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not like the kind of the point of the thing is to not just have one older dude in charge like like that that is the english way yeah and this is this is the fundamental like principles upon which the liberal notion of democracy is based and i use liberal in like the 1700s early 1800s sense of the word liberal right which is that like you believe in democracy yeah

not like the kind of the point of the thing is to not just have one older dude in charge like like that that is the english way yeah and this is this is the fundamental like principles upon which the liberal notion of democracy is based and i use liberal in like the 1700s early 1800s sense of the word liberal right which is that like you believe in democracy yeah

This bill effectively just allows Trump to fund and defund programs at will. I mean, there are specific things, like boundaries in which he can and can't do this. But I'm going to read some stuff from Senator Patty Murray, who is the vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is the committee that handles, like, where money goes in the budget, right?

This bill effectively just allows Trump to fund and defund programs at will. I mean, there are specific things, like boundaries in which he can and can't do this. But I'm going to read some stuff from Senator Patty Murray, who is the vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is the committee that handles, like, where money goes in the budget, right?

This bill effectively just allows Trump to fund and defund programs at will. I mean, there are specific things, like boundaries in which he can and can't do this. But I'm going to read some stuff from Senator Patty Murray, who is the vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is the committee that handles, like, where money goes in the budget, right?

It was budget appropriations, et cetera, et cetera. So she, you know, is one of the senators who sort of understands this intimately. She wrote a fact sheet about this, which is fucking terrifying. I'm just going to quote from that because good God,

It was budget appropriations, et cetera, et cetera. So she, you know, is one of the senators who sort of understands this intimately. She wrote a fact sheet about this, which is fucking terrifying. I'm just going to quote from that because good God,

It was budget appropriations, et cetera, et cetera. So she, you know, is one of the senators who sort of understands this intimately. She wrote a fact sheet about this, which is fucking terrifying. I'm just going to quote from that because good God,

Quote, under this continuing resolution, the Trump administration could, for example, decide not to suspend funding previously allocated for combating fentanyl, the Support Act and other substance abuse and mental health care programs or specific NIH priorities like Alzheimer's disease and vaccine research, and instead steer funding to other priorities of its choosing.

Quote, under this continuing resolution, the Trump administration could, for example, decide not to suspend funding previously allocated for combating fentanyl, the Support Act and other substance abuse and mental health care programs or specific NIH priorities like Alzheimer's disease and vaccine research, and instead steer funding to other priorities of its choosing.

Quote, under this continuing resolution, the Trump administration could, for example, decide not to suspend funding previously allocated for combating fentanyl, the Support Act and other substance abuse and mental health care programs or specific NIH priorities like Alzheimer's disease and vaccine research, and instead steer funding to other priorities of its choosing.

It could also pick and choose which military construction, army corps, or transit improvement and expansion projects to withdraw funding without direction from Congress, leaving democratic states and priorities in the lurch.

It could also pick and choose which military construction, army corps, or transit improvement and expansion projects to withdraw funding without direction from Congress, leaving democratic states and priorities in the lurch.

It could also pick and choose which military construction, army corps, or transit improvement and expansion projects to withdraw funding without direction from Congress, leaving democratic states and priorities in the lurch.

So, like, there is also a bunch of funding cuts for things like the Army Corps of Engineers. And, like, there are a lot of valid criticisms you can have about the Army Corps of Engineers and, for example, the way it, like, has structurally fucked the entire city of New Orleans. But the thing is, not giving them money to do hurricane prevention is not going to help that.

So, like, there is also a bunch of funding cuts for things like the Army Corps of Engineers. And, like, there are a lot of valid criticisms you can have about the Army Corps of Engineers and, for example, the way it, like, has structurally fucked the entire city of New Orleans. But the thing is, not giving them money to do hurricane prevention is not going to help that.

So, like, there is also a bunch of funding cuts for things like the Army Corps of Engineers. And, like, there are a lot of valid criticisms you can have about the Army Corps of Engineers and, for example, the way it, like, has structurally fucked the entire city of New Orleans. But the thing is, not giving them money to do hurricane prevention is not going to help that.

And the thing about this, right, because this resolution has... 13 billion in direct budget cuts. And then it also allows Trump to do more cuts on top of it by doing by doing these funding allocation things. Right. So it's it's like it's a fucking like double. Yeah, it's sort of double set of cuts here. And this includes, you know, he can he can reallocate money away from the FAA.

And the thing about this, right, because this resolution has... 13 billion in direct budget cuts. And then it also allows Trump to do more cuts on top of it by doing by doing these funding allocation things. Right. So it's it's like it's a fucking like double. Yeah, it's sort of double set of cuts here. And this includes, you know, he can he can reallocate money away from the FAA.

And the thing about this, right, because this resolution has... 13 billion in direct budget cuts. And then it also allows Trump to do more cuts on top of it by doing by doing these funding allocation things. Right. So it's it's like it's a fucking like double. Yeah, it's sort of double set of cuts here. And this includes, you know, he can he can reallocate money away from the FAA.