Trump's pause on tens of billions of dollars in federal spending is plainly illegal. But his real goal isn't to shrink government. It's to get the Supreme Court to concentrate even more power in his hands. - ThreadSky

rbreich.bsky.social • 40 days ago

Trump's pause on tens of billions of dollars in federal spending is plainly illegal.

But his real goal isn't to shrink government. It's to get the Supreme Court to concentrate even more power in his hands.

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jimmon87.bsky.social•40 days ago

jadeape.bsky.social•40 days ago

Let's hold a Federal impeachment tri...

Oh wait we already tried that 😒

zabroglexis.bsky.social•40 days ago

Putting all the power into one person's hands kind of IS shrinking the government though. By a lot actually.

therealmikedill.bsky.social•40 days ago

Can you imagine how incensed all these Republican snowflakes would be if it was Biden doing the same crazy things Cheeto jeebus is doing? They be screaming and slapping their wives around...

testeria.bsky.social•39 days ago

It is not just Trump, it is REPUBLICANS.

Don't let them get away with this, there is election in 2026.

shaduck007.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpHIKB8FYdk

shaduck007.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbtJ04PIy7g

hpvpaul2.bsky.social•39 days ago

Everything this administration and his advisers do just confirms that the rich only see the rest of us as a commodity to be used and thrown out when empty.
#pitchforksandtorches

stater36.bsky.social•40 days ago

What can the people do about it?? They seem to be on their own, with very few vocalising even less to none coming up or organising a way to get out & make their voices heard. Social media is a good start, but where are the protests in the streets to defend, protect democracy & immigrants' rights??

kcbgelston.bsky.social•40 days ago

Can the Supreme Court ignore the Constitution?

veerbal.bsky.social•39 days ago

Why do you keep talking about Republicans and the Rich as one in the same? How many Republican voters are rich? Certainly not the majority right?

tjlang.bsky.social•40 days ago

It's obvious that he/they knows he/they can't stop current programs through the normal process. So enter the anointed authoritarian who tries to changes things by fiat. The wave of one of those tiny hands.

tjlang.bsky.social•40 days ago

Indeed, he's not concerned about acheiving small government or even draining the "swamp." Just wants government levers to do the things he wants, and then declare to his faithful that he has acheived great things, when he's actually shifted government elsewhere (military, big business subsidies...

tjlang.bsky.social•40 days ago

...and tax breaks for the super wealthy class) and made life harder for 99% of people, including many of his followers. He's not an ideologue (ideas are anathema to him), but a pragmatist with really awful, selfish, class-oriented values, and relies on thuggish notions of tough guy ethics.

ctryoverparty123.bsky.social•39 days ago

Please, please, PLEASE analyze and talk about the impact of the revocation of Chevron deference. Because of this, no agency can issue new policies/guidelines/standards without going through the courts. Folks are missing this powerful irony. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS!!!!!!!!!!

usasunder.bsky.social•40 days ago

He's POTUS now so these are "official acts", hasn't the Supreme Court essentially allready ruled it can't be illegal?

the-dude-abides.bsky.social•40 days ago

And its still happening.

subhoney.bsky.social•40 days ago

Lock him up

deborahdavis.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think Roberts and Barrett will side with Liberals 5 to 4. He is gone too far

hazmatcorntail.bsky.social•40 days ago

I was talking about this with a coworker earlier. These orders and moves are all about inevitably getting approval from SCOTUS when challenged in court. There an obvious long game here.

leewetmore.bsky.social•40 days ago

This couldn’t be more obvious. All these executive orders, bypassing a Congress controlled by Republicans.

daglock.bsky.social•40 days ago

No, it's about breaking the U.S. Constitution and creating a new constitutional structure for an xtian nationalist autocracy.

shodablu1.bsky.social•40 days ago

🤬🤬🤬

eddie0028.bsky.social•40 days ago

Can gun seizures be very far away?

He suggested doing that after #Parkland

crusaderproject.bsky.social•40 days ago

Someone gets it. It’s amazing how many people are excited about the judge staying the order. That’s the bare minimum, legally, and won’t make a practical difference.

richjvann.bsky.social•40 days ago

Go monarchy!

carrotsoup.bsky.social•40 days ago

Scary stuff!

eeesq.bsky.social•40 days ago

If the crisis is big enough, and he can provoke civil disobedience we are going to see him invoke martial law.

dhastings437.bsky.social•40 days ago

The Supreme Court is anti-democratic and was created to be.
The "Founding Fathers" were fans of the European Enlightenment (That's where the good stuff in the constitution
came from) but they were also wealthy land owners, that's where SCOTUS and the Electoral College came from

crazyhammer.bsky.social•40 days ago

Do you not think the federal government needs to shrink? I didn’t think so, you’re part of the problem.

moosemonster31.bsky.social•40 days ago

Not to engage, but go back under your rock at Twitter

cooperatives.bsky.social•40 days ago

Dictator.

kay-bat.bsky.social•40 days ago

They need to Impeach him!

stephaniea2025.bsky.social•40 days ago

And the will.

jlynn22.bsky.social•40 days ago

What can be done to stop this

randyc25.bsky.social•40 days ago

Daring the Dems to sue - Inviting SCOTUS to step in

rlritt1770.bsky.social•40 days ago

Trump owns the Supreme Court lock, stock and barrel. He didn't think this up himself. Far right forces have had this mapped out for years. Using Trump, who only cares about getting rich and being on stage, as their weapon.

victor-laszlo.bsky.social•40 days ago

wat3rm370n.bsky.social•39 days ago

For a party that opposes communism they sure seem keen on totalitarian central planning.

mwc123456.bsky.social•39 days ago

This should stand up on appeal until it gets to the Supreme Court. Then democracy will be hanging on a a very thin thread depending on Roberts and Barrett. Nothing to be sanguine about!

ctgrammy.bsky.social•39 days ago

When will we start calling this the John Robert's administration?

razmetaz.bsky.social•40 days ago

This outcome is what he's angling for. You always have to look for the long term outcome rather than the direct result of any action

corylanterman.bsky.social•40 days ago

Canada is targeted by Trump's revenge by a 25% TARIFFS as he was sued in a civil action by Canadian investors for alleged Fraud on Toronto Trump Towers and Vancouver Trump Towers. The lawsuit disappeared when he was in office last time around. Obviously, an out of court settlement deal for silence.

hubertl75.bsky.social•40 days ago

Trump is a terrorist.

He is terrorizing America.
He is terrorizing Americans.

He is trying to terrorize the rest of the world too.

That world is seeking a non-terrorist ally and that means the world is out of balance and in danger.

Trump is making the world unsafe.

lizafella.bsky.social•40 days ago

It's the Kremlin's long-time goal.

irunwithscissors.bsky.social•40 days ago

It’s not just trump. It’s the entire goal of the GOP and it began with Reagan.

bartfree.bsky.social•40 days ago

I hope after the bribery of Citizens United, the tragedy of Dobbs, the criminality of Trump Vs. U.S. SCOTUS will uphold the Impound Act.

scotsandlit.bsky.social•39 days ago

But Elon wants to control the taxes and funding to every American citizen and thinks he can bring the deficit down? Is this just his way to gain power even though he knows Trump will make it worse?

Is Elon being truthful and lawful?

brewsfan1.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is it. He knows all this crazy shit will end up in the courts and will end up at the supreme court. If they rule against he will keep trying but if they rule for any of these...king trump. The ultimate throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks.

bxrlvr.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-f9948b9996c0ca971f0065fac85737ce?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

fenraven.bsky.social•40 days ago

It's about giving his billionaire buddies that tax cut!

mjoregon.bsky.social•40 days ago

The court sold out the nation for kickbacks. They’ll go down in history as a primary instrument in the collapse of democracy in America.

shawnhcorey.bsky.social•39 days ago

Let's give the president sweeping immunity. #WhatCouldGoWrong?

random-mozart.bsky.social•40 days ago

Centralizing power within the Presidency was another part of Project 2021.

4realtatica.bsky.social•40 days ago

It is clearly illegal. The purse has always belonged to Congress. We should give trump a well-earned straight jacket and gag, instead.

vlipman.bsky.social•40 days ago

Other than the need to respond quickly militarily, why does a president need so much power? It just sets the table for abuses & corruption (as we are seeing). Who needs an 'imperial presidency'?
Make lying wrong again.

nnicola.bsky.social•40 days ago

The pause in Federal spending is also a deliberate attempt to create confusion and chaos. Trump thrives on creating complete chaos, then telling the electorate that the Federal Government doesn’t work and only he can fix it. Authoritarian governments thrive on creating chaos.

princesssmartass.bsky.social•40 days ago

Plus to remind us all and his bloated orange ego who is in charge.

yrrej1.bsky.social•40 days ago

Seemed to me the President has always had too much power.

mloster.bsky.social•40 days ago

Dems need to sh*t or get off the pot! Impeach his *ss! This is the second blatantly illegal action he's taken. Yes, I know it will fail, but, that's not the point of doing it!!!!!!!!!!!

fonzierileymom.bsky.social•39 days ago

Call your congressperson - I just did

dcnoyes.bsky.social•40 days ago

Speaker Johnson wears his Christianity like a badge of honor, a badge that, in blindly supporting the president' cruel agenda, he does not honor.

charente.bsky.social•40 days ago

How many bills have been passed by the new Congress? Trump will try to sideline or even abolish Congress, he doesn't need them. Rule by decree is here.

lucyksy.bsky.social•40 days ago

They were the ones who anointed him king.

sueramey.bsky.social•40 days ago

There should be a pause in salaries and expense accounts for GOP Congress persons and all cabinet members and their staff until we can determine if they're worth their cost. They shouldn't object since they're supporting these pauses which affect their constituents. Equal treatment of all.

effle.bsky.social•40 days ago

The only logical outcome when the Executive Branch doesn’t meet its Constitutional mandate to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” is for Congress to ensure it instead. The long held GOP desire to concentrate power in the Executive Branch should be met with firm resistance by Congress.

effle.bsky.social•40 days ago

No matter your party, if you’re in Congress, he’s trying to invalidate your role as outlined in the Constitution. Hang together or you’ll surely hang individually. “The Executive Branch… duty to align Federal spending and action as expressed through Presidential priorities” is not a thing. At all.

janet77.bsky.social•40 days ago

I think he's looking for leverage over the Democrats in order to raise the debt ceiling

angelalarita.bsky.social•40 days ago

Stephen Miller just admitted on CNN that the Trump administration will be purging US government because the majority of its employees are left leaning. Of course the media is acting like this is just another Tuesday.

rlritt1770.bsky.social•40 days ago

Why not say or outlook. Nothing can be done about it.

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