David Bianculli
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So to give people a basic grounding so they weren't coming in and learning how their offices worked only when they got their badge and got their HR training.
Correct. You had to sign up for them. You could register and sign up, and then you'd get a certificate at the end saying that you had completed the training.
Correct. You had to sign up for them. You could register and sign up, and then you'd get a certificate at the end saying that you had completed the training.
Correct. You had to sign up for them. You could register and sign up, and then you'd get a certificate at the end saying that you had completed the training.
I've seen some of them. A lot of them are available online and you can watch them. I mean, some of them are just much more boring than you would expect, which is kind of intriguing.
I've seen some of them. A lot of them are available online and you can watch them. I mean, some of them are just much more boring than you would expect, which is kind of intriguing.
I've seen some of them. A lot of them are available online and you can watch them. I mean, some of them are just much more boring than you would expect, which is kind of intriguing.
I think there is. And, you know, the diagnosis that they make, I think, is quite persuasive and shared by a lot of people across the political spectrum. Congress has over the last decades and years yielded more and more power to the president. They've delegated things to executive agencies. You know, they've allowed the White House basically to take over the war power. They can't pass a budget.
I think there is. And, you know, the diagnosis that they make, I think, is quite persuasive and shared by a lot of people across the political spectrum. Congress has over the last decades and years yielded more and more power to the president. They've delegated things to executive agencies. You know, they've allowed the White House basically to take over the war power. They can't pass a budget.
I think there is. And, you know, the diagnosis that they make, I think, is quite persuasive and shared by a lot of people across the political spectrum. Congress has over the last decades and years yielded more and more power to the president. They've delegated things to executive agencies. You know, they've allowed the White House basically to take over the war power. They can't pass a budget.
All of these things are true. And I think we, you know, we don't need to mince words about that. But the question is what you're going to do about that. And I think they're Their answer is to give more power to the president.
All of these things are true. And I think we, you know, we don't need to mince words about that. But the question is what you're going to do about that. And I think they're Their answer is to give more power to the president.
All of these things are true. And I think we, you know, we don't need to mince words about that. But the question is what you're going to do about that. And I think they're Their answer is to give more power to the president.
It doesn't make a great deal of sense and they don't really manage to reconcile how that's going to solve the problem other than making the president more able to implement his own will.
It doesn't make a great deal of sense and they don't really manage to reconcile how that's going to solve the problem other than making the president more able to implement his own will.
It doesn't make a great deal of sense and they don't really manage to reconcile how that's going to solve the problem other than making the president more able to implement his own will.
Impoundment is basically not spending all of the money that Congress has allocated. Everyone knows from their junior high school civics class that Congress has the power of the purse. And presidents have often wanted to not spend money for whatever reason.
Impoundment is basically not spending all of the money that Congress has allocated. Everyone knows from their junior high school civics class that Congress has the power of the purse. And presidents have often wanted to not spend money for whatever reason.
Impoundment is basically not spending all of the money that Congress has allocated. Everyone knows from their junior high school civics class that Congress has the power of the purse. And presidents have often wanted to not spend money for whatever reason.
And that was something that they did on and off for much of American history until the Nixon administration, when Nixon simply went overboard, as he did in many things. And Congress passed a law saying that a president could only impound money after a specific request and with Congress's permission. The people around Trump and particularly vote believe that that law is unconstitutional.