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This is not good
The fact that the world’s richest man works at the behest of the executive and can buy out the legislature is massively outside the scope of what the framers could have imagined

there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges
Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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I’m not the first person to say this, but it bears repeating. If you cancel a billion dollar program before completion because you don’t like it, but that program already spent $800,000,000, you didn’t save a billion dollars, you wasted 800 million.
March 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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You should laugh at anyone who says the president should have unlimited power because he was elected. His power has to be limited *because* he's the president. This is fifth grade level social studies
March 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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"Ferris Bueller is strikingly more instructive than 99.99% of political commentators on tariffs," wrote one economics professor as Donald Trump's controversial tariffs take effect.
'Ferris Bueller' Clip Goes Viral amid Trump's Tariff War for Its Painfully Simple Economy Lesson
A scene from John Hughes' classic 1986 teen comedy movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' is going viral amid Donald Trump's tariff war. In the scene, an economics professor concisely explains the danger of...
bit.ly
March 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Trump expected to sign an order to eliminate the Dept. of Ed, but Congress must approve.

📢 Take action:
• Contact your reps
• Support public ed

🔗 nypost.com/2025/03/05/us-news/trump-expected-to-sign-executive-order-abolishing-the-department-of-education/

#SaveEducation #SupportOurSchools
In New Haven rally, teachers vow to fight Trump administration's planned cuts to Dept. of Education
Over 200 people marched in New Haven to protest President Donald Trump's planned cuts to the U.S. Department of Education in a "Protect Our Kids" rally.
www.nhregister.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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DOGE is not "saving" money.

They are stealing it from poor people, sick people and veterans, and giving it to billionaires.

That's not "saving." It is the grossest form of stealing.

Call it stealing. That's what it is.
March 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Loathsome.
"I signed an executive order banned public schools from indoctrinating children with transgender ideology"

"I also cut off taxpayer funding to any institution that engages in sexual mutilation of our youth"

"Now I want congress to permanently ban and criminalize sex changes on children"
March 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Want to stay informed with all the changes that are happening TO our family, friends, and community members within the Federal government. Me too!

Follow all at go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d
March 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM