Spyke
espentanreply
lemmy.world

I'm still beyond flabbergasted that a private citizen can just rummage around in American institutions, getting rid of anything he doesn't like.

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dhorkreply
lemmy.world

It's because the President is letting him do it. In many cases, he is exceeding what the President has the lawful authority to let him do, but Congress is also letting him do it.

It's bad enough that Congress is ceding its power to the Presidency, but even worse that they are both enabling this asshat.

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Em Adespotonreply
lemmy.ca

What we’ve found out is that it only takes two to collude. The court takes too long to deliberate, and by the time they reach a decision, the damage is done. AND they depend on the executive for enforcement.

The courts have said a bunch of stuff he’s done is illegal and must be reversed. He’s either ignored them or done the ketamine shuffle (modified his actions to accomplish the same thing without technically breaking the letter of the law).

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OpenStarsreply
piefed.social

And even if Congress were to impeach Trump, and let's say that they somehow threw in Vance and the entire administration along with him (not remotely feasible or legal btw), then the democratic will of the people would simply elect him in again, after first electing new Senators and Representatives to make that legal.

This is democracy in action: people elect their representatives, who then act as they best see fit to do, subject only to those existing checks and balances.

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floofloofreply
lemmy.ca

He has a lot of money, and everything's for sale in the USA.

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ExtremeDullardreply
lemmy.sdf.org

The bulk of the NSA's operations squarely target American citizen, violate their rights and are unconstitional. This is nothing new.

Also, if Reichsführer Musk's visit was so secret, how come we know about it? I call BS.

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dhorkreply
lemmy.world

Then again, the simple fact that the Wall Street Journal found about this "secret" meeting means that there are some people at our security agencies who understand the threat.

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barneypiccoloreply
lemm.ee

That would be too obvious. Hopefully, in a week or two, he'll be in one of his SwastiKKKars, and it will veer off a high overpass and crash in a fiery explosion into the traffic below.

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dotslashme
infosec.pub

It's so weird to me that to become president, you need to be born American, but apparently you can do whatever the hell you want if you're a south African moron with money.

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Venus_Ziegenfallereply
feddit.org

Imagine the things billionaires without a constant need for attention might have done without anyone finding out

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