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And a President can fire them. Or more. Because they said he could.
What’s he waiting for then?
He's too virtuous. He hasn't processed that anything he does is legal.
So he leads be example. Or something.
Maybe someone should explain it to him before 4 PM?
It feels so Game of Thrones-ish. Democrats are going to act all high and mighty and virtuous, while Republicans are just going to be like Cersei Lannister, "Is this meant to be your shield, Lord Stark? A piece of paper?" Republicans will run them through and sleep well knowing they won, without a guilty conscience. The President should be acting now to protect the country, not waiting for the wolves to get into the hen house and then wringing their hands that there was nothing they could do about it.
That's pretty much it. Republicans are bring out the spiked maces and Dems are just trying to fisticuff they're way out of it. Because virtue.
Not even fisticuffs. They're filing a motion to discourage mace spikes over a certain length.
Pending the approval of some unelected clerk rando with only symbolic authority, of course.
Obi Wan is our only hope 😔, and I think he has registered it yet.
After 11, but before 4, and not between 12:30 and 14:00 because that’s naptime
Being free from the consequences of your actions does not give you absolute power and authority. He can't fire them, because he never had that power. What he can do is have them swatted and kill them in official capacity, although he can still be impeached.
Trump signed an executive order and made much of the executive branch fire-able. Go far enough and that influence can turn into control over other parts of the government.
There's a path to effective termination.
Nah, that one only works because the executive branch belongs to the president. It's kind of like my boss saying there's a new rule at my work and he can fire you at will from your work.
It would be a really convenient way to go if it worked though...
If Trump wins, come back to this mid-2026?
Nah he's more of a send you to gitmo I put a bullet in your head kind of fella.
Under the new authority they’ve granted him, he can also “fire” them, if you get my meaning.
you mean set their homes ablaze while they sleep because of an alleged terrorist Hamas cell in the basement?
As fucked up as the Gaza genocide is, it may surprise you to know that it’s not related to literally everything in the sphere of politics.
Out of a canon?