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U.S. EO to take all power under office of President (www.whitehouse.gov)
submitted 1 day ago by MarshMarigold to c/worldpolitics
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Think this is effectively where the US stops pretending democracy is still a thing

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[–] Darkassassin07 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, if I'm reading this correctly:

By his own decree; The President has supreme power over every single government office, and has the power to unilaterally change/create/remove all of them at will with no oversite.

Any/all federal publications or regulatory actions must be approved by the:

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Executive Office of the President before publication in the Federal Register.

No oversite, no external regulatory bodies, no checks and balances; just what Trump says goes....

[–] Randomgal 2 points 22 hours ago

Yes, I got to the same just by reading the tweet. Imagine voting for a king in the 21st century. What a fucking to be alive.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is not about power. It’s about obscuring his actions by circumventing legislation, while attempting to keep Congress’s hands clean. It’s the same reason the ‘newly headless’ DOGE is the office taking action.

An executive order can be challenged by Congress or declared unconstitutional by the courts. Until then, our entire government is complicit is his actions.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/teacher_portal/educational_resources/executive_orders/

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This is bad and a power grab but it's not the end. We can still beat fascism. We have to go to the streets.

[–] phoenixz 9 points 1 day ago

Fascism can always be beaten, it's just a matter of how hard it will be to beat, and how many people will support said fascism, and how many people are willing to fight it

So far the US is letting it get really fucking bad and people simply don't seem to care at all.

There are thousands of protesters. Thousands. Sometimes even hundreds, wow wow wow...

WHERE ARE THE MILLIONS OF PROTESTERS SHUTTING DOWN THE COUNTRY?

I just don't get it, I really don't. These are the same brain wheezers that keep on going about bringing democracy to Afghanistan (in the form of bombs, of course, the American way) yet when their president declares himself king, crickets and cheers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

A general strike or boycott would be a good beginning? It seems like it would be best to get organized using real identities somehow but they would just use that as a list. I am thinking to start we need to organize on a secure, encrypted platform. I am not well versed in that kind of stuff though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Ding ding ding.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The order is contradicted by itself.

If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this order and the application of its provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 

Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect

 i the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or 

 ii  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.  

 c  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.  

 d  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.