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me, tbh

HAPPY MAR10 DAY to those that celebrate!

I don't think I've ever been more embarrassed as a citizen of the United States as I am today. The way trump and vance treated Zelenskyy today was absolutely inexcusable. #SlavaUkraini

Today started very well: the trump administration suffered three embarrassing legal battles in a span of just 90 minutes. That's gotta be some sort of record, right?

(full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgbH...)

You know who would make a great opponent to shady jady vance in 2028?

AOC

I like to pronounce DOGE as "dodgy" since it's more accurate and probably annoys elon and donald :D

the president in the form of an executive department instead of a Congressional office of the treasurer. Foolish and naive move on the part of the Congress. Hopefully that gets fixed in the future.)
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doesn't like money going to a particular department or cause, then he can ask the Congress to consider the matter.

(The main reason we are having this particular Constitutional crisis is because for some strange reason the Congress decided the purse it holds power over... should be tended to by
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balance in this matter.

And so, once a president has signed that bill into law, the spending directions and apportionments in that bill indeed has become the law of the land in spite of what any future presidents' opinions or persuasions may be on that matter. If any subsequent president
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will gently remind you: the check and balance here is that the Congress has the power of the purse, and if the president wishes to check and balance the Congress, he is free to do so with his veto pen when that bill reaches his desk. That's it. That's the extent of the president's check and
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Consequence of Appropriations made by Law".

This judge has taken a small step in the obviously correct direction--to rein in all of trump's and musk's criminal activities that clearly usurp the Congress's power of the purse.

And before anyone tries to bring "checks and balances" into this, I
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II, Section 2, Clause 2).

I would go a very reasonable step further and say the dodgy actions of trump and musk also violate the Congress's Power of the Purse as declared in the Constitution. Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 is very clear: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in
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A federal judge in Washington said the way the trump administration set up and has been running elon musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, which I enjoy pronouncing as "dodgy") could violate the Constitution, specifically the Appointments Clause of the Constitution (Article
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As we all know, @smith.senate.gov is not running for reelection. And it shows: she has no fucks left to give and has taken the gloves off. We need more politicians like her!

Looking at you, @amyklobuchar.com

Thank you @ilhanmn.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @pressley.house.gov etc for all you're doing! Politely requesting you submit bills that may not stand a chance of passage, but will force your gop colleagues to go on record voting against common sense & decency.

Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records after 19 states sue Trump administration New York Attorney General Letitia James said "this level of access for unauthorized individuals is unlawful, unprecedented, and unacceptable."

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/new...

I'm so glad Minnesota was one of the states that is suing the trump administration. Thank you @agellison.bsky.social for all that you're doing!

Oops!

So, the nazi billionaire CEO of the car company whose randomly exploding cars and shoddy artificial intelligence driving feature contributes to the highest fatality rate in the industry... is who you think will *improve* our aviation system?

Good.

Current mood. Yes, trump is still responsible for his actions, but Congress passing the buck is a huge reason why he's able to do those things.

Happy Black History Month! The hallmark of a great society is one that values and celebrates the Diversity of its people, strives to achieve and maintain Equity among its people, and defends and protects the Inclusion of all its people. These tenets stand against the enemies of liberty and justice.

Dang. I need to make this kind of money.

This makes total sense, tbh

Honey, it's never gonna be clear. That's the magic of using drugs.

Ope!

No shit, Sherlock.