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Why aren’t we able to remove presidents who violate their oath of office? apple.news/A2UIpi9JkRcq...

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Grassley and other senators introduced legislation to revoke tariffs that aren’t approved by Congress within 60 days. They have been asleep while Trump has torn up the constitution, and seem to have no inkling of his strategies. He will simply create the same tariff every 60 days.

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Trump harmed the world by imposing import taxes. But at least he spared his closest ally Putin. Russia “somehow” escaped these taxes.

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Musk is a lightning rod for protests. But what happens when he steps down and DOGE is still illegally shutting down departments and firing people? Do the protests lose steam, continue to protest Musk even though he is gone, or transform? Seems to me the real problem is Trump granting illegal powers

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Let’s pretend Trump’s intention with tariffs is to increase manufacturing in the US, the opposite of his first term. Foreign firms will only build plants here if they are certain it will benefit them long term. Trump’s herky, jerky chaos delivers anything but certainty. Few will want to build here.

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Presidents don’t have line item veto power. But even if they did, once a law is passed, they are duty bound to enforce it. Congress has budgeted numerous organizations, and presidents have signed those budgets into law. By unilaterally defunding them, he is violating the constitution and his oath.

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To say Trump is mismanaging America’s economy would be a bigly understatement. As would saying Trump is using the Office of the Presidency for his own sadistic pleasure.

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Navarro said the soundbite about Trump running for a third term is a plant to distract the media from focusing on “how incompetent and reckless his national security team is.” She called him the distraction-in-chief. YES. News media is maybe picking up that they can’t allow him distract them.

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"You're talking about Putin, I don't think he's going to go back on his word." —Trump I guess Trump’s boss Putin warned him to dial back his blustering during their nightly call.

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Trump ordered “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology from the Smithsonian and its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.” But wait. Didn’t he also order anti-American statues to be put back up again? The goon can’t make up his darn mind.

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Trump has spent $26 million tax payer dollars in his first two months. I say cut the blimp, er, I mean bloat.

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“if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,” —Trump I call BS. From past reporting on their conversations, my bet is Putin told Trump, during one of their nightly calls, to say this so MAGAts can claim he is tough on Putin.

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A lot of people are concerned about Trump having a third term. I’m not. His health is too poor; I estimate he has less than a 1% chance to live through his second term. He’s one Big Mac from being ketchup on the wall.

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It's amazing Congress is allowing Trump to illegally close agencies. The constitution grants Congress the power of the purse. When they create an agency and fund it, the President administers it but has no power to shutter it. The country can't operate on two legs-it needs Congress as the third leg

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"This pardon is not just about me — it's about every American who has been railroaded by the government" --Milton after Trump's pardon Um, he means railroaded by a jury of his peers, ie, his fellow citizens.

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I guarantee the following: The disrespect and disdain this administration has for how to handle classified material will result in by far the largest loss of classified intel in history. This will harm democracies around the world, with Americans suffering the bigliest.

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You knew this was going to happen. Now all your tweets and DMs are fodder for his crappy AI engine, and will be used by right wing nuts to steal elections.

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“Yes, the people of Greenland are going to have self determination. We hope that they choose to partner with the US because we’re the only nation on earth that will respect their sovereignty…” —VP Vance 🤣 That is too precious ha ha ha! The disrespect we’ve shown them is staggering.

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Trump hates the Signal scandal is still in the news. That’s a sure sign he is going to do something stupid and reckless to distract everyone from their usage of insecure phones on an unapproved app to share classified secrets.

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“Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man.” — President Trump What lesson did Waltz learn?

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Trump issued a warning to US automakers: They better not raise car prices because of tariffs. First, goodbye constitution. Second, goodbye first amendment. Now, goodbye capitalism.

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“Now we have to spend hours retraining and reiterating rules to personnel who see these double standards and question why they should be held accountable when leadership is not.” --DOD security trainer No kidding! Leaders must be held to at least the same standard as the rest of us.

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Trump signed an executive order that seeks to restore monuments and remove "anti-American ideology" from national museums. Two opposing objectives in the same order. He never ceases to show his stupidity.

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Steven Miller: we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return.… there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return. No, no, no. You agree on price BEFORE taking action. Miller’s extortion price will likely be much higher than the value to EU/Egypt.

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Order a “Trump sandwich’ in Canada and, per the ingredient list, it will come with “white bread, full of baloney, with Russian dressing and a small pickle.” I can see this catching on world wide. Well, except in Russia and the White House! apple.news/AZqW_MnT9Tvi...

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Trump’s brilliant idea is to tank the dollar by chaos and alienation, thus enabling passing a tax cut for himself. But this lowers the value of his (and our) holdings by more than he would have paid in taxes. Stupidest man ever.

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Top Republicans keep pretending the blunder was inviting a reporter to a classified discussion. Yes, that is unbelievably bad, but not the worst thing about the scandal. The real issue is discussing classified topics on insecure, personal phones using an unapproved app, and in insecure locations.

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Lock them up! Lock them up! If I was a tenth as reckless with classified information as these bozos, I would be in jail. Why aren’t they? Why is Trump giving them an automatic pass?

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Now that it’s okay for top national defense authorities to mishandle classified information, is it okay for us lower level security workers to mishandle it as well? Or will we still be fired and likely imprisoned?

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

During Trump's first term, he had almost nightly calls with Hannity. I wonder if he feels slighted now that most of those late night calls go to Putin?

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Ask Americans are less safe under these bozos. Not only are they relaying classified information over insecure channels, they have provided yet more proof that foreign governments cannot entrust Trump with their secrets.

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Tulsi Gabbard is not qualified to lead DNI. Is she Trump’s DEI hire or merely a loyal stooge? We all know she was hired solely because of her unflinching loyalty. DEI requires equal competence to co-applicants, and she is NOT that. Why isn’t there more outcry against loyalty tests than against DEI?

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It’s good that Trump is concerned about the Atlantic reporter being included in classified conversations on unsecured phones. It’s bad that he is concerned not because of his cabinet’s security lapses, but with whether Fox can sufficiently spin the leaks to his cult.

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But, her emails! This is worse than Clinton in a couple ways. First, Signal is a great app, but to my knowledge it’s not vetted for secret discussions. Second, most of their phones are not protected. Third, their usernames are not vetted, so they could be anyone www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Remember when MAGA made fun of Biden? And now their own guy doesn’t even know what he is signing.

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Musk has described the report as “maliciously false information” and called to prosecute those who leaked the information. Um, if it was leaked, it must be true lol.

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For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose. Justice Roberts Know what else stood for more than 200 years? A President is not a king.

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Musk is threatening to sue people who call him a Nazi. Okay, I’ll bite. Musk, you are a nazi. But Musk, remember that to win in court, you have to prove that you are not a Nazi, and the video of you doing the Nazi salute (twice) is going to make that difficult!

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