For what it’s worth, my congress cretin is loving polishing trump’s asshole and ceding away congressional oversight to the executive branch. At a town hall lady week, he said that the DOGE department was always DOGE, they just changed the acronym (wat?!) and it was always under the executive branch, not an independent federal agency.
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maplebar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
None of this is good, and it’s going to cause a lot of big problems across just about everything but, theoretically at least, none of it is unsalvageable.
Remember that elections are run by the states, not the federal government.
So unless you live in one of the most hardcore Trump-sucking red states, you likely will be able to vote in 2026 and 2028, your vote will probably be fairly counted, and you will be able to determine not just the makeup of Congress 2 years from now, but also the types of people that we send to represent our interests and fight back against Trump.
Of course, Trump is wasting no time grabbing power, but it still remains to be seen whether or not Congress and the Supreme Court will surrender their power enough for him to get away with it. As much as the massive cucked-out bitches in Congress and SCOTUS pretend they love Trump, they actually hate his guts and are just as hungry for their own power as he is for his.
Finally there is the possibility of a genuine constitutional crisis in which Trump rejects the concept of shared power by coequal branches of government, in which case the entire constitution is rendered null and void and the USA completely ceases to exist as a federal entity and the union breaks down.
This would probably lead to a civil war, in which case the side that wins is the one that has the best logistics and strategy.
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tree_frog@lemm.ee 2 days ago
There is a grain of truth and all of that.
It was essentially an IT department under the executive branch, the I don’t think anybody had even been staffed at since September. Trump basically renamed it and gave it a new mission statement.
They picked a department, and converted it into Doge. They did this essentially to bypass congressional approval, because the department was already there.
WagyuSneakers@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Your confidence in blue states is misplaced. Canada and Mexico will not come to save them.
maplebar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Need I remind you how the last civil war went?
The west and the north east will be ready to fight, and we have plenty of military bases, equipment, infrastructure, logistics, money and people to fight with. The neo-confederate rednecks will be cut off from trade in every direction, as we quickly take both coasts and form alliances with neighboring countries. People in Buttfuck, Oklahoma will be eating dust.
All the 400 lb good ol’ boy mall ninja rednecks in the world are not going to be able to face the reality of what will come to them if they fuck with the west coast.
samus12345@lemm.ee 2 days ago
You’re forgetting that the US military is what would be pointed at the blue states, not random rednecks. No way in Hell Mexico or Canada will be fighting that, nor should they be expected to.
maplebar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’re forgetting that there are plenty of people, bases and equipment in blue territory. The neo-confederates will have no access to trade as they will very quickly be cut off from both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, and you’ve already blown any chance at a alliance with neighboring countries. These dumb fuck Republicans in flyover country have already painted themselves into a corner and they don’t even know it.
Come what may. We will fight, and we have all the infrastructure, money and equipment to win against y’all fat ass redneck farm boys.
samus12345@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I’m in California, but we do indeed have a lot of rednecks here! They’re just not the majority. Much as I’d love to secede, I don’t like the prospect of us basically being in Ukraine’s position - a valuable country that used to be part of our hostile neighbor that wants to forcibly take us back.
SuperEars@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My congressman with an infamous Christmas card ran unopposed in 2024.
Looks like I’M running against him in 2026.
lohky@lemmy.world 2 days ago
And then we burn Atlanta again!
EndofLife@feddit.org 2 days ago
Of course. Atlanta gets burned in every timeline.
maplebar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
We take the Pacific and Atlantic coasts first, blockade the gulf and then move inwards with our allies from all sides.