Lawmakers from both parties criticized Trump’s move to lift sanctions on Russia, though Congress appears unlikely to respond quickly.

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    I wonder for how many of the magats, Russia was the big arch communist evil about a decade ago. They now seem to be quite ok with a president who seems to have lots of strings attached to Putin.

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    What counter? An EO isn’t law. Whoever says it is will get a kick in the ‘nards from a judge and they’ll be back in the shit.

    It’s just pointless idiocy.

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      I very much think this was planned. In section 115a of the bill it gave the executive branch the ability to provide written notice and they could pause any part of the bill essentially.

      So basically they got votes from Democrats to support the passing of the bill of increasing sanctions on groups by putting Russia in there, and then included a clause for Trump to pull the rug out from under the Russian portion, and added a reminder to his calendar to submit said prefilled out executive order right before it would go into effect on Russia.

      (Obviously just my opinion on what happened)

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      We’re playing pretend with the lives of everyone on the planet. Everyone clap for the demented gibbon that thinks he’s presidential.

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        The problem here is that a weaker presidency can only happen alongside a stronger Congress, because somebody needs to make laws and decide on government policy. The whole reason the presidency grew more powerful was because Congress gradually stopped doing its job. And, of course, Congress can’t reassert its authority when it’s as gridlocked as it has been these past few decades, so that’s the fundamental problem that needs to be solved before anything can be done about the presidency.

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        What will that matter, if a President can ignore the law and do whatever he wants? The President’s power (when exercising his core Constitutional duties) is only limited by his imagination. The SCOTUS said so!

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          I say abolish the executive branch. Congress should be the boss, they can appoint a prime minister to run executive things but that executive needs to be on a very short leash.

          The military can be commanded by the prime minister but congress should be their ultimate boss.

          Right now the executive has way too many guns available to it and a very high bar for removal and that’s the core problem.

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        Presidential powers are reduced as much as Congress and the SCOTUS say so, that’s already in place.

        But, y’know, Kamala didn’t support the proletariat enough. So here we are.

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    In jail…

    No hair piece

    No dentures

    No makeup

    No lifts

    No baggy suit with an extra long tie

    No speechwriter

    No adderall

    No monthly hand shots

    No fake doctors exams

    No imaginary scales or height charts

    No helicopter noise to confuse listeners

    No young blonde zombies to print lies off the internet

    No crypto pump and dump

    No golf carts to avoid walking

    No half empty rallies full of lead poisoned cheerleaders

    No more

    No more

    No more

    One day

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      Thank you for your hopium, here on planet earth he will go completely unpunished and the following president will shake his hand and speak highly of him.

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          Well, the battle on Mageddon already happened, centuries ago, so we are already in the state the bible called hell, essentially, right?

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    I smell a strongly worded letter from the dems incoming. Surely it will work the hundredth time