In the past week or so, the courts have begun to try to set some boundaries on the Musk–Miller–Trump administration’s early blitz of recklessness.
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This judicial review provides at least a small reprieve, hope that some of the administration’s most destructive impulses will be stopped. Or at least pared back. But even with the courts stepping up, and even with the reality of the administration’s ineptitude sinking in, this early Musk–Miller–Trump blitz remains very—maybe irreparably—damaging. Of course, there are a lot of moles to whack: the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are being dismantled at an alarming rate, and the court system is not known for being nimble. The administration is betting, perhaps rightly, that at least some of its thoughtless, lawless efforts will slip through the cracks.
But even if the courts caught them all—and even if every court facing each lawless escapade said, “Nope, that’s not a thing”—still the entire process would be doing serious damage to our institutions. Think of it as someone spoofing your identity and going on a shopping spree with your credit cards. Even if the goon gets caught, you still have to go store by store to argue that the fraudulent purchase wasn’t legitimate and hope the debt is forgiven. And all the while, perhaps long after all the debts are dealt with, the torrent of uncertainty kills your credit score.
I grew up thinking that government was slow. Until I encountered Trump’s second term. Now tell me why the dems take fuck long to do so little?
It’s way harder to build things than to smash everything to bits?
Because breaking things is easy and building things is hard? Also doesn’t help when nearly half of your elected representatives work against building things.
Just wait a few months and you’ll see the consequences of government moving quickly. If anyone respects the rule of law there will be lawsuits galore.
However, no one will be countering Trump because apparently no one respects the law anymore.
The consequences instead will be no one knowing what the fuck they are supposed to be doing, or what they are allowed to be doing, or who is suppos d to be doing it, and everything will come to a grinding halt.
Because they share the same incentives as the Republicans. Can’t help out the average Joe too much otherwise the billionaired will get mad.
Dems are there to make us think we have a choice.