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One problem, he wants to make it answerable only to him. That is what dictators do.
Author:
Frank L
(63130 Posts - Joined: Sep 20, 2007)
Posted at 12:53 pm on Feb 6, 2025
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And you think it’s okay to increase federal executive authority for things you agree with.
Replies to: "One problem, he wants to make it answerable only to him. That is what dictators do."
This is what a dictator would do
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Chris94
- 8:03am 2/6/25
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Yes, dictators try to restrict the power of government; make it answerable to the citizenry
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NedoftheHill
- 12:18pm 2/6/25
Now …. back to Earth I.
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conorlarkin
- 1:10pm 2/6/25
One problem, he wants to make it answerable only to him. That is what dictators do.
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Frank L
- 12:53pm 2/6/25
So, you think the Executive wants to control the Executive Branch? Shocking.
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NedoftheHill
- 1:20pm 2/6/25
No he wants to control the government and make it answerable to him. Big difference in words there.
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Frank L
- 1:58pm 2/6/25
In the Constitution, Congress and the Judiciary are the checks on executive power, not bureaucrats!
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Curly1918
- 10:24am 2/6/25
.
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Frank L
- 1:55pm 2/6/25
Correct. Calling Trump "unchecked" is a blatant lie.
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Hensou
- 10:56am 2/6/25
So you agree that a governmental entity established by Congress can only be eliminated by Congress?
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Frank L
- 10:54am 2/6/25
Is there anything you think your cult could have done differently?
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iairishcheeks
- 9:55am 2/6/25
Hang on.
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jakers
- 9:37am 2/6/25
When one lashes out at FBI field agents who took assignments…
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RocketRay
- 7:24pm 2/6/25
Forget the issues for a minute. We can agree or disagree on them. That's not the point.
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Chris94
- 10:46am 2/6/25
I'm about to go into meetings, but I will respond later.
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jakers
- 1:00pm 2/6/25
Trump reflects the will of the people. Dems challenge his actions at their peril.
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LanceManion
- 12:53pm 2/6/25
So did Chavez. And Orban. And Putin. And Hitler.
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Chris94
- 2:57pm 2/6/25
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
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LanceManion
- 5:37pm 2/6/25
Goes well with bleach.
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Frank L
- 10:14pm 2/6/25
“You don’t have the legal right to eliminate our political graft” & give taxpayers back their money"
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BaronVonZemo
- 12:18pm 2/6/25
Maybe Congress gave up too much of its power to the executive branch?
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Curly1918
- 10:55am 2/6/25
Absolutely right. And if Trump establishes a sovereign wealth fund, they will cede more.
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Chris94
- 1:48pm 2/6/25
"Democracy is eroded little by little by little by little...."
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iairishcheeks
- 2:00pm 2/6/25
You would have a point...if that ever happened, anywhere (except in cult fever dreams)
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Chris94
- 2:56pm 2/6/25
Denial and Isolation is Stage 1.
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iairishcheeks
- 4:33pm 2/6/25
This is correct, Chris acts like the bureaucracy is some constitutionally protected necessity.
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iairishcheeks
- 11:07am 2/6/25
No it isn’t the way things happen. Agencies and departments established and funded by Congress
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Frank L
- 11:05am 2/6/25
Or someone who believes this is a republic of states with specific limited Federal power. Either/or.
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LanceManion
- 9:37am 2/6/25
Is banning trans athletes by executive order, a specific, limited power granted to the federal
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Frank L
- 1:09pm 2/6/25
I don't think the framers contemplated that we'd be having a debate about what is a man/woman.
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LanceManion
- 2:37pm 2/6/25
Thanks for making my point. It is and should be a states issue.
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Frank L
- 4:21pm 2/6/25
Hysterical nonsense. He's doing what he was elected to do.
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Hensou
- 8:41am 2/6/25
it's not like he's waiving off college debt against SCOTUS rulings or commuting the sentences of
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WestCoastIrishFan
- 8:21am 2/6/25
There is no need to use Whataboutisms - we are right on this, and can easily defend it.
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BaronVonZemo
- 8:23am 2/6/25
This is what dismantling a bureaucratic dictatorship of unelected, entitled lifers looks like.
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BaronVonZemo
- 8:12am 2/6/25
That is not a thing. And the Civil Service is there for a reason - you should read more history.
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Chris94
- 10:31am 2/6/25
An election doesn't go your way, and you give up on democracy.
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NedoftheHill
- 12:20pm 2/6/25
imagine how many lib supporters have been drinking at the grifter trough for years and years?
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WestCoastIrishFan
- 8:23am 2/6/25
Agree, via their chosen skewed information sources. But unlike them....
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BaronVonZemo
- 8:26am 2/6/25
This Board is filled with enablers.
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conorlarkin
- 8:08am 2/6/25
Yes, they lost the election.
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Hensou
- 8:43am 2/6/25
The way forward is to allow you to spend all of our money on your radical causes, eh?
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BaronVonZemo
- 8:21am 2/6/25