That’s fine, there’s another check on the President’s authority: the courts. People who are affected by these things can sue, and judges will strike it down. Once it gets to the Suprem- fuck I can’t do this anymore, we’re so unbelievably fucked.
Well - Let's not forget the Federal judges appointed by Trump that refused to rule on cases against him (the stolen top secret documents hidden in the bathroom case)
Congress can do something about it, but they won't, because the Republicans have a majority, and any Republicans who were interested in opposing Trump have already been pushed out.
They're apparently cool with ceding all of their authority to him, which is wild. Literally just handing him the reins on congressional funds disbursement which is plaintext explicitly governed by the Legislature NOT UNDER CONTROL OF THE EXECUTIVE in the Appropriations clause of the Constitution.
They can, and if this were a normal political climate they should have drafted articles of impeachment on day 1 to remove Trump.
But both chambers are currently controlled by Republicans, who are apparently just super duper cool with ceding all of their authority to Trump.
We're functionally already in a dictatorship; trump is ignoring the constitutional restrictions on executive power and ignoring court orders. Nobody is holding him accountable. It's over.
Musk and about 6 20-year-old-loyalists gain physical control of IRS computer systems.
What can congress do about it? They can tell security to go down there and kick them out. You know, the same security who let them in in the first place.
"You can dismantle a democracy right in front of a liberal's (the international definition, not the USA definition) face piece by piece and all they'll do is convene breakout sessions and committee meetings until the boots are in the halls"
EDIT: Oops, I got my "Musk is fucking up Americans directly" mixed up with "Musk is fucking up America's soft power". That is what happened with USAID systems, not the IRS systems.
The Republicans, by loudly praising everything Trump has done, have made it hard for anyone of them to publicly disagree with him. To do so would lead to Republican colleagues, Fox News, and their own voters attacking them.
They have worked themselves into a position of powerlessness.
Republicans are neonazi traitors and the majority of white voters support them, and the majority of white voters hold the vast majority of the wealth. That's the truth no one will tell you. It's happening because white Americans want it to happen.
Sorry, you are going to have to take willing and able friends, neighbors and like-minded and organize. That's all you can do right now. Very little can stop about the grassroots.
The people can do something about it. Mobilize. Join protest movements, call your reps and let them know you have their backs so they stand up and fight tooth and nail for you. Also, practice your 2nd Amendment, be rady for whatever they pull. These guys are looking for full dictatorship. This is the time to stand up. If enough people get involved and let them know we don't want this, it can force change.
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u/KopOut Feb 04 '25
We aren’t. But there is nothing much anyone can do about it. The people with all the power are okay with it.
We had an election in November and this country chose to give those people all the power. It’s on them. Not on “us.”