In the past week or so, the courts have begun to try to set some boundaries on the Musk–Miller–Trump administration’s early blitz of recklessness.
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This judicial review provides at least a small reprieve, hope that some of the administration’s most destructive impulses will be stopped. Or at least pared back. But even with the courts stepping up, and even with the reality of the administration’s ineptitude sinking in, this early Musk–Miller–Trump blitz remains very—maybe irreparably—damaging. Of course, there are a lot of moles to whack: the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are being dismantled at an alarming rate, and the court system is not known for being nimble. The administration is betting, perhaps rightly, that at least some of its thoughtless, lawless efforts will slip through the cracks.
But even if the courts caught them all—and even if every court facing each lawless escapade said, “Nope, that’s not a thing”—still the entire process would be doing serious damage to our institutions. Think of it as someone spoofing your identity and going on a shopping spree with your credit cards. Even if the goon gets caught, you still have to go store by store to argue that the fraudulent purchase wasn’t legitimate and hope the debt is forgiven. And all the while, perhaps long after all the debts are dealt with, the torrent of uncertainty kills your credit score.
Really? The fact that he fired the people who secure nuclear weapons and monitor other nations’ nuclear weapons doesn’t change your mind? Loose nukes are a good thing?
Did you even read the article? You didn’t, did you?
I don’t care what rawstory thinks
It’s not an opinion article. It’s a fact. Trump fired people responsible for securing our nuclear weapons.
So go on, talk about how unsecure nuclear weapons are a good thing.
Getting rid of those people isn’t evidence that they are insecure. So yes it is an opinion piece
“Getting rid of the bank guards doesn’t mean it’s easy to rob the bank!” That’s what you’re arguing now.
If the bank kept it’s money in the open with only guards protecting it yeah, but that’s not the case
Okay, you’ve reached the “nuclear weapons are just as safe when they aren’t guarded as when they are guarded” level of absurdity here, so I think it’s time to end this before you say something like, “global nuclear war is survivable anyway.”
That’s a strawman, I never argued that