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See also perhaps a post from today: > Why are these terrible things happening? At a basic level they’re happening because Republicans want them to happen. Dras
by throw0101a 1y ago
See also perhaps a post from today:
> Why are these terrible things happening? At a basic level they’re happening because Republicans want them to happen. Drastic cuts in food stamps and health care programs were central planks in Project 2025, which is indeed the Trump administration’s policy platform, and were written into legislation in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed last summer.
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> But there’s a further problem. Passing either a SNAP bill or a revised budget would require calling the House of Representatives back into session, which would in turn make it impossible for Mike Johnson, the speaker, to keep stalling the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election more than 5 weeks ago.[1] And here’s the thing: Once sworn in, Grijalva would provide the decisive signature to trigger a vote in the House to release the Epstein files.[2]
* https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/too-cruel-too-soon https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/too-cruel-too-soon
- amarcheschi 1y agoNot American. Can this swearing in be deleted forever?
- neaden 1y agoUnclear, the AZ Attorney General is currently suing to compel Mike Johnson to swear her in and I believe there is an argument any federal judge could swear her in but it's unclear if congress would accept it if that happened.
- cmurf 1y agoTaxation without representation? Her constituents would seem to have standing.
- smitty1e 1y ago> At a basic level they’re happening because Republicans want them to happen. At a basic level they're happening because 9A and 10A have been cheerfully ignored for a very long time: https://grokipedia.com/page/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#ninth-amendment-unenumerated-rights-retained-by-the-people https://grokipedia.com/page/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#nin... https://grokipedia.com/page/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#tenth-amendment-reservation-of-powers-to-states-and-people https://grokipedia.com/page/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#ten... The last century has been a slow tale of scope- and debt-creep. “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” ― Herbert Stein, What I Think: Essays on Economics, Politics, and Life