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NonilexThe deal #Trump reached with his subordinates relies on a mechanism created by #Congress that legal experts warned was subject to manipulation.
…The whole enterprise is a jarring shock to conventional understanding of the #constitution, raising…profound questions of #PresidentialPower. If allowed to stand, Trump will have managed simultaneously to thwart Congress’s #PowerOfThePurse & the ability of the #courts to police the #SeparationOfPowers.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/trump-fund-legal-questions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.oWr9.MEVPYndCxS2N&smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Trump says he'll sign #ExecutiveOrder to resume pay for #DHS. His move illegally bypasses #Congress.
He announced the #unilateral move in a social media post, blaming #Democrats [even though #Republicans control both the #House & #Senate] for the impasse.
#ConstitutionalLaw #law #Constitution #PowerOfThePurse #LegislativeBranch #SeparationOfPowers #autocracy #dictatorship #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/senate-funding-homeland-security-shutdown-4a3e4a3e77bd33213b98888e79a81f51
Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security
President Donald Trump says he'll soon sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks during the partial government shutdown that has reached 48 days. He announced the unilateral move in a social media post Thursday. He's blaming Democrats for the impasse while thanking Republican leaders for their work this week in trying to end the standoff. The Republican president used a similar maneuver to resume pay for the Transportation Security Administration. Trump’s latest intervention is expected to apply to other non-law enforcement employees at the department, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard and support staff.
“As the Court expressly recognized, the #FirstAmendment draws a line, which the government may not cross, at efforts to use government power — including the #PowerOfThePurse — ‘to punish or suppress disfavored expression’ by others,” Boutrous said in a statement. “The Executive Order crossed that line.”
#law #FreeSpeech #NPR #PBS #Trump #Congress #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
Big Blu GnuA friendly reminder to our duly elected lawmakers in Washington as they debate a bill funding the DHS: as members of Congress, you hold the power of the purse, per Article I S7.C1 and S9.C7 of the Constitution. You decide whether to raise taxes and how much, and there is no mandate to fund a government agency. I hope that advice proves useful.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/26/ice-alex-pretti-minnesota-congress-republicans
#appropriationsBill #checksAndBalances #DHS #governmentShutdown #powerOfThePurse #tariffs #taxation #USCongress #USPolitics
A federal judge in August blocked #Trump from withholding #US #funding from more than in 30 jurisdictions including Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston & Chicago that have declined to cooperate with his hardline #immigration crackdown following Trump's executive orders a year ago.
#judiciary #law #Congress #PowerOfThePurse #SeparationOfPowers #RevengePolitics
Illegal!
#Trump to cut #funding to #states over #SanctuaryCities
Federal payments will be halted to states over their so-called sanctuary cities on February 1, Trump said Wednesday without elaborating on what funds or which states.
"Effective February first, no more payments will be made by the federal government to states for their corrupt criminal protection centers known as sanctuary cities," Trump wrote in a social media post.
#law #Congress #PowerOfThePurse
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-federal-payments-sanctuary-cities-end-february-1-2026-01-14/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
Dr. Jim Ellsworth"Trump said the oil would be sold at market prices and that he would control the resulting revenues"
The Constitution would beg to differ.... #PowerOfThePurse
Sue CohenDon't forget to #BoycottBigBoxStores -
"We
Ain't
Buying
It"
Support companies with courage that told the #TrumpRegime to stick it where the sun don't shine
We have the #PowerOfThePurse
Use yours to patronize those who stand with their consumers
https://weaintbuyingit.com/
#SmallBusinessSaturday
"We
Ain't
Buying
It"
Support companies with courage that told the #TrumpRegime to stick it where the sun don't shine
We have the #PowerOfThePurse
Use yours to patronize those who stand with their consumers
https://weaintbuyingit.com/
#SmallBusinessSaturday
🚨Consumer Alert
Before you go nuts on Black Friday or any day:
"Sale Prices Are Usually Fake Discounts"
Excellent article to read & share
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https://www.checkbook.org/washington-area/sale-fail/
Use the #PowerOfThePurse
#BoycottsWork - Rocket Money will not support Nazis
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https://popular.info/p/update-rocket-money-ends-tucker-carlson?r=x9iw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Before you go nuts on Black Friday or any day:
"Sale Prices Are Usually Fake Discounts"
Excellent article to read & share
1-
https://www.checkbook.org/washington-area/sale-fail/
Use the #PowerOfThePurse
#BoycottsWork - Rocket Money will not support Nazis
2-
https://popular.info/p/update-rocket-money-ends-tucker-carlson?r=x9iw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
