Below is my column in the New York Post on the growing claim of a “constitutional crisis” over the Trump reforms. It is the latest political jump scare to see if it will rouse the public. It seems, again, to be backfiring as polling shows Trump with record approval levels and widespread support for reducing government.
Here is the column:
Forty years ago, a radio personality coined the phrase “jump the shark” in reference to the episode of the sitcom “Happy Days” in which the character Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a live shark on water skis. The term is often applied to dying franchises that turn to sensational language or scenes to try to revive the fading interest of the public. More often, you jump the shark and land in utter obscurity.
This week, the Democratic Party jumped the shark.
For years, Dems and their allies pushed the absurd claim that democracy was about to die if Joe Biden or Kamala Harris was not elected president. The public wasn’t buying it. In 2024, Donald Trump won a majority of the voters as well as control of both houses of Congress.
Rather than examine its messaging, Democrats decided to double down. After the election, politicians and pundits announced a new “constitutional crisis” surrounding the effort to downsize the federal government led by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Kris Mayes, the attorney general of Arizona, declared this week, “We are on the brink of a dictatorship, and America has never been in a more dangerous position than she is today.”
The same media that carried the breathless accounts of the imminent death of democracy with the last election are now running “constitutional crisis” articles with many of the same “experts.”
Despite Trump repeating that he “will abide by the courts” while appealing opposing decisions, NPR insisted that Trump’s circle has indicated it is “willing to ignore court orders and defy judicial authority.”
During his first term, Trump repeatedly lost cases — as did his predecessor, Barack Obama, and successor, Biden — but he continued to comply with those rulings.
The fact is that we have the oldest and most stable constitutional system in history. It has repeatedly survived challenges from political to economic meltdowns that would have destroyed other systems. That Madisonian system relies on an independent judiciary, including Trump appointees who regularly ruled against the Trump administration, including on the Supreme Court.
For many citizens, what is most striking is not Trump’s actions, but how Democrats are seeking to prevent the very reforms that a majority of voters supported.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) warned that this “is a really, really sad day in America. We are witnessing a constitutional crisis. We talked about Trump wanting to be a dictator on day one. And here we are. This is what the beginning of dictatorship looks like when you gut the Constitution, and you install yourself as the sole power. That is how dictators are made.”
Actually, that is not how dictators are made but how democracies work. Trump ran on reducing the deficit and size of the government. The public is worried about a crisis — though it is not one of democracy but debt.
In 2024, the $6.75 trillion budget exceeded our tax receipts of $4.9 trillion. The rest, $1.8 trillion, had to be borrowed. As a result, the national debt has ballooned and, if left on its current trajectory, would amount to 250% of gross domestic product within three decades.
We are becoming a debtor nation where every citizen now shoulders a $106,000-per-capita burden to pay for our out-of-control spending.
Nevertheless, in the first DOGE subcommittee hearing in the House, Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) insisted that he would “defend democracy,” which is “under attack” by DOGE and the effort to carry out Trump’s campaign pledges.
What is truly in danger is the status quo. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) may have ironically had the most honest moment when he joined one of the daily protests and yelled how Musk’s government efficiency efforts are “taking away everything we have.”
By declaring a constitutional crisis, these figures are using “rage rhetoric” that gives a license for extreme conduct and messaging.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has declared a “coup” is being carried out.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) insisted “God d—-it shut down the Senate! … WE ARE AT WAR!”
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) called on citizens “to fight back” as Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) called for a fight in the streets and for citizens “to rise up.”
Not to be outdone in the rage-fest, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) yelled, “We are gonna be in your face, we are gonna be on your a–es, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like, and this ain’t it.”
Biden was repeatedly found to have violated the Constitution, including with unilateral actions through executive orders. Courts called him out for it. None of these Democratic members declared a coup or collapse of democracy. Such court challenges are common and often these early initiatives shake out with new guarantees and judicial guidelines.
The courts may oppose certain moves by Trump and DOGE, but these are decisions of process, not policy. Eventually the president will be able to pare government spending, which is what the Democrats are really upset about — not the invented “constitutional crisis.”
Judging from the polls, the public sees that. The Fonz saw it, even if he still does not get it. Just before the election, Winkler mocked Trump’s huge Madison Square Garden rally and told NBC, “That’s his life’s bread; his life’s blood is the sound of appreciation or adulation or whatever.” That “whatever” is called public support. It is a lesson that the Democrats may want to learn if they ever want to see happier days.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
It has been like Christmas everyday!
Looking at the line item waste and abuses of our taxpayer dollars is bizarre, horrifying and indefensible. You can’t make this up!
The gravy train derailed. Putting a spotlight on the massive fraud has caused cockroaches shriek and scurry.
I had to laugh at Chuck Schumer with a Mexican anvoc and a Modelo. He should have instead held an American avocado and a USA beer, better yet, a local craft beer. Why not promote American made products?
A good Irish stout, or German ale… buy avocado’s from Argentina.
Oh, but you ARE making this stuff up— no proof of waste and abuse has been presented— just the usual King Donald and MAGA media chum shoveled to the disciples. No documents, no proof.
Oh yes, all those who’ve died…
“No proof of waste and abuse has been presented”. You have to laugh. This paid fool thinks that the government giving millions to FRIENDLY media outfits is just fine. The AP, Politico, the BBC, the NY Times all got money from Democrats. Now imagine if Trump gave millions to Breitbart, Fox, Twitchy, Hot Air or Town Hall!!!
That is why the Judge in RI is apoplectic and Now on his Third TRO.
After the first – which only blocked the OMB pause order, and explicitly allowed trump to use other legal authority to suspend payments,
Trump used other authority where he could to suspend Payments.
So the Judge issued a revised TRO barring ANY suspension of payments.
So Trump issues previously allocated payments of $59M top illegal aliens in NYC and publicly blamed the Judge for doing so.
So the Judge went apoplectic and essentially reissued his original TRO while claiming he had never really said in the revised TRO that all basis for blocking payments were constrained.
The judges orders are increasingly unhinged.
he is being rope-a-doped – which is what happens when you behave stupidly.
As some legal analysts have noted – Trump is NOT ignoring the Judges orders he is “maliciously complying”
The judge has created his own problems – and in the process made it perfectly clear why a 30 day pause was actually needed – to sort all the complexities of finding fraudulent, unauthorized and wasteful payments .
While one can not be sure how woke the Appelate courts in New England are.
The Judges own orders have assured Trump an eventual win on appeal.
But hey there is no fraud here!!
The Fact that the Judge had to undo his own second TRO because he was being publicly shamed for ordering $59M to illegal immigrants – that is not evidence of waste or fraud.
A pair of House Republicans entertained a hypothetical act of violence toward a former representative Thursday as they acted out a traditional hazing ritual for new legislators.
Wichita Republican Rep. Patrick Penn performed the custom of grilling freshman lawmakers as they present legislation on the House floor for the first time. Rep. Kyler Sweely, a Republican representing Hutchinson who defeated Democratic incumbent Jason Probst in November, was the subject of Penn’s interrogation. Penn and Sweely have a shared history of serving in the U.S. Army in the Middle East and knowledge of the intricacies of combat. During the hazing ritual, with the attention of the full chamber, Penn posed a hypothetical to Sweely. They referred to “that guy from Hutch,” a moniker Probst adopted for his online newsletter.
Penn: “Now when we talk about the commands for firing, what are the components of a firing command?”
Sweeley: “Identifying the target, the direction the target is, the range that the target is, and then the type of ammo that you’re going to use to address the target.”
Penn: “So if I were to come to you and say, I have a firing command, and that command is, ‘Gunner, sabot, that guy from Hutch in the open, fire for effect,’ what would you say?”
Sweeley: “Gunner, sabot, that guy from Hutch.”
Penn: “Alright, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you on his maiden voyage here before you as colleagues, that new guy from Hutch.”
Probst, when reached by phone Thursday, chuckled at the exchange.
“Usually I find when people hate you that much and they talk about you that much, they want to be you,” he said.
He could take two interpretations, he said. One, the legislators were alluding to a violent threat, or two, “they’re very pleased with having won the election very narrowly,” Probst said.
“It’s really rewarding to know that I live rent-free in their heads,” Probst said.
Oh wait, I didn’t mean to post that. That story is about a Republican threatening a Democrat. We all know that doesn’t happen so this has to be a fake story. Right? Right? Oh damn please tell me this isn’t true, it just shakes me to the core to think a Republican would do this They are all orange god fearing cult following imbeciles that would never do this. Right? Oh crap, did I just do a faux pas?
^ Retarded DNC troll. Ignore his rambling waste-of-time idiotic comment. ^
So your response to Republicans calling for the death of their opponent is ok?
This is awesome, our new federal government finally figured out we’re broke and now the dog is shaking off the fleas.
No corruption here, move along, nothing to see. Just by more high priced eggs to make yourself feel good that trump is doing everything he can to…well, maintain his kingship.
Manhattan’s U.S. attorney on Thursday resigned rather than obey an order from a top Justice Department official to drop the corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams.
Then, when Justice Department officials sought to transfer the case to the public integrity section in Washington, which oversees corruption cases, the two men who led that unit also resigned, according to five people with knowledge of the matter.
The resignations represent the most high-profile public resistance so far to President Trump’s tightening control over the Justice Department. They were a stunning repudiation of the administration’s attempt to force the dismissal of the charges against Mr. Adams.
One of the attorneys who resigned is an interesting person…
Ms. Sassoon joined the Southern District in 2016. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, she clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, and is a member of the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group.
A right wing lawyer tells the trump administration they are corrupt as h-ll. Intersting.
“A right wing lawyer tells the trump administration they are corrupt as h-ll. Intersting.”
Are you the Stupid anonymous, the lying anonymous or the drunk one? She said no such thing. All involved in that matter did the legal and right thing.
ATS – there are no right wing lawyers at SDNY.
There have not been right wing lawyers graduating from Harvard or yale in a long long time.
Absolutely – if the Biden admin was prosecuting every politician that accepted a free upgrade to first class or got their hotel room bumped – and it was PURE coincidence that they did so AFTER Adam’s deviated from democrat dogma on immigration – then I would be With Sassoon.
If DOJ was going to start prosecuting corrupt politiicians in 2024 – the White House was the place to start.
$20M from hostile foreign powers for “favors” vs a couple of free ticket upgrades.
Yeah it is real clear why DOJ went after Adams.
Three less lawyers! Yeah! Half a millon a year saved there!
Under which president were the orders given to destroy 150 million chickens? I’ll wait…
So a bunch of DOJ attorney’s resigned rather than Back down from Lawfare ?
Adams got some free travel and Lodging – Whoopdie Do.
Its not like he sold out the country for Millions.
It not like he was pelosi wasting millions of Tax payer dollars jetting her cronies to carribean vacations.
DOJ order the case droped – without prejudice – so that it could be filed again should it ever actually prove consequential,
Specifically because the original case smelled like political retaliation by Biden against Adams for deviating from the party line on Immigration.
And that continuing it as the November Election approached smell like Election interferance.
And Because Adams cooperation in dealing with Illegal immigrants was of greater public importance than a few comped hotel rooms and first class ticket upgrades.
All politicians should fly coach. But they don’t. Targeting only the ONE who deviates from the party line stinks of lawfare.
With respect to the attorneys who resigned – good riddance.
They are saving someone else’s job.
Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop Adams case says she’s confident he ‘committed the crimes’
The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan resigned Thursday after refusing a Justice Department order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Before quitting, Danielle Sassoon told President Donald Trump’s new attorney general that she was “confident” Adams had committed the crimes.
By: Larry Neumeister, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker ~ February 13, 2025
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-us-attorney-0395055315864924a3a5cc9a808f76fd
Re: Eric Adams side of the Story:
Eric Adams on His Attempt to Fix New York and How Democrats Weaponized the Law to Stop Him
Having been indicted by the Biden DOJ for political crimes, New York Mayor Eric Adams is sounding a lot like a Trump voter these days.
By: Tucker Carlson – TCN ~ January 21st 2025
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-interview-eric-adams
While I think of jumping the shark I am reminded of the White House and all the children we are seeing there.
“Has there ever been a more child-friendly administration than Donald Trump’s?
There was Elon Musk in the Oval Office Tuesday with his adorable 4-year-old son, “little X,” on his shoulders as he took questions from the media about how DOGE will cut $1 trillion from the deficit, while the president looked on benignly from the Resolute Desk, occasionally commenting on the child’s “high IQ.”
Meanwhile, the three small children, aged 7, 4 and 2, of Vice President J.D. Vance and wife Usha are accompanying their parents on dad’s first official visit to Europe.
They were spotted walking off Air Force Two sleepy-eyed in their pajamas and posing for photographs in Paris with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made a fuss over them and gave them presents.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy brought his nine children with wife Rachel Campos-Duffy to his swearing-in, with Vance joking that their “beautiful family, all nine kids . . . are doing their best to solve the fertility crisis in the United States of America.””
There is a love of life with many children and that love of life is fighting the Culture of Death, the Democrats.
You’re right. And thankfully, not a hair-sniff among them!
Where was Matt Schlapp?
Meyer, quite a contrast with the prior administration where you had the Treasury secretary bizarrely suggesting people could help the economy by aborting their babies.
I am against abortion. The best argument for it is Gigi and anonymous.
You are so full of it. If King Donald cared about children, he wouldn’t have pulled the USAID food sitting on loading docks that starving children desperately need. He wouldn’t try to take Department of Education funding that helps kids in subpar schools or school lunch programs or Medicaid that needy children need right here at home.
That money mostly goes into the pockets of the undeserving and takes enormous amounts of money away from families and children. You don’t care. You are part of the Culture of Death. Constantly, you are stripped due to your lack of intelligence, and you stand there naked. That would be fine, but you have the body of a squirrel run over by a car and look nothing like Bianca Censori. Maybe Squeaky Fromm can create a poem based on your image.
Where is the proof of the BS you write about “undeserving” people mostly receiving the aid? This is more of the MAGA media lies. What “culture of death” are you talking about ? If there ever was an “culture of death”, it’s King Donald, who is cutting Medicaid and school lunch programs. Taking away Department of Education funding will hurt American poor children. All you do is regurgitate the BS spoon fed to you by MAGA media. A party that really cares about children wouldn’t let poor kids starve or go hungry or pull funding needed by schools that have a lot of poor kids. And, like King Donald, when someone calls you out for lying you are flatfooted because you know you are wrong and respond with personal attacks.
There is no proof for you; when it is given, you run away. You did that in the Middle East, even though I provided you with the law, the League of Nations, the British Mandate and the treaties. You are a phony.
“What “culture of death” are you talking about ?”
You are displaying your ignorance. You are part of the Culture of Death. DJT didn’t touch Medicaid or do any of the things you said. If he did, you could prove it. Go back to your hole and shut up.
You don’t know what “the law” is when it comes to the rights of the Palestinian people . All you do is cite a bunch of arguments that are not “the law”. Just like the swill you get from MAGA media you argue to the death and are immune to facts that don’t accord with your beliefs. According to you, Gaza belongs to Israel. Well, the UN and rest of the world beg to differ.
“You don’t know what “the law” is”
Tell us what the law is. There is law against attacking innocent civilians that the Palestinians violated. In 2005 they were provided autonomy, but they chose not to build structures for the community but to build structures of war.
It is difficult debating Gigi as she has no knowledge of morality, the law, or international law.
“You don’t know what “the law” is when it comes to the rights of the Palestinian people .”
What is the world are you talking about ? What law ?
International law is not actual law. It is something that nations decide on and follow or not as the please.
No country is going to be jailed for violating international law.
Gaza is not a country – it is a part of Israel. Israel would LIKE for it to be an independent country.
Or for ANY other country in the world to take it over.
But nobody wants it ? Why ? The palestinians and particularly the Gazan has been Violent terrorists EVERYWHERE they have gone for the past 75 years. They assassinated the King of Jordan once, and have tried more than once. Palestinians in Egypt have tried to assassinate Egyptian leaders. Palestinians in Kuwait helped Sadam invade Kuwait.
Palestinians are responsible for the worlds largest number of terrorist attacks.
Regardless there is no country of Gaza or Palestine – as much as the Israeli’s want one.
Therefore there is no such thing as palestinian law or Gazan law of palestinian rights.
Hamas – the terrorist group responsible among other things for the Oct 7 terrorist attacks on a Music Festival in Israel nominally administers Gaza. They were elected several decades ago, but have refused to hold elections since.
One of the things that Trump brought to peoples attention with his remarks vis-a-vi Gaza is that Gaza is valuable – in the past it was similar to the french riviera. The West Bank probably is incapable of surviving as an independent country.
Gaza however has all the elements needed to be VERY prosperous. It has access to the sea – it ones had a fishing fleet capable of Feeding all of Gaza. When there were SOME israeli’s in Gaza – they were removed 2 decades ago in the HOPE of a peace deal,
Regardless, the Israeli’s had Greenhouses and grew enough food to feed Gaza and to export. The Gazan’s inherited those greenhouses – Hamas destroyed them. Long ago Gaza was a singinficant tourist destination – it could easily be again – it has access to the sea, and wonderful beaches and a decent climate.
Absolutley nothing prevented the people of Gaza from chosing peace and prosperity. Instead they chose terrorism,. war and poverty.
Gaza is no 68% rubble. One of the things Trump highlights when he talks about taking over Gaza – is NO ONE is going to rebuild Gaza so long as the palestininans are there. They are far too corrupt to do it themselves. If you give them money and materials they use it to commit acts of terror against Israel. No one is going to let the Gazan’s rebuild themselves.
And no ohter nation in the world is going to send in contruction crews – they would be murdered.
The only way to rebuild Gaza is to remove the Gazans.
You disagree ? Fine – how about if Sorros forms a Gaza rebuild construction company and he sends You and the rest of the left in to rebuild. The Palestinians will do the world a favor when they cull the morons stupid enough to rebuild in Gaza.
Given that the Palestinians are probably a century away from being able reach and live up to a peace deal – whatever happens in Gaza is going to be difficult and it is going to depend on SOME country containing the Palestinians – for a long time.
Trump’s proposals regarding Gaza are impossible. But EVERY potential solution for Gaza is impossible, and something is going to happen. So ranting about Trump is just stupid. His proposals have as much possibility as any others – Zero.
But ultimately something will be done. And likely it will not last and in 5 years of a decade we will do this again.
“All you do is cite a bunch of arguments that are not “the law”.”
Correct – they are reakl history and arguments.
There is NO law.
“Just like the swill you get from MAGA media you argue to the death and are immune to facts that don’t accord with your beliefs. ”
Please name a SINGLE thing you have been right about ?
“According to you, Gaza belongs to Israel. Well, the UN and rest of the world beg to differ.”
What army is the UN and the rest of the world sending in to enforce their opinion ?
I would note that While the UN has some value – getting countries to talk is of value.
As a means of resolving anything – they are pointless.
As to the rest of the world – What right does France or Zimbabwe have to dictate what happens in Gaza ?
Right Now Israel is without despute the most powerful nation in the mideast – despite being a tiny country – about the size of NJ,
They have possibly the 3rd or 4th most formidable militarizes in the world.
In the past 18 months they have taken on Hamas, Hezbolla, Iran and the Huothis and clobbered all of them.
As Syria collapsed to Al Queda – Israel moved in and trippled the size of their buffer zone – and the same fighters that defeated Assad who had the assistance of Russia, ignored Israel occupying a significant portion of their country.
Is Russia, France, Germany – anybody ? going to send an army to put the Israelis in their place and to enforce whatever YOU think is the right resolution ?
Reardless Israel wants peace – they have wanted peace for 75 years. The only obstacle to peace over the past 20 years has been the Palestinians – and particularly Hamas. Nearly all Arab nations want peace with Israel, they want Trade with Israel, they want self defense treaties with Israel – because they are Not going to war with Israel ever again – but they are very worried about Iran.
And Given that for 12 of the past 16 years the US has stupidly been trying to empower Iran – those countries do NOT Trust the US.
They Trust Trump – but that is only good for the next 4 years and in 5 years or 9 years Irans is still going to be there and they do not trust the next Democrat president to F$%K up the entire mideast.
But most arab government actually trust Israel. They need a resolution of the Palestinain problem – not because they give a schiff about palestinians – most of these Arab countries have as low an oppinion of the Palestinians as the Israelis – Many of them have been Victims of Paelstiian terrorism and attemted – even successful Coups. No one in the world wants the Palestinians,
and that is the problem – nobody is ready for genocide either.
The problems that Arab govenrments have is they can not strike a peace deal with Israel with out solving ghe Palestinian problme – or they risk revolution for religious nut jobs in their own countries. They have enough problems with Iran they do not need internal problems too.
Are Undeserving people getting DOE aid – absolutely – the poor in this country do not deserve the disasterous education epidemic obesity and myriads of other problems that you and your idiocy that money somehow fixes everything have inflected on them.
They do NOT deserve the punishment YOU have inflicted on them.
No sane person would try to defend the mess that the left has made of public education over the past 40 years.
You have absolutely proven that government money is very good at making things WORSE – much WORSE.
He obviously does care GooGoo, he got the King of Jordan to accept and provide treatment to 2,000 sick and injured Palestinian children from Gaza.
What about AMERICAN kids who need school lunch and the subsidies their schools receive to help them get a decent education? What about the starving children in other parts of the world who aren’t getting the food Congress appropriated the money for and that is being left to rot on loading docks and warehouses?
Then break out YOUR checkbook GooGoo.
Congress, on my behalf already did. King Donald commanded that the food and medicine not be delivered.
I don’t believe you’re Gigi (i.e. Gigenius). If you’re really Gigi, tell us what your real name is, or rather, what it was.
You are honestly defending DOE ?
The worst thing that happened to public school education was the creation of DOE.
You do understand there is an epidemic of obesity among children today – particularly the “poor children” getting school lunch programs.
And the most expensive public schools in the country are the subpar schools in poor neighborhoods.
WE have spent poor kids into the worst education possible.
So we are CLEAR – YOU and the rest of you left wing nuts are RESPONSIBLE for the HARM you cause to “poor kids in subpar schools”.
I think the question is:
When it comes to the U.S. Government, Does it take Real-Money (Musk Amounts) to plow through the Bull S*it?
and Why is that?
Saying things in threes can be a convincing rhetorical device. i keep hearing “waste, fraud, and abuse.”
Those are all forms of theft when they occur at the hands of those entrusted to manage public funds.
I honestly think 98% of the crazy on the left is them being whipped up against what they think are Trumps motives behind his actions, instead of the actual policies. “Cutting wasteful spending” is a big ho him and would never elicit this kind of off the rocker response. “trump wants to steal your money/social security” or “trump wants to control your body” or “trump wants to give your social security number to Elon” or “trump wants to build hotels in Gaza to get rich” is the steady diet they are getting from the media and democrats and anyone who makes policy choices based on this rhetoric is both stupid and batshit crazy. It’s a weird insanity that has taken hold and now with the calls for violence based on this as a motivator, I’m really worried about our country.
The fact that Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) would publicly use God’s name-in-vain in her anger here just makes her a really horrible person, besides being a horrible representative. (And I don’t care what she’s upset about, after seeing her use such inappropriate language. Zero respect after that.) I hope one of her constituents will please wash her mouth out with strong soap!
A “Constitutional Crises” is a Federal District Court issuing a national stay forbidding the chief administrative officer of the Federal Government from obtaining, examining and analyzing the records of his own department agencies.
Sounds more like a grammar crisis.
No legislation by the legislative branch that usurps the power of the executive branch is constitutional.
No decision by the judicial branch that usurps the power of the executive branch is constitutional.
A transfer of executive power from the executive branch to the legislative or judicial branch would require a constitutional amendment.
Congress has the legislative power.
The judicial branch has the judicial power.
The president has the executive power.
The president has the military power should any branch presume to usurp his executive power.
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Article 1, Section 1
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress…
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Article II, Section 1
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
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Article III, Section 1
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
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Article II, Section 2
The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States…
Nothing to see here, move along.
No graft allowed as long as Elon is in charge…
Billionaire Elon Musk — CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and X.com and leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — is promising transparency and full disclosure with his DOGE efforts. But on Wednesday night, February 12, a U.S. State Department procurement document was edited to remove Tesla’s name. This followed media reports of a $400 million contract for Tesla.
I am beginning to believe that the DEMs need to turn to Marriage Counselors for help as their relationship with their wild imagination is getting out of hand, or a divorce from reality will become imminent.
What are you soooooo afraid of, losing your welfare check or your overcompensated affirmative action employment? You are really, really afraid of something. Actual taxpayers endeavoring as good Americans in the free markets of the private sector absolutely love the fact that someone as intelligent as Musk is ensuring that we are getting the maximum bang for our bucks out of what has become a bloated, socially engineered, redistributionist, communist “dictatorship of the proletariat” government.
# upset? Perhaps it’s a million people who’ll lose jobs. Government is a huge employer and redundancy is built in. Those taking the buy out have 8 months to re-employ. Taco bell is always hiring.
90%+ of “government” is unconstitutional. Americans were supposed to be free. Very little regulation is enumerated in Article 1, Section 8. Why don’t you cite the Constitution for any of the departments and agencies you support. There is no constitutional mandate for “education.” There is no enumerated power to regulate “education. All education is local.
Why did you fail to mention the fact when that procurement order was made, it was under the Biden admin? And why did you fail to mention that Musk stated he knew nothing of it? The fact they removed “Tesla” from it has what significance? Who else produces armored EVs at this time?
“This followed media reports of a $400 million contract for Tesla.”
Lie much (yet again)?
That deal was initiated by the Biden administration. It was cancelled by the Trump administration.
“I think [Musk is] also harming the American public in an enormous way,” Garcia said. “And what I think is really important and what the American public want is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country.”
California Rep. Robert Garcia (D) may have just jumped into the sharks jaws. FAFO
OLLY,
Funny, 86% of Americans want to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government. Seems Musk and DOGE are the weapons the American people want to this bar fight. Democrats are afraid of all of the fraud, waste and abuse that Trump’s appointees, Musk and DOGE are uncovering. Example, EPA Administrator Zeldin promises to retrieve $20 billion the Biden admin rushed out the door
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/epa-head-zeldin-promises-retrieve-20-billion-biden-admin-rushed-out-door
Perhaps the “weapons” he was referring to was logic, reason, commonsense and facts. He doesn’t have the Hairy Bolz to tell them the Democratic party is completely unarmed in that respect.
OLLY,
Ya got that right!
When the professor wrote about the Baptist minister calling for violence someone suggested it was an isolated example. I responded that Dems call for political violence every single day. They certainly are trying to prove me right.
They worship governmental fraud, waste, and abuse (it’s how they become wealthy). Trump is interfering with their religion and they are prepared to have a shooting war to defend it.
oldman, I believe you are absolutely correct. Their entire existence is dependent on a foreign and domestic welfare platform. Remove that and they have nothing.
OldManFromKS,
Well said!! Yes, he is threatening their religion and I would not put it past them at this point to resort to real violence to defend it. And their cult members, the woke leftists, will be on the front lines to be cannon fodder for the Democrat elite . . . except the rest of the sane and normal Democrats will want no part of that. It will be a short lived, actual, insurrection.
ND TREASON…there will be arrests
# sabotage is also a crime. Sabotage of political systems set in the constitution and sabotage of the economic system is also a crime. In some cases when money made its way to terrorists it’s treason. Drug cartels are designated terrorists. The blue cities can expect arrests.
From “Newsweek”:
“The latest Economist/YouGov poll showed that a majority of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Trump (52 percent), while 46 percent hold a positive view of him, giving the president a net favorable score of minus 6.
The survey was conducted between February 9 and 11 among 1,595 adults. The results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
When broken down further to 315 respondents aged 18-29, the poll finds that Trump has a 39 percent favorable rating, compared to 57 percent who said they have an unfavorable view of the Republican president.”
President Trump job approval
Rasmussen Reports Approve 54, Disapprove 44
Fabrizio/Anzalone Approve 48, Disapprove 47
Trafalgar/InsiderAdvantage Approve 54, Disapprove 45
CBS News Approve 53, Disapprove 47
You didn’t post a date or link. The Economist/You Gov poll was taken this week. Rasmussen is unreliable.
Professor,
If you or Darren read the responses, I have a suggestion. If a person posts as “anonymous” is it possible to identify them by number or initials? I could not care less if a person does not wish to use their full name so long as the reader can tell who it is. For example it could be “anonymous #1, etc.
Currently, when I see “anonymous” I keep on scrolling.
E.M.
From what I know about JetPack, the back end of the comments section, it is only possible to distinguish different anonymous if you have access to the backend i.e. you can see their IP addresses. But Darren would not give out that information.
However, your “Currently, when I see “anonymous” I keep on scrolling.” 9 out of 10 times is the best policy.
#1. Oh, I didn’t know.
Over and out
Ultimately, a debate involves facts allowing no purpose to ad hominem.
There is good reason to propose that the whole blog be anonymous.
Claiming #1. Why it matters is unkn. Just read posts you like.
The United States has always been a “republic” (a constitutional democratic republic). This does not mean that you support the Republican Party.
Democrats especially are making a huge mistake using “democracy” as the noun. This actually hurts both Democrats and Republicans.
“Pure Democracy” is really really bad not just for Democrats but for Republicans also. James Madison strongly warned against “pure democracy” – appeasing voters demanding actions outside of legal and constitutional boundaries.
Madison called pure democracy the “Tyranny of the Majority”. Jim Crow era abuses, torture and executions of African-Americans by states like Mississippi was “pure democracy” at the local and state level. Local officials viewed themselves as above the U.S. Constitution which they swore an oath of office to uphold.
Trump around noon on Inaugural Day made a promise to GOD to uphold and follow the U.S. Constitution when he took the oath of office. Merely hours later, Trump was trying to illegally overturn the 14th Amendment. This is pure democracy also.
Republicans should be very thankful that judges obstructed Trump’s illegal actions. If any president can overturn the 14th Amendment (illegally bypassing the constitutional amendment process). Any future president could totally end 2nd Amendment gun rights in a single day. Judges prevented that precedent from being created.
Overturn the 14th Amendment? You must be a dunce.
The 14th Dumbmendment was forcibly imposed with a gun to America’s head in an environment of brutal post-war military occupation and oppression. Not exactly the best conditions for a constitutional amendment.
Additionally, the 14th was ratified for the benefit of not Americans but confiscated former slaves who must have been compassionately repatriated as long-suffering abductees per American immigration law, which, on January 1, 1863, was the Naturalization Act of 1802 that required those admitted to become citizens to be “free white person(s).”
Thank you for not regurgitating that tired right wing extremist meaningless statement, “We’re a republic not a democracy.” So dumb. Yes, we are a democracy. We are not a democracy in the form of a direct democracy. We are one in the form of a representative democracy. I guess trying to spout, “We’re a republic not a democracy,” makes the Trumpbillies feel like they’re not dumb.
Ben Franklin et al. gave Americans “a republic, if you can keep it”—a restricted-vote republic.
Ben Franklin et al. required voters, generally by state, to be male, European, 21, with 50 lbs. Sterling or 50 acres.
Ben Franklin et al. gave Americans a severely limited and restricted-vote republic.
Democracy was created as a restricted-vote republic at its inception in Greece; it was perpetuated in that form in Rome and America.
Democracy has always been of the restricted-vote variety; pure democracy is self-terminating as majorities of the greedy poor will inevitably vote themselves impossible largesse.
Ancient Athens was a direct democracy. Look up historian Mogens Herman Hansen’s “The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes,” which provides a detailed study of Athenian direct democracy. From that time you might look at Aristotle’s “Politics”(Book 4, Chapter 4) which explicitly describes Athens as a direct democracy, where citizens actively participated in decision-making rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf.
” where citizens actively participated in decision-making rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf.”
It would be better to say some citizens since 80-90% couldn’t vote.
You know very well that you’re misrepresenting the facts. You don’t suppose the wealthy allowed the rubbish collectors and their like, their class to vote, do you?
Even this superficial search reveals the first segment of the population to be lopped off from the voting roles.
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Democracy (Ancient Greece)
The Athenian definition of “citizens” was also different from modern-day citizens: only free men were considered citizens in Athens. Women, children, and slaves were not considered citizens and therefore could not vote.
– National Geographic
I want the time back I just wasted reading your stupid comment.
Reclaiming my time?
Denied oh pompous one
Nah, the civil war soldiers are just fine…pony soldiers. Dog face pony soldiers…
Smh
Would love to understand how the logic of how the above claim – that Musk et al. are slashing federal commitments on a case-by-case basis accords in any way with the numerous articles, which show their intention is to wholly delete entire agencies. Instead of attacking the commenter, perhaps try to use your noggin?
I can’t recall which Democrat pol said it–that this was the worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War. Oh, my, for years they have been claiming it was January 6th. Gosh, maybe we are making progress to leave January 6 behind.
This is much worse re: constitutional crisis than J6. Trump is actually in power here, whereas he failed to unconstitutionally gain power on J6. The more he continues to directly and openly disobey court orders, the more he will erode our government’s institutions.
Biden openly defied a Supreme Court decision by canceling billions in student debt. Name 1 court order Trump is disobeying.
While I did not approve of Biden’s actions, this is entirely incorrect.
Biden did boast that the Supreme Court’s (correct) ruling in Biden v. Missouri “didn’t stop me” from forgiving student loans. Nonetheless, when the Court ruled that he didn’t have the authority to engage in massive loan forgiveness under the 2003 HEROES Act, Biden obeyed the ruling. He did then try to engage in large-scale loan forgiveness under another statute, the Higher Education Act. But when courts predictably ruled Biden couldn’t do a massive loan forgiveness plan under the HEA, either, Biden obeyed those rulings, as well.
Do you understand the difference? Biden’s actions in the student loan saga were reprehensible and illegal. But he did not disobey any court orders.
Was that before he stole classified documents and stored them in a box in his garage, or was that after he funneled millions of dollars through his drug addled son’s laddered money laundering operation to enrich his family?
Discussions with Trumptards can only be a form of entertainment. Nothing constructive can result from trying to have a rational debate with people who consider all facts they disagree with to be lies or fake news.
You of course left out the double standards aspects applicable to any and all of your “discussions” with Trumptards.
They must be referring to the total collapse…
Lee Zeldin uncovers $20 billion funneled to NGO money laundering scheme. Zeldin said the next step is to send the investigation to the Office of the Inspector General for review and to the Justice Department.
Zeldin cited a Project Veritas report from early Decemeber that described Biden’s EPA official talking with an undercover reporter about “We’re Throwing Gold Bars off the Titanic” as an “insurance policy against Trump winning” that will be plowed into NGOs.
BREAKING: @EPA Advisor Admits ‘Insurance Policy’ Against Trump is Funneling Billions to Climate Organizations, “We’re Throwing Gold Bars off the Titanic”
“It was an insurance policy against Trump winning.”
“Get the money out as fast as possible before they [Trump… pic.twitter.com/eaAihuNvAh
— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) December 3, 2024