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> I don't see anything that lends credence to the idea that Congress can control the workings of executive departments. Along with what others have said, you might want to recogniz…

yes.

Friend, I think I see your concern, and I may have an answer. Most of the bureaucracy is apolitical. However, the heads and higher-ups of each agency are appointed by the currently…

> But our government doesn’t have independent branches. In theory it does, that is the whole idea and genius of the constitution. In fact at the moment it does not, because Trump h…

The first sentence of the article: this alarming trend seems to coincide with DOGE’s unrestricted access to federal networks. the first 2 paragraphs: Beginning on January 8, 2025, …

Going to defend dang here. These posts have a high political index, which given America's current culture wars tends to bring out the kind of behavior which none of us want on HN. …

yeah, the claim that the bureaucracy is the thing that is broken-- can we look at a few things? Every time the administration changes, the heads of all the departments change, and …

By "thought crimes", would you mean firing people for holding positions responsible for DEI policies which were assigned to them and which there was a legal obligation to enforce? …

I respect that you have been a HN member since 2016, making it unlikely that this is a troll account. However, your views read like propaganda. The "internal resistance" you refer …

Oh, really? Given that USAID is investigating Starlink? https://oig.usaid.gov/node/6814 Going after the Treasury, given that X is moving into finance? https://fortune.com/2025/02/1…

pro tip: an insider action does count as a cyberattack. Your first argument is nonsensical. re: mandate to audit government. If this was a serious audit, then DOGE would have put s…

Shutting down every agency that is investigating his companies is "shits-n-giggles"? Tesla's valuation is 10x the rest of the Magnificent 7, obviously investors think his ties to g…

also, many of musk's actions are illegal. Which means he is now owned by Trump. Play nice or go to jail. For a long time.

> that people feel like any bump on the road of life risks turning into a complete derailment. Maybe because in many ways it can be? Unexpected medical condition -> crushing debt P…

not a counterfactual. "fish" was a legal definition which allowed hunting.

> remedy for all the cases will be to buy $25 million TRUMPCOIN There, fixed it for you

Or you can dig into the details, as Politico did https://www.politico.eu/article/cancer-europe-america-compar... and found: The reason the U.S.’s strong performance on cancer comes…

was Moldavia included in the grandparent's comment on labor laws? re: cancer survival. Are you referring to this work from 2020, showing that the US has more cancer than the EU, ev…

We knew about climate change in the 1880s. There, fixed it for you.

> the government can be a penalty condition in the objective function, and recently it's effect has been almost completely eclipsed by the near term gains. You are forgetting about…

Um, no. The three-fifths compromise was to reduce the power of the Southern states in the House of Representatives. The southern states wanted slaves counted in their population, t…

Let's put it this way. The fear is someone hiding in the shadows to jump a person, and then dragging the victim back into the shadows. Bright lights on the street create more shado…

> except some joggers have lights attached to their clothing but that's just so others can see them better. Yes, generally the purpose of the light is so others can see you. My god…

> Carry their own torch You state this like it is a bad idea. If you have a cell phone, you have a torch. If you are walking in a place where there are cars, having a light on you …

I suspect your terror comes from lack of familiarity with natural light outdoors, and is a product of always having the lights on plus not being out of a house often. The night is …