1. Trump and his budget chief that they believe they do not have to spend money Congress appropriates. 2. Promise a massive screening of appropriated spending to new, political criteria that do not exist in law. 3. Capture machinery for controlling flow of money. Pretty clear where this is going. - ThreadSky

donmoyn.bsky.social • 33 days ago

1. Trump and his budget chief that they believe they do not have to spend money Congress appropriates.
2. Promise a massive screening of appropriated spending to new, political criteria that do not exist in law.
3. Capture machinery for controlling flow of money.

Pretty clear where this is going.

Reposted from Greg Sargent

I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:

newrepublic.com/article/1910...

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luccidog.bsky.social•32 days ago

THIS NEEDS TO GO VIRAL: The goal of 2025 (read it) is to destroy the economy and create total chaos - civil war if needed. They then institute Marshall law, and DJT becomes king.
These appointments are not there to help but there to not resist.
It's that fucking simple.

rileywest.bsky.social•33 days ago

Our grandkids will never believe that the USD - not the Yuan - was once the global reserve currency. 😂

bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social•33 days ago

Full on coup

princeygold.bsky.social•33 days ago

This is too much.

kyleshivers.bsky.social•33 days ago

And congress is sitting on their hands

natslady.bsky.social•33 days ago

Actually worse. They have deserted and gone home

climatemd.bsky.social•32 days ago

Trump and Musk are making the phrase “backed by the full faith and credit of the US government” a meaningless joke.

donmoyn.bsky.social•33 days ago

The president does not have the constitutional power to withhold funds. He cannot shut down agencies. He does not have the power to engage in mass purges of employees.

They can stop payments, salaries, and lock employees out - but they are violating the law.

https://bsky.app/profile/erinsnider.bsky.social/post/3lh3bybvsq22t

bamsbakedbeans.bsky.social•33 days ago

Evergreen

ciaojude.bsky.social•33 days ago

True BUT …. Possession is 9/10 of the law, and right now Elon & his minions have physical control of the buttons that control who & what gets paid.

mitycheese.bsky.social•33 days ago

Aren't a lot of Federal employees unionized? Where are the union leaders?

riftvalleyco.bsky.social•33 days ago

Who’s gonna check ‘em boo?!

jpacek.bsky.social•33 days ago

I'm sure the President and the rest of the Executive Branch will get right on the task of enforcing that law. /s

(I'm as horrified as you are!)

crunchyfishtaco.bsky.social•33 days ago

I guess this is someone’s American dream. Hopefully it only lasts 206 more weeks and the country survives.

Pretty damn discouraging from where I sit tonight, though.

janespane.bsky.social•33 days ago

Who will enforce the law?

jenniferholton7.bsky.social•33 days ago

Been wondering all night: who does the military answer to if the executive is ordered by the judiciary to cease illegal/unconstitutional acts and the executive persists?

jenniferholton7.bsky.social•33 days ago

Is there any mechanism for compelling compliance? If so, who would be responsible for flipping that switch?

chaoticrespite.bsky.social•33 days ago

Maybe someone needs to remind Musk that he, too, lacks the legal authority. Remind them ALL, with extreme prejudice.

dearzeus.gay•33 days ago

Truly wish that meant literally anything.

bertsayswoof.bsky.social•33 days ago

The president is above the law.

alexrolfe.bsky.social•33 days ago

Right and the remedy is impeachment and that will never happen.

lettersfromthewasteland.org•33 days ago

All of which is impeachable, but the Founders didn't expect to have a majority of Congress long for a king.

Oops.

morrellk.bsky.social•33 days ago

This all drives me nuts, but might be more effective to publicize pictures of starving kids or other direct impact than to talk about what is legal

pcccar.bsky.social•33 days ago

That may be true but your nuts if you think that what EloNAZI has done by installing his own hard drives doesn't fuck the entire system up. well you go on living in make believe land

roguemonk.bsky.social•33 days ago

The last demagogue cost 60 million lives in the 1930s-40s. Let’s not wait for this guy to consolidate power!

lousyblueheron.bsky.social•33 days ago

You mention violating the law…
Just think about that contextually for a few moments.

diancallaghan.bsky.social•32 days ago

Ok, but who’s going to enforce the law? DOJ?FBI? Doubtful. It feels like the levers of government are in the hands of a lawless madman.

mmorgenschoen.bsky.social•33 days ago

the problem is clearer when phrasing it the other way round: they are violating the law – but they can stop payments, salaries, and lock employees out.

aotearoa-nz.bsky.social•33 days ago

"You can't do that!" - the four words that stop dictators in their tracks, guaranteed, every time.

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