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comment by am_Unition

The GAO has previously also ruled against the Obama administration at least once on a matter of foreign policy, and the administration came back with this (OSTP=Office of Science and Technology Policy):

    OSTP sought the Department of Justice’s guidance on Section 1314(a)’s legal effect because of the extent and the importance of OSTP’s role in bilateral diplomacy with China on science and technology issues,” said Holdren. “The Department of Justice advised us that the activities that OSTP has been carrying out in connection with that role fall under the President’s exclusive constitutional authority to conduct foreign diplomacy, and thus are not precluded by the statute.

I don't much like the sound of that either, but the Obama instance 1) didn't involve withholding Congressionally-approved funding to an ally at war with a foreign adversary that just tampered in our election, and 2) was entirely unrelated to not the first, but a second instance of soliciting foreign interference in U.S. elections.

So when people are like, "Why do you wanna impeach him?! Are you afraid he'll win the election?", it's like, "Yes, actually, I am worried that he could win the election, even with three years of accumulated polling statistics showing that he has almost never had over a 45% approval rating, and because his postponement or avoidance of an almost-certain prison sentence depends on re-election, if the Senate acquits him, he'll do something even worse between now and November," but no one's mind will ever be changed. There's no reason to engage in a conversation, because I'm just an insane guy with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Their ideology is already impenetrable, especially on the faceless side of the internet. The only way I have a chance is to infiltrate them, with my white maleness, and also skipping leg day (basically why we invented pants), even mimicking them in some mannerisms. I'll be curling a dumbbell, but with a transcript of Trump's Ukraine call taped to it. "Oh, what's this? Funny you asked, yeah, here, these five pages are just the right weight, a little under two pounds, just the increment I needed for this final superset. Here, we can tape it to your barbell plates on one side, and I've got another thing here, Giuliani's wise words, another five pages of transcript to balance out the bar, here, let me read you my favorite bit, while I pull the tape outta my bag..." I'll let you know how it goes, everyone, but I'm pretty sure there's no way this won't work.

Anyway, how much do I owe you for this therapy session?