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3. The price a nation pays for mistakenly

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 07:14 PM

Aug 29

believing Democracy WAS a given. That it was not necessary to safeguard it.

Democracy depends on the GOOD WILL of men and women.

Something Trump and MAGA know NOTHING ABOUT. A notion they DESPISE.

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Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK'd, using maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago [View all] lostincalifornia Aug 29 OP

no big deal, congressional republicans are toady scum anyway nt msongs Aug 29 #1

It is a big deal because it means we no longer follow the Constitution. It isn't worth the paper it was written on lostincalifornia Aug 29 #2

per the article it sounds like this is not an illegal manouever just something done very rarely nt msongs Aug 29 #5

The price a nation pays for mistakenly B.See Aug 29 #3

One tiny glimmer of hope when reading the comment on Yahoo.com from this article there is a lot of lostincalifornia Aug 29 #4

My bet is that TSF didn't know about this maneuver until no_hypocrisy Aug 29 #6