tom and Daisy who “smash up things and creatures and then retreat back to their money and vast carelessness and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

A wealth of data shows how Trump’s flood of executive orders and appointments has created immediate confusion and chaos in delivering government services. But detailing that process demands a separate effort.

Constantine will be perfectly positioned to cover for, that is to protect, board members from criticism, from exposure of its failures (his included) to keep the agency out of trouble.