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[–] spankmonkey 78 points 3 days ago (3 children)

DOGE is pushing the limits of its power, which exist as long as they are allowed to have that power.

This is a slow motion coup.

[–] NocturnalMorning 63 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Uhhh, the bad guys won. They're already in office. Our job is now to limit the damage as much as possible, and resist at every turn that we can. Make their life difficult.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or, and hear me out, we outright remove them from power

[–] NocturnalMorning 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Go for it, they have all branches of government right now. So unless you have another plan, not much you can do. And if you're serious about doing something else, you don't put it on the internet. So I'm left to assume you aren't very serious.

[–] SmilingSolaris 2 points 3 days ago

That's not what you do when the bad guys win. You don't make their life difficult. You do something else with that life

[–] SmilingSolaris 19 points 3 days ago

Slow motion? It's been a week.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] spankmonkey 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It is something that has been motion for decades since the Republicans started their misinformation campaign and is wrapping up in weeks instead of a single day violent overthrow.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Well, that's true.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago

I'm glad they're refusing. More people in government need to do so.

[–] Chocrates 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm glad they stood up for their employees.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They could just go back into work right? The DOGE SS are to busy finding people to try to manipulate to fire to actually show up and have them removed right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I seriously doubt that their payroll/benefits would continue even if they kept working.

[–] givesomefucks 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Settlements are going to be insane off all this shit...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There will be no settlements. Trump owns the supreme court, and will give pardons to those doing what he says.

I always wondered how Venezuela could let its oil-production capacity get so bad, but now I see how. It's short-term thinking and breaking things to reward loyalists.

[–] givesomefucks 2 points 3 days ago

I don't think you understand what a settlement is in the context of government employment...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Thay may actually want to bleed the agencies since those funds are dictated by congress tgey can't go elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cost of doing business. Those bribes have to pay for something.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah, they're not spending their money. This is coming from tax payers years down the line, provided the judiciary actually comes through for these people.