LibALGal

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#DonaldTrump is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of #government services and a radical plan to do so. Rather than relying on his party’s control of #Congress to trim the budget, #Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to withhold funding from programs they dislike.

#News #Law #Politics #USPolitics #Impoundment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loC-UTFPizQ

How Donald Trump Plans to Take Spending Control From Congress

YouTube

NEW: Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results

On Monday, the GOP-controlled State Election Board is poised to adopt the rule, which would potentially allow county officials, including one who secretly backed the rule, to throw the election results of the swing state into chaos this fall.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-board-vote-certification

Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results

On Monday, the GOP-controlled State Election Board is poised to adopt the rule, which would potentially allow county officials, including one who secretly backed the rule, to throw the election results of the swing state into chaos this fall.

ProPublica
In "How Men Like Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, And Brock Turner Are Made," writer Amelia Mavis Christnot explores the roots of toxic masculinity and privilege. From Ivy League halls to positions of power, see how entitlement shapes behavior and fuels impunity. A powerful read—dive in now by visiting The Big Picture. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/culture-made-trump-kavanaugh-turner
How Men Like Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh & Brock Turner Are Made

A first hand account of the abuse of the power and privilege handed to rich, White men at birth.

The Big Picture

Via Kyle Griffin:

Asked if President #Biden is considering stepping down, Karine Jean-Pierre says, "absolutely not."

Re this report: "Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA" https://www.aol.com/clarence-thomas-takes-aim-target-170623047.html

Joe Patrice:

After SCOTUS overruled Chevron gaslighters said “don’t be melodramatic, agencies still exist.” It reminds me of those downplaying Heller pre-Bruen. While radical, this Court realizes everything is done in steps. But make no mistake they have a clear vision of all the steps

Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA

Justice Clarence Thomas argued that OSHA's authority was unconstitutional. He dissented from the court's decision to reject a challenge to the agency.

AOL
Dana Bash gets a bit defensive after Clyburn criticizes the CNN debate for the lack of fact-checking (Bash was one of the moderators)
Sen. Raphael Warnock on Meet the Press: "There have been more than a few Sundays where I wished I preached a better sermon. But after the sermon was over, it was my job to embody the message, to show up for the people that I serve. And that's what Joe Biden has been doing."

4/ These questions matter. The answers really matter.

Why?

Think “The Godfather,” when Sonny Corleone disagrees with his father in front of another family.

If Trump suggested that he understood and sympathized with that “dream,” (and when has he ever disagreed with Putin?), that alone would have been a huge intelligence coup for Putin.

Potentially a green light to pursue that dream.

Via Fred Wellman:

This is what we are dealing with. He lies all the time so it’s not “news.” How broken is your moral compass to accept this?

Aaron Rupar:

#Burgrum dismisses #Trump's incessant lying: "Everything that he said on Thursday night he's been saying before. So this is not news."

Congress can pass laws codifying Chevron and Roe. But to do that the Democrats need to control both chambers and the White House. If Biden wins and the Dems control both chambers, he'll be a lame duck so he'll be able to do essentially whatever the hell he wants and tell the GOP to go fuck themselves. It's honestly the only chance we've got to put the federal government back on the rails. Otherwise it's game over for democracy in our lifetimes.
People fucking need to vote blue.
#politics #USPol