How did you Americans allow any of this?
The voters chose it. Those that voted against it lost. The courts have superpowered the executive and he is taking full advantage of it. The system is working as designed.
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#32> On his personal Substack, he wrote an essay titled “Why I gave up a seven-figure salary to save America,” according to press reports, and described failed U.S. attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz, who withdrew from Congress amid allegations of sexual misconduct, as a “victim” of the deep state. The fact that nobody is stopping these people is the clearest evidence anyone needs that there's no such thing as "the dee…
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Trump is ignoring laws. Canning USAID is a great example. Ignoring background check processes is another.
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#33What’s even crazier is that the uniparty is like 2 issues away from restoring their kleptocratic stanglehold on the country.
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I think the sycophants cheering these moves on are so interesting. I have absolutely no sense that any of these changes are going to have meaningful positive impacts in my life. "We all benefit" in what sense? Aesthetically? What does USAID have to do with me? What positive impact will I see from banning the X gender marker? How do undocumented migrants affect my life negatively?
it's so easy to be cynical, how do you do it?
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#35How did you Americans allow any of this?
If you're from Europe... Look at your nationalist parties. It's pretty much the same thing.
If you're from anywhere else ... well, then it's really not surprising.
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#36> On his personal Substack, he wrote an essay titled “Why I gave up a seven-figure salary to save America,” according to press reports, and described failed U.S. attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz, who withdrew from Congress amid allegations of sexual misconduct, as a “victim” of the deep state. The fact that nobody is stopping these people is the clearest evidence anyone needs that there's no such thing as "the dee…
> I'm incredibly depressed and disillusioned to see fellow software engineers drinking the Kool-aid so deeply while they dismantle the US federal government. Please point to a single component of the US federal government in its founding document, the Constitution, that has received as much as a glance. The last century of cruft, corruptly driven by people not standing for election is where the action is found. $37T…
DOGE is not about waste, it's about continuing to bypass Congress and consolidate power in the executive branch.
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#37If this was happening under Obama’s tenure the headline would read something like “whip-smart youths revitalizing government by removing calcified waste!”
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#38> On his personal Substack, he wrote an essay titled “Why I gave up a seven-figure salary to save America,” according to press reports, and described failed U.S. attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz, who withdrew from Congress amid allegations of sexual misconduct, as a “victim” of the deep state. The fact that nobody is stopping these people is the clearest evidence anyone needs that there's no such thing as "the dee…
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So a review of at most millions warrants cancelling billions in the meantime that literally keeps people from dying?
Not a great indicator of how much you value human life there, buddy.
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#40How did you Americans allow any of this?
Some of us don’t agree with the rampant waste in our government. Some of us also don’t have faith that the system can fix itself without drastic measures like this. I’ll admit I’m wrong if and when it turns out that I am. Until then, I’m cheering it on.
And yet you allowed a grifter like Trump who bankrupted pretty much all his businesses to become President. Got it.