These people are so hopped up on a reject theory that'll provoke a POTUS v. SCOTUS constitutional crisis that they'd forfeit Congress's power of the purse rather than just pass a budget that sets spending ceilings for Trump and then approve his rescission requests for mandatory spending items. - ThreadSky

mikesacks.bsky.social • 7 days ago

These people are so hopped up on a reject theory that'll provoke a POTUS v. SCOTUS constitutional crisis that they'd forfeit Congress's power of the purse rather than just pass a budget that sets spending ceilings for Trump and then approve his rescission requests for mandatory spending items.

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deboradeibler.bsky.social•7 days ago

I mock and reject the Fox headline that begins, “Trump crafts plan…” He crafts nothing. He plans nothing.

tm71.bsky.social•6 days ago

True.

jwshikes.bsky.social•6 days ago

Folks in positions of authority need to figure out a way to stop this maddness before it is to late.

beagleantics.bsky.social•6 days ago

“Crafts,” my ass.

akma.bsky.social•6 days ago

Who could have foreseen…?

climbingivy72.bsky.social•6 days ago

You are not trustworthy if you think anything DJT does is good!!

youtackything.bsky.social•7 days ago

Roy can peddle bullshit like this to the press and the public, but judges will want to verify that the hammer actually got purchased.

mserinlloyd.bsky.social•7 days ago

Curious: didn’t Clinton try line item vetos — essentially saying “no, I disagree on this or that” — and it was held unconstitutional? Between that and the Nixon precedent, I don’t see a leg to stand on?

saltyginger.bsky.social•6 days ago

No leg to stand on only in a world where the scotus didn’t give the right to “rewards”, didn’t decide corporations are people, and didn’t give the president immunity.

mserinlloyd.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hard to argue with that point. I guess I haven’t adjusted to a legal world where up is down (unless dear leader says it’s not) and down is up (unless dear leader says it’s not).

saltyginger.bsky.social•3 days ago

For sure! It’s hard to let go of logic and reason and critical thinking even when the other side is following a cult.

m-east52.bsky.social•7 days ago

Now that the House is in recess, Trump will declare marshall law & seize total power.

charliemas.bsky.social•6 days ago

Well, then, here's an idea: How about the Congress vote to spend a quadrillion dollars on everything and just let the President spend whatever he wants.

Congress holds the power of the purse, and they can neither abdicate it to the executive nor can the executive usurp it.

mazerat.bsky.social•7 days ago

Have they started arguing for overturning Clinton v. New York yet?

chuckabear.bsky.social•6 days ago

We do not have the leaders who are willing to meet this moment. Remove Schumer as minority leader.

wharryman.bsky.social•7 days ago

this is the first step toward a modern version of the 1933 Enabling Act in Germany - #babyfuhrertrump wants to be a dictator like his idols, putin and hitler

tm71.bsky.social•6 days ago

He’s just the figurehead. There are hundreds of evil little Nazis pulling the strings. Steve Miller has been dreaming about all this terror and misery for decades.

bluememe.bsky.social•7 days ago

Führerprinzip.

virginiat.bsky.social•7 days ago

Thank you for reading that article so I didn’t have to give state media another view!

thedimpsler.bsky.social•6 days ago

I know it’s because they’re collaborationist Vichy fucks who want this all to happen so who cares but what fucking idiot said that their public facing reasoning should be that they hope the all-powerful partisan institution that’s something like 5/9ths handpicked by Trump would disagree with him?

mikesacks.bsky.social•7 days ago

Congressional Republicans are taking what could be a win-win for their institution and their policy preferences... https://bsky.app/profile/mikesacks.bsky.social/post/3licwmfrgd22q

heather-s.bsky.social•6 days ago

Their supporters don’t know the difference, and they’re banking on the fact that they can continue to manipulate their stupidity for the long term.

john-sv.bsky.social•6 days ago

tRump's handlers are crafting a bill....

sporkyreeve.bsky.social•7 days ago

I guarantee Trump had never heard of impoundment or the impoundment act until some 20-something FedSec bro told him it means "you get to do whatever you want"

penguins18.bsky.social•7 days ago

Congress does not require the President to buy a $400 hammer. But they do require the President to drive a nail.

daddythawne.bsky.social•6 days ago

benjaminthomas616.bsky.social•6 days ago

Good job, Chuck. Glad you held your ground.

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