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I'll note that which government agencies are facing huge cuts appears to correlate with perceived ideology, rather than any evidence of fraud or waste:

So it may simply be that he likes the cuts, no matter how many people die or suffer as a result.

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[–] kescusay 97 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Motherfucker, you could impeach him right fucking now. You have no power only because you fucking cowards have put party so far above country that you're actively yielding all governmental power to a pair of fascists.

[–] dhork 40 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Well, they cant impeach Musk, because he holds no office.

They could impeach Trump, but they won't. They choose to be powerless, because they want a smaller Federal bureaucracy, no matter the legalities. They want Trump to break the law to do this, while they abdicate their responsibility to check his actions.

When it all goes South and the US is irrevocably harmed, the party can blame Trump and pretend it will all be better once he's gone. In the meantime, the damage is done. And if the blowback is so severe that we elect a Democratic President next time, then Republicans in Congress will all of a sudden rediscover the power the Constitution affords them to constrain the Presidency.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I want to bring back the days of beating a motherfucker half to death on the senate floor.

[–] Beetschnapps 1 points 1 day ago

Bring the cane!

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