• dan1101
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    2 days ago

    Except of course he can’t. Takes 2/3 of Congress.

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      17 hours ago

      What’s this “2/3 of Congress” punchline that I keep hearing? Seems like you can put anything on the books and then do whatever you want as long as you have enough silent enablers.

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      He can’t declare war without Congress approval yet here we are…

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        No but he can run a limited special operation for 150 days without congressional approval. Putting troops on the ground would put it legally questionable but scale hasn’t been tested yet.

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          scale hasn’t been tested yet.

          Hasn’t been tested? Wow! The cognitive dissonance never disappoints.

          It sometimes feels like you deserve the pedo in chief.

          The land of checks of balances but checks note with in-built excuses for every diversion to do whatever the fuck you want.

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      2 days ago

      Unfortunately while technically correct this has been shown time and time again he doesn’t care.

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        2 hours ago

        He will stop making payments until he dies