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What a disgrace.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order
The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause. The group …
thehill.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What a disgrace.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.
*This* is how democracy dies.
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Productive Life Mantra:
February 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Productive Life Mantra:
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To be clear, this doesn't make it any more lawful; it just makes it *slightly* less awful.
“Clarifying” memo from OMB says:
“Any program that provides direct benefits to individuals is not subject to the pause.”
“Any program that provides direct benefits to individuals is not subject to the pause.”
January 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
To be clear, this doesn't make it any more lawful; it just makes it *slightly* less awful.
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What OMB is doing violates the constitution itself. The ICA fills in the details of how congress and the executive interact over the spending power, but finding the ICA unconstitutional and ratifying OMB’s action here would mean overthrowing the most fundamental constitutional design.
To play this out, there will be literally dozens of lawsuits challenging what OMB is doing on the ground that it violates the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Trump’s DOJ will argue that the Act is unconstitutional. And this will quickly get to #SCOTUS, where it will be the biggest case of the term.
January 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
What OMB is doing violates the constitution itself. The ICA fills in the details of how congress and the executive interact over the spending power, but finding the ICA unconstitutional and ratifying OMB’s action here would mean overthrowing the most fundamental constitutional design.