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Welcome to America, Interrupted. Attorney, recovering political obsessive prone to relapse, baseball fanatic, 80s music lover, Gen-Xer, husband and dad from NJ. 🌊 🚫DMs
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60 to withstand a filibuster
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100%
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Same
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You know how many Democratic “rebuilds” I’ve been through? I only look young. Lol I would never disagree w any of these ideas I’m just at the point where touching the hot stove is the best teacher.
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👍☮️
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Amen. I’ll lecture them later if we get out of this.
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Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 to be precise.
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Unconstitutional. Like the Governor said: “See you in court.”
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People need a backbone with this guy - he works for us. The parchment says “We the people…” not “I, the President.”
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I actually thought of that - but thought of it in the context of - If Trump starts disobeying court orders and the rule of law is irrelevant what good are taxes in that kind of a society?
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People need a backbone with this guy - he works for us. The parchment says “We the people…” not “I, the President.”
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I might have yelled back: “Just do your job & get the tax refunds out and the SS checks delivered, Mr. President.”
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You could do that - I’m not sure if it breaks through but no harm in trying. I think what breaks through is people being affected. That’s how Americans are sadly.
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West Virginia 2024 presidential: Trump 69% Harris 28% I’m not from WV, but I know how I voted. That caller can thank her neighbors.
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I expect the Feb jobs report to be down from January but not atrocious. The big blows will occur with the March jobs report and the GDP number for the 1st Q.
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I thought it was just me. Holy cow. Seems like he may be self destructing.
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I think any press conference now provides a false sense of doing something . They won’t break through I don’t care who gives it. People don’t want to hear this but I think what’s being done is fine. Bury them in lawsuits, let the public see what’s happening for themselves l, make them govern.
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The answer on the tax bill is so easy even your average member of Congress can answer that- lol
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“Why won’t you vote to raise the debt ceiling and pay America’s creditors?” Answer: “Raising the debt ceiling goes to providing billionaires a massive tax cut which they do not need.”
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Here’s how to respond to the Beltway press corps: “Why won’t you vote to fund the government?” Answer: “Why would I vote to fund a government that redistributes income from working Americans to billionaires?”
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I believe Democrats must be steadfast & stick together and vote “NO” on all this stuff even on the debt ceiling which is a stupid legal fiction. Vote NO.
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If didn’t vote, sat out and think it wasn’t important enough, or it didn’t affect you… In the words of the Canadian band Rush: “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” You indirectly assisted, that’s not vote shaming - that’s just a fact. Maybe one you don’t like, but a fact.
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Took the words right out of my mouth. Good thing my kids are older now bc I’m swearing a lot more. My wife still yells at me.
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Yup.
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Everything’s relative but when you’ve been spoiled so long you don’t realize you’re spoiled it becomes “normal” and people have no patience and believe government is there to be one big customer service operation.
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Your friends, neighbors and family unfortunately. Mine too.
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He’s the president don’t you know?
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That’s the kind of logic we can’t have
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Yes but at some point for people who are not in their cult that gets old. If Trump had a mandate for anything it was turn the economy around which in the average Americans’ minds is misguided but simply make things affordable.
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It’s better and will get more publicity when they take the House back to introduce that and force the Senate to address it. I’m confident there will be a package similar to when the government gets funded after a shutdown
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I’d love for one Member of Congress to get up there and tell Trump he works for Congress - but that’s a different story.
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In terms of cost, the Post Office costs the taxpayers $5B - it costs $90B to operate and generates $85B in fees. But Congress can alter or modify or eliminate it if it chooses to.
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These people wouldn’t pass a 6th grade civics test. The most powerful branch is Congress because it is ARTICLE I. If you think back to your Colonial history, the government starts w the Continental Congress - the POTUS works for us, through the Congress not the other way around.
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The post office is distinct from let’s say the Dept of Transportation which is not mentioned in the Constitution and is a creature of Article II. The post office being specifically mentioned in Art I is a “constitutional agency” and only Congress can alter it.
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Unconstitutional Article 1 Section 8 Clause 7 Postal authority is Congress’ power, only they can choose to eliminate or privatize the postal service. It is distinctly an article 1 creation and thus is different than say, the Dept of Transportation.