Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025

https://lemmy.world/post/1630373

Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025 - Lemmy.world

The former president and his backers aim to strengthen the power of the White House and limit the independence of federal agencies.

But Biden can’t authorize student loan forgiveness? I’m appalled by the pure corruption that’s so obvious and it in the open. They are terrorists and the Biden administration is capitulating. When all this shit happens remember who did it and who let it happen and execute them all

No system of government can withstand 50% of its participants being bad actors.

I honestly don't know how we get out of this situation without aggressively litigating politicians that have committed crimes. That requires overwhelming political will, though, and it's obvious now how important Fox News and Right Wing radio has been to creating an atmosphere where that will doesn't exist.

I want to say maybe 20% to 30%.

It’s very scary. As an ethnic minority I am only as safe as my government lets me be.

You can go from democratic Weimar Republic to Nazi Germany in a space of a few years.

Of the population, sure. But I meant of the actual political actors in the system, Republicans make up about half as they are overrepresented when compared to the population.