worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.
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Will Stancil
Hearing that the DOGE chaos hurricane is hitting HUD soon, and the plan is to devastate federal housing funding. Let's be clear: this would cause a cascade of catastrophic impacts nationwide, shutting down housing and dumping families into the street.
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But it's still not the law. The apparatchiks at SCOTUS can ignore but not actually override the Constitution. And we must never forget that we are living through an interregnum.
This seems … significantly less constitutional.
matters to those that abide by the law. The Supremes already declared that Trump is above the law. Do you honestly believe anything the legal system does can stop him? He’s a lawless criminal in a multinational crime syndicate turning the US into a mafia state.
Trump slithered out of legal trouble by delaying. Buying time does matter.
Legality matters both now and later. Making sure people are aware of the illegality also matters.
Despite that, I'm not going to tell folks that pursuing justice is irrelevant, even if the odds are against complete success.
All this talk of DOGE saving so much money is misleading. Spending cuts must be enacted by Congress.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/johnson-congress-power-trump.html
I feel like the immunity case, as shitty as it was, has made people forget that Roberts and co. REALLY don’t like having their intelligence insulted
We have obviously entered the realm of the third world.
The law requires the governed to generally consent. With no consent and no enforcement...?
It's not for everyone, but I've been trying to recenter on the thought of *duty*
The burden is on the plaintiff.
Argue it here in public as you wish to argue everything.
at 1234.
The GOP will not impeach him.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5287863/who-enforces-judicial-rulings-against-the-president
That would be Pam Bondi.
Just sayin...
Ah well
Also-also worth reminding ourselves that this is not normal nor acceptable, lest we forget and start to accept this madness.
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/12/states-money-federal-government
That is the plan.
Do what they want as fast as possible.
Think Humpty Dumpty.
Now it's being drained! Taking every dime he can and he's hired Elon to drain our monetary provisions.
SO IT’S ALL GOOD IN THEIR EYES.
GROW A SPINE, Congress.
Each of Musks' domestic flights =6k-10k in fuel.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-wants-un-fire-nuclear-safety-workers-cant-figure-rcna192345
Stupid is as stupid does!
The fact that they're still doing it illegally anyway reveals that breaking the law is the actual goal.
And that should terrify EVERYONE.
Also that BS about stopping drugs from killing people and they stop D&A treatments funds. It’s like they want to wipe out more than half of America!
https://bsky.app/profile/riseandresist.bsky.social/post/3lieyqju4tc2b #StopTheCoup #Resist
HE had fired .. because he's 'such a genius'
Because nothing happens in a vacuum.
#CollapsingEmpire
The only other hope is that these illegal acts hurt red states enough for their ppl to raise a ruckus. I don’t want to see people suffer, but…
Feb 17, 2025
Tomorrow
12pm
@ your State Capitol/city hall/ town hall
"He who saves his country does not violate any law."
From https://KOIN.com
https://www.koin.com/news/politics/washingtons-hanford-site-bonneville-power-administration-sees-mass-firings-by-trump-admin/
Sure they can submit a motion, but it won't go anywhere. Republicans have all bent the knee and are lockstep in line with enabling this destruction.
Senate is just as bad, they're rubber stamping unqualified nominees.
The police seem to be in on it. The military doesn't care. The federal marshals are twiddling their thumbs.
Who's going to stop them?
Except anyone who voted for Trump. Everyone who voted for Trump, literally voted to take food out of the mouths of someone else's children. What you do to others, is a karmic petition for justice for it to happen to you.
And another thing.
How on Earth do they think all this will simply go down, get swallowed and that's it? Screwing literally tens of millions of folks does leave traces and get noticed, after all.
Dems are formulating their secret weapon. A strongly worded letter to be hand delivered while Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer lead a heartwarming rendition of Kumbaya, with Hakeem Jeffries injecting a chorus of 'Mega MAGA' in a perfect baritone.
It'll be so powerful!!
ain't holdin' my breath
Democrats saying essentially they have no recourse is not helping
There are two special elections to be held on April 1, 2025 in Florida.
FL1 - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gay-valimont
FL6 - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jweilfl6
NY21 will hold a special election but, when is unclear
https://blakegendebienforcongress.com/
STOP THE BELLINI MUSSOLINI!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonathankamens_around-50-us-digital-service-employees-activity-7296541591333203969-VCs2
Courts take too long
My attempts to change their thinking have failed miserably.
But oh, how I want to tell them, "you think it's bad now? just you wait henry higgins, just you wait!"
These people are going to learn the hard way.
The housing will be snapped up for profit. The poor will be put in camps. Yet another repeat of 1930s Germany.
"God helps those who help themselves" isn't anywhere, even the apocryphal version of the book. ...
Not enough people are upset about this!
We are a wealthy country. We can afford to care for our people.
But this is ALL for billionaires and corporations.
Obscene.
Since they're allowing people who'll blindly go along with Trump's orders, then sit by and only watch the deluge, legality is not much of a barrier.
they ARE unilaterally slashing appropriated funds & siphoning off million$ for themselves
you are in denial
Welcome to the new US government.
I believe that happened.
Why do you think the sources on the left haven't informed you of this?
Ask yourself why you are fed info like this, is it to make you look sane?
—inquisitr
Low wage jobs are becoming the norm which adversely impact the health of the economy.
Legality is only really applicable if there's a process of punishment and a system that can enforce that punishment
And in the US, that no longer seems to exist