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Post by InsideOutSanta » Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 1:05 PM UTC

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You forgot "wilfully letting go of democracy". US democracy is far away from dying, but who knows how much longer it can keep holding up.

It’s not far away from dying. I would argue that it’s already too late. The trump administration has shown that it can seize the power to control spending which is constitutionally an exclusive power if congress and courts can’t and won’t do anything about it. We are past a constitutional crisis, republicans had a theory of a unitary executive and prove they can stream roll other branches. Now trump and others are ta…

Post by clcaev » Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 1:10 PM UTC

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The executive power, as being laid out in the Constitution. Not all executive power. This is plainly clear by appointments requiring approval of the Senate. If the "executive branch" were meant to be a singular top-down command structure, then such approval (or ability to impeach) would not be required. This push for an authoritarian command structure is one pillar of what makes the term "fascist" appropriate. I was…

“The executive power” means “all the executive power,” in the same way “the judicial power” in Article III means “all the judicial power.” Or do you think the other branches can properly exercise some judicial power? Advice-and-consent isn’t an exercise of executive power, it’s a check on executive power, just like impeachment. Sure, Congress can change or clarify the mandate of an agency, and the President must go a…

Post by cinntaile » Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 1:12 PM UTC

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Populism requires that you're popular. Brexit clones were extremely popular for the right across Europe right up until Brexit actually happened, and then suddenly they all remembered they'd never wanted anything to do with such a stupid plan and began scrubbing praise for it from their materials, back to "reform" and tinkering at the edges. The trick is to be First. You can sell "Just do X and it'll be great" unless…

> until Brexit actually happened, and then suddenly they all remembered they'd never wanted anything to do with such a stupid plan Why is Brexit perceived so badly in the EU? Economically the UK has done about as well or better than the other big European economies.

Post by alabastervlog » Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 1:21 PM UTC

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He disavowed project 25, but it was written by all his inner circle, and he hired them into govt. So, if the voter believed him, well duh. Musk was a big part of the inner circle before the election. His track record is well known. In other words everything that is happening was predictable and predicted. Voters knew what they were voting for. Those who are surprised really weren't paying any attention.

Voters could not have known that Trump would make a concerted effort to do anything unconstitutional. This is nothing like he did his first term or any other Republican has ever done. He is going after departments that are conservative darlings like the Defense department. I can’t remember any serious person saying we need to cut spending and fire people at the FAA. If he had thought that voters wanted Project 2025,…

Post by tsimionescu » Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 1:36 PM UTC

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No, this is quite wrong. It is well understood in American law that "spend every dollar we give" is exactly what the budget approved by Congress means. It is then the duty of the executive branch to do so in an effective manner. Laws shouldn't need to go into details on exactly how every last dollar is to be spent, they set the amount and the goals, and the executive exists to handle the details. The problem is that…

I'd be very curious where in our laws it is written that congressional budgets must be spent in their entirety every year. I could just be wrong here, happy to learn something new. > Laws shouldn't need to go into details on exactly how every last dollar is to be spent. Laws should go into every detail that matters to those writing it. If all they care about is that the money is spent and that there's an agency with…