Wait, what...?!!!
#Trump Is Exploiting the #Shutdown to Set Up Something Truly Terrifying
By Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
Oct 17, 2025
Excerpt: "I think that is a dangerous thing, and it’s pretty much undeniable that Trump has just crossed yet another Rubicon. He has already asserted presidential control over taxes through his tariff policy. He has asserted control over the Federal Reserve and interest rates and monetary policy. And now he’s asserting control over appropriations—and not just through pocket rescissions or canceling projects in blue states, which he had already done. Now he is actually asserting a constitutional imperative to spend money in a way that Congress has not approved. When you combine all of those things, it’s hard to see how the separation of powers still exists in this country."
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... show moreWait, what...?!!!
#Trump Is Exploiting the #Shutdown to Set Up Something Truly Terrifying
By Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
Oct 17, 2025
Excerpt: "I think that is a dangerous thing, and it’s pretty much undeniable that Trump has just crossed yet another Rubicon. He has already asserted presidential control over taxes through his tariff policy. He has asserted control over the Federal Reserve and interest rates and monetary policy. And now he’s asserting control over appropriations—and not just through pocket rescissions or canceling projects in blue states, which he had already done. Now he is actually asserting a constitutional imperative to spend money in a way that Congress has not approved. When you combine all of those things, it’s hard to see how the separation of powers still exists in this country."
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slate.com/news-and-politics/20…
Archived version:
archive.ph/7cYI5
#USPol #TrumpIsAFascist #SecretPolice #CapitolGuards #Panem #authoritarianism #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism
This takes it all a step further and makes it look like Trump can fund his own personal army of thugs who will do whatever he wants.
Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
Ariadne
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •@Miro_Collas Thank you for posting this is SO significant 🚨The US is truly in a constitutional Crisis as constitutional attorneys like Marc Elias have been saying. This Quote from the article sums it up „All that Trump could say in the memo justifying this action is that he is drawing on his Article II power as commander in chief. But if that power allows the president to give money to the military that Congress has not appropriated, then we don’t even really need a Congress anymore. There is no real role for Congress.“
PS thank you for posting the Archive link so one may read the full article