Even when they rule against him, he’s just ignoring them. Bc the only person who can enforce court orders are U.S. Marshals, who operate on orders from the attorney general - a Trump appointee and loyalist.
How is that? He doesn't have the legal or constitutional authority to tear apart an agency created by Congress? I mean, can a lawyer explain how that's a valid order that aligns with the law?
Challenging authority is about more than rejecting the principles that particular authorities are enforcing. To challenge authority, you have to challenge the construction of institutionalized power differentials---the rationalizations, the indoctrination that perpetuates acceptance of inequality
Democrats have severely underestimated President Trump. Do they honestly think he would be doing any of this if he didn't think it would hold up legally? He's not stupid. Nor are his advisors. Keep underestimating him, keep getting embarrassed.
This has nothing to do with underestimating President Trump. He is terminally stupid and incurious. However, the people behind him and this whole technofascist coup, like Vought, Thiel, Andreessen and Musk, are not stupid. Nevertheless, much of their agenda would not hold up — they do not care!
He just made it easier for when many of us begin to flee these shores wholesale, for us tobe labeled illegal aliens and deported from many lands with impunity.
1/ #IRS is a #PROFITCENTER for USA govt.
2/ to fire 6,700 staff
3/ during tax season
4/ when they've been short staff for the last 15yrs
5/ only rationale is to let the rich NOT be audited & taxes NOT collected.
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Apparently the judge is saying there will be no irreparable harm to our country’s democratic institutions to let the case play out over years in the the court/appellate process. Very narrow construct of irreparable harm and an easy out for the judge-harm to USAID workers & fund recipients be damned.
The plaintiffs didn’t show… WTAF? Besides personal injury for employees of USAID hasn’t anyone brought up the fact that Congress had already appropriated and obligated the funds involved?
“Suffer Irreparably harm”. Fucking thousands will die before this month is over. Do the lawyers need to pile up the bodies in the court room for them to understand this.
Primary concern is we have stranded american citizens and their families all over the world with no money, support, way to leave, or anything to come back to in the states to restart their lives
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Bad guys don't help people.
Get used to it.
When 47 declares martial law, this is what we do folks
Mafia 47
2/ to fire 6,700 staff
3/ during tax season
4/ when they've been short staff for the last 15yrs
5/ only rationale is to let the rich NOT be audited & taxes NOT collected.
@rbreich.bsky.social
This is just one area of USAID’s work around the world. There are *loads* of others.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/hiv-drugs-usaid-cuts-trump-b2697568.html
"It's merely a flesh wound." - The soon-to-be ex-Black Knight.