Catherine Rampell

to impose these global tariffs is by declaring an emergency because there's this law, IEPA, I forget what it stands for, but one of the E's must stand for emergency. And it basically says the president has some wiggle room to impose tariffs if there's an emergency. And they could just say there isn't one. That's it. And then we're done. And they won't even do that. It's bizarre. It's

to impose these global tariffs is by declaring an emergency because there's this law, IEPA, I forget what it stands for, but one of the E's must stand for emergency. And it basically says the president has some wiggle room to impose tariffs if there's an emergency. And they could just say there isn't one. That's it. And then we're done. And they won't even do that. It's bizarre. It's

Before they then do anything to curb the president's emergency powers. He is the one single handedly causing this catastrophe. And whatever the founding fathers thought about Congress controlling power of the purse and regulating trade with foreign nations, etc.,

Before they then do anything to curb the president's emergency powers. He is the one single handedly causing this catastrophe. And whatever the founding fathers thought about Congress controlling power of the purse and regulating trade with foreign nations, etc.,

Before they then do anything to curb the president's emergency powers. He is the one single handedly causing this catastrophe. And whatever the founding fathers thought about Congress controlling power of the purse and regulating trade with foreign nations, etc.,

they clearly thought that having Congress and the president be separate branches would, would be sufficient to impose checks and balances on each other and the judiciary for that matter. And that's, that's not what happened. You know, now we have, it doesn't feel like we have multiple branches. We have multiple parties and we,

they clearly thought that having Congress and the president be separate branches would, would be sufficient to impose checks and balances on each other and the judiciary for that matter. And that's, that's not what happened. You know, now we have, it doesn't feel like we have multiple branches. We have multiple parties and we,

they clearly thought that having Congress and the president be separate branches would, would be sufficient to impose checks and balances on each other and the judiciary for that matter. And that's, that's not what happened. You know, now we have, it doesn't feel like we have multiple branches. We have multiple parties and we,

one of which is basically a cult at this point, so they're just too afraid to go against him. They know it's bad. They absolutely know it's bad. They will say so privately. Some of them will say that publicly, but they know it is making their constituents poorer, not just by tanking stock markets, but by... Raising prices, right?

one of which is basically a cult at this point, so they're just too afraid to go against him. They know it's bad. They absolutely know it's bad. They will say so privately. Some of them will say that publicly, but they know it is making their constituents poorer, not just by tanking stock markets, but by... Raising prices, right?

one of which is basically a cult at this point, so they're just too afraid to go against him. They know it's bad. They absolutely know it's bad. They will say so privately. Some of them will say that publicly, but they know it is making their constituents poorer, not just by tanking stock markets, but by... Raising prices, right?

If it's going to raise prices, that means their dollar goes less far. Their constituents' dollars go less far. They get poorer. If we have a recession and there are layoffs, their constituents lose their jobs, get poorer. All of these things are pointing in the same direction. Bad news. And at some point...

If it's going to raise prices, that means their dollar goes less far. Their constituents' dollars go less far. They get poorer. If we have a recession and there are layoffs, their constituents lose their jobs, get poorer. All of these things are pointing in the same direction. Bad news. And at some point...

If it's going to raise prices, that means their dollar goes less far. Their constituents' dollars go less far. They get poorer. If we have a recession and there are layoffs, their constituents lose their jobs, get poorer. All of these things are pointing in the same direction. Bad news. And at some point...

one would imagine those constituents, those voters are going to fight back and say, throw these bums out. They've screwed up my life. But they just, for whatever reason, they're not willing to face that right now.

one would imagine those constituents, those voters are going to fight back and say, throw these bums out. They've screwed up my life. But they just, for whatever reason, they're not willing to face that right now.

one would imagine those constituents, those voters are going to fight back and say, throw these bums out. They've screwed up my life. But they just, for whatever reason, they're not willing to face that right now.

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