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WestMichRad

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6. Y'all are missing a key point.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 09:05 AM

Dec 2

“Dicktator on Day 1” means he plans to do whatever he wants, constitution and existing laws be damned. The precedents that are cited mean nothing to him.
Yeah, court battles and much wailing are inevitable, but he plans to push for everything he can get… and he will win some of the battles. (See: SCOTUS 6 cronies…)

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Since when was a President allowed to create his own Department in our Government? [View all] kentuck Dec 2 OP

That would be since never . . . . . hatrack Dec 2 #1

Always? osteopath6 Dec 2 #2

From Wikipedia: kentuck Dec 2 #5

You are incorrect obamanut2012 Dec 2 #8

Pres. Carter Dept of Education but it was approved by Congress underpants Dec 2 #3

They can have all the agencies they want. It is just not funded unless congress approves the funding. If they want to vsrazdem Dec 2 #4

They steal money from the Pentagon budget and Emile Dec 2 #22

Y'all are missing a key point. WestMichRad Dec 2 #6

yep. Think. Again. Dec 2 #11

Project 2025 is the repug's wet dream of drowning the federal government Justice matters. Dec 2 #16

I'm sure that the GOP-ruled Congress and GOP-ruled SCOTUS will rein him in Orrex Dec 2 #7

Do they have that many votes? Dem4life1234 Dec 2 #29

Walking free and doing what ever he wants since 1/6/2021. nt Hotler Dec 2 #9

I understood DOGE to consist of unofficial, unpaid advisors and volunteers. El-Capitan Dec 2 #10

The rich are the only ones who can work for free. Beck23 Dec 2 #20

Elon has some crazy, techie, die-hard followers who would work for free, possibly thinking it would El-Capitan Dec 2 #24

It's a poorly funded think tank... HariSeldon Dec 2 #12

I had thought .... Shoonra Dec 2 #13

It's not like the GOP congress is going to provide any checks or balances IronLionZion Dec 2 #14

Presidents have long had broad authority to establish "advisory boards" which is what DOGE is onenote Dec 2 #15

DOGE is a public relations campaign to rebrand longstanding GOP spending priorities mathematic Dec 2 #17

But it's not a government department, it's an advisory group outside of government. CaptainTruth Dec 2 #18

It's actually DOGC - Department of Grift and Corruption. patphil Dec 2 #19

Republican governing. republianmushroom Dec 2 #21

Calvinball brought to government! WestMichRad Dec 2 #30

This is more of a quasi department Polybius Dec 2 #23

You know that... kentuck Dec 2 #25

Joe should create his own department bucolic_frolic Dec 2 #26

Presidents ARE NOT allowed to create their own Department in our Government Wiz Imp Dec 2 #27

They are thieves Dem4life1234 Dec 2 #28

Can hardly wait to see what Elmo and Vivek do with military budget. Sneederbunk Dec 2 #31

Also to fire entire agencies and replace the staff with bootlickers. Initech Dec 2 #32

it's called FASCISM Skittles Dec 2 #33