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kleinbl00  ·  2300 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SPACE FORCE

My personal theory is Trump's presidency illustrates the limits of executive privilege. Everything he does is something he can do without congressional approval. Creating some dumb department of dumbness? He can do that. Fund it?

LOL





am_Unition  ·  2300 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Which is especially ironic when he holds a Congressional majority. It's almost like the Congresspeeps don't want to be associated with a terribly large amount of Trump's policies after he leaves office.

But yes, this has been a master class in "Why You Don't Give One Man Too Much Power", something the Democrats are just as guilty of doing under Obama as the GOP was with G.W. Bush. Well, I dunno. The Patriot Act is legendary.

kleinbl00  ·  2300 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Alexandra Petri, by the way, is the columnist who wrote the false praise of Trump that his "West Wing Reads" forwarded to his mailing list without realizing it was satire.

am_Unition  ·  2300 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    This budget will make America a lean, mean fighting machine with bulging, rippling muscles and not an ounce of fat.

    All schoolchildren will be taught by an F-35 wearing a Make America Great Again hat.

HAHhahahah, how did I miss that one??

I'm glad you caught my edit. Yeah, unfortunately, I think her new piece is just a bit too slathered in sarcasm to achieve the same incredible feat. I especially loved the dig at Musk.