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Last night I went to a candlelight #vigil for blah blah #Trump shit in a gazebo in a small town park. I live in a #smallTown (~20K people). There were 30-50 in attendance. I'm 55 and was one of the younger people. There were songs and brief speeches. Talk of how we will vote like crazy next time, etc. It was over in 40 minutes (remember: old people).
I couldn't stop thinking that the League of Women Voters (the organizing body) was hopelessly on the back foot. These people, many of whom I know and protested with during Trump 1, seem to be under the impression we merely have an awful president.
I was crying as I left. I hope I'm wrong, but I couldn't stop thinking
Trump keeps making batshit/hateful "pronouncements" via #ExecutiveOrders, #twitter, and #TruthSocial.
Many/most of those represent violations of law/ #constitution and always arrogation of powers that are legally held by #Congress or #SCOTUS.
Nobody is stopping him.
What do you call a system of government where one asshole says whatever shit comes to his mind or makes him wealthier or makes him more powerful, and he always gets what he wants?
I was crying as I left. I hope I'm wrong, but I think we're in a #dictatorship, now. I think we have a chance to save ourselves from this as a long-term situation, but who is going to do that? Not the #Republicans, who are desperate to kiss Trump's ass harder than each other. And not the #Democrats, if all we do is have 40-minute candlelight vigils in out-of-the-way parks where nobody will be inconvenienced or even have to be aware of what we're doing.
'A real shame': Former Marine says #DOGE cuts tell veterans they’re 'dead weight or a burden' on US
https://www.alternet.org/trump-doge-layoffs-irs/
“Federal #government is a natural fit for a lot of #veterans,” he said. “One of the first things you do when you become a civil servant is you raise your right hand & take the oath to support & defend the #Constitution... And I think it's an extension of our military service to continue serving in the federal govt & looking out for the public interest.”
There Is No Musk Exception in the Constitution
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion/elon-musk-trump-constitution.html
"sovereignty flows from the people & that only officials selected through constitutional methods get to wield power in our name... Protesters at #Tesla showrooms who are displaying signs that say “no one voted for #ElonMusk” are making, intentionally or not, a constitutionally inflected claim...
the document is quite specific when it comes to appointment."
@ProPublica So much for "Constitutional Crisis." He revels in using the #Constitution as toilet paper to wipe his fat, ugly mug.
When They Come for the Judges
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/when-they-come-for-the-judges
"Calling for judges to be impeached just because you don’t like their decisions is nothing short of anti-constitutional. Judicial review, the power of the courts to declare laws passed by Congress or actions taken by the president unconstitutional, is a deep-seated part of our rule of law system."
" #Trump signed an executive order putting the #DOGE team in charge of creating new #tech systems to review all payments from the US #government & then giving the head of DOGE the power to review all those payments...
Make no mistake: This order transforms federal spending by taking it away from #Congress, where the #Constitution placed it, and moves it to the individual who sits atop the Dept of Govt Efficiency."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-26-2025
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Trump signed an executive order putting the DOGE team in charge of creating new technological systems to review all payments from the US govt & then giving the head of DOGE the power to review all those payments...
Make no mistake: This order transforms federal spending by taking it away from Congress, where the Constitution placed it, and moves it to the individual who sits atop the Dept of Govt Efficiency.
Yesterday the White House announced that the acting head of DOGE is Amy Gleason, who was hired on December 30, 2024, at the technology unit that Trump tried to transform into the Dept of Govt Efficiency. Nevertheless, members of the White House, including President Donald Trump, have repeatedly referred to Musk as “the head of [DOGE].”
Musk appeared to be in charge of the first Cabinet meeting of the Trump administration today. As Kevin Liptak & Jeff Zeleny of CNN reported: “If anyone was still in doubt where the power lies in President Donald Trump’s new administration, Wednesday’s first Cabinet meeting made clear it wasn’t in the actual Cabinet.” Katherine Doyle of NBC News described “Senate-confirmed department heads spending an hour as audience members.”
A photograph of the meeting in which Musk, wearing a Make America Great Again ball cap and a T-shirt that said “Tech Support,” appears to be holding court while Trump appears to be sleeping reinforced the idea that it is Musk rather than Trump who is running the government.](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/078/043/214/800/993/original/09d90072313fab79.png "Text from article (edited for length):
Trump signed an executive order putting the DOGE team in charge of creating new technological systems to review all payments from the US govt & then giving the head of DOGE the power to review all those payments...
Make no mistake: This order transforms federal spending by taking it away from Congress, where the Constitution placed it, and moves it to the individual who sits atop the Dept of Govt Efficiency.
Yesterday the White House announced that the acting head of DOGE is Amy Gleason, who was hired on December 30, 2024, at the technology unit that Trump tried to transform into the Dept of Govt Efficiency. Nevertheless, members of the White House, including President Donald Trump, have repeatedly referred to Musk as “the head of [DOGE].”
Musk appeared to be in charge of the first Cabinet meeting of the Trump administration today. As Kevin Liptak & Jeff Zeleny of CNN reported: “If anyone was still in doubt where the power lies in President Donald Trump’s new administration, Wednesday’s first Cabinet meeting made clear it wasn’t in the actual Cabinet.” Katherine Doyle of NBC News described “Senate-confirmed department heads spending an hour as audience members.”
A photograph of the meeting in which Musk, wearing a Make America Great Again ball cap and a T-shirt that said “Tech Support,” appears to be holding court while Trump appears to be sleeping reinforced the idea that it is Musk rather than Trump who is running the government.")
"The undersigned have a variety of views on the underlying policies at issue. But we are united
in our view that the President has acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally."
"The law is not whatever Mr.Trump says it is. He is not king."
“We Are in a Constitutional Crisis: Statement of Law Professors and Law Teachers
The undersigned are professors and teachers of law, dedicated to the rule of law. We believe we
are in a constitutional crisis."
#Musk #Trump #Bezos #PINO #PresidentMusk #billionaires #oligarchy #Constitution
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#Trump on Thurs again raised the prospect of serving for an #unconstitutional 3rd term asking a crowd at a WH event whether he should run again & receiving audience chants of “4 more years!”
Trump’s escalating rhetoric stoked further alarm among critics who say he is governing w/an #authoritarian playbook & fear he could attempt to seize #power undemocratically, as he attempted to do after losing the 2020 election. The #Constitution’s 22nd Amendment limits presidents from holding the office >2X.
#Trump again raises idea of running for an #unconstitutional third term
The suggestion followed a stretch of days in which Trump referred to himself as a #king & quoted a #dictator in suggesting that he was #immune from following laws
#USpol #Constitution #law #authoritarianism #democracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-third-term-king-unconstitutional/
Do not concede.
The Constitution still presides as I write this, and don’t dare pretend otherwise. Push back on their overreaching. He must obey the law, he _must_. No kings.
Our despair is the only path they have to victory. Deny them.
How John Roberts Teed Up Elon Musk’s War on the Court
https://newrepublic.com/article/191528/elon-musk-judicial-crisis-roberts
"Musk’s strategy w/ #DOGE appears to be to create enough on-the-ground damage... that #Congress, the #courts... can’t readily reverse things. A certain amount of lawlessness is baked into this approach...
#Musk appears hostile to the idea that he can be constrained by a judge at all. He does not seem to know or care how the #Constitution works... After all, he grew up in apartheid-era #SouthAfrica"
If the Trump administration is determined to ignore the constitution and strip the federal government of Conrgressionally- mandated workers, then why should the states allow their banks to transmit federal taxes to Washington, D.C.?
If it's all going out the window, no reason for the states to continue funding illegal behavior by 2 insane billionaires.
#Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis
As many people predicted last year, the constitutional crisis has arrived.
The courts have no power. They have constitutional authority but they cannot enforce their decisions without the executive branch.
@Phil @interfluidity Only if that law violates the #Constitution
I asked ChatGPT to summarize #project2025 for me. I posted the summary in the Political Discussions section of the SF-Fandom Forums.
I added a comment with my perspective on various aspects of the project 2025 agenda.
And I added Rick Wilson's video for MAGA voters ("You're not allowed to act surprised").
#america #news #government #uspols #election2024 #constitution #law #unions