And there's only so much they can do. We've filed the lawsuits, and we are calling it out publicly. The GOP will not help us get rid of any of them. And we're holding up conformation hearings now. We're using the leverage we have.
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I'm pretty much stuck on the fact that if a judge issues an injunction and DHS, FBI and other security refuse to enforce it, what happens? The judiciary is separate to law enforcement by design. It relies on the FBI/DHS.
We impeached him twice the last time, and he wasn't convicted. The GOP won't even let it get to the floor for a vote to start the process this time. That's not a solution. If the GOP had convicted him of either impeachment last go round, we wouldn't be here now.
Can USAID be revived? Or will that need to wait until the 2026? Musk is also moving from organisation to organisation... He can lock workers out of their computers, shut down web sites, shut down office buildings, refuse to honour checks (? Treasury).
Maybe encourage Blue States to pass emergency legislation to stop sending federal income tax dollars to DC. Make them have to rely on 3 letter agencies they're dismantling. Guarantee if CA & VT rely least on Fed funding. We'll be happy to go back to sanity once we shore up all the loopholes.
Right. But if the IRS is dismantled, emergency legislation in CA to allow employers to stop the flow by not submitting payroll taxes to the feds. Maybe divert it to the state. These are extraordinary times. Thinking outside of how it
"normally" works.
Yes but we've found recently that in a coup, it is effectively very hard to enforce.
If the Executive wasn't dysfunctional, security should have physically stopped Musk from entering USAID and arrested him for trying to access Govt systems. Instead, they fired the guy whose job it was to stop Musk.
We can't violate the Constitution and expect to enforce it at the same time. No, 'blue states' shouldn't do illegal things just because TFG is a criminal. The idea is to save our democracy.
The current GOP doesn't care that everything that he's doing is illegal and/or unconstitutional. Their goal is to burn the Constitution to the ground. The GOP has been working toward this for over 40 years.
I guess it’s going to take Republicans’ parents’ social security payments being halted for them to do anything?! By then it will be too late. It may already be.
Of course it shouldn’t. But that seems to be the only time voters actually realize the truth and when they do, their congresspeople then realize Maine they won’t get elected again if they don’t do something about it. It takes too long though.
Conservatives' brains tend to have larger amygdalas and are driven by fear. Liberals tend to have a larger anterior cingulate cortex, which is the activity center for empathy in the brain. We're literally not the same.
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But then Hegseth can choose to ignore the impeachment.
Lots of theories floating from media/experts.
Money flows directly to the Fed level and the Fed decides which States get how much money through grants.
"normally" works.
If the Executive wasn't dysfunctional, security should have physically stopped Musk from entering USAID and arrested him for trying to access Govt systems. Instead, they fired the guy whose job it was to stop Musk.