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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plan B expires. So do pregnancy tests. Maybe just move to a place where politics isn't the end-all-be-all guiding force of your life, and you and your kids will be happier?

I can promise you that in most places in the country, NO ONE is thinking about or caring about the changes happening. They don't think about politics at all. And if they do, they hear about wasteful government bureaucracy being dismantled in Washington and think, "good," then go about their lives.

They don't care that malaria care is being cut in Uganda. They are happy that their state and local school district will have more control over what is taught. They voted for a guy who said he would install judges to overturn Roe v. Wade, and they got what they asked for.

You might not agree with these choices, but they aren't any less American than you are. It's called a correction. The pendulum swung too far in one direction, and now it is swinging back. I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but I also haven't wrapped myself in tinfoil awaiting Armageddon. That is my recommendation.[/quote]

Look, I am a right-leaning independent who voted for Trump in 2016. What is currently happening is terrifying because it is ILLEGAL.  The president has no authority to close an agency or stop allocated money from reaching its target. These are under the purview of Congress. This is basic 7th grade civics division of branches stuff. And Musk has no security clearance or authority to do most of what he’s doing. It’s not about reducing waste and spending. It’s about trampling the constitution and compromising national security. [/quote]

I appreciate the thoughtful response, and I think you and I have a different understanding of the branches of government. Yes, Congress funds federal agencies, but they sit under the purview of the Administration -- which is led by the president.

I'm not sure if it is illegal to shutter the DOE, or USAID. I genuinely don't know, but it sounds like any president would be within his rights to take this kind of action. As for Musk, he was appointed by the president, he has a security clearance OF COURSE given his national defense ties, and so yes, he does have the authority to do what he's doing, all at the pleasure of the president. Again, folks might not like it, but the "No one elected Elon Musk" rally seemed so ridiculously misguided it could almost make you laugh. Every single person who works at the White House in charge of crafting policy and priorities is unelected but for two people. That doesn't make their work illegal.[/quote]

Ridiculously wrong. A president can't unilaterally close an entire department, regardless of whether or not it sits in the exec branch.  It requires Congress. The president cannot mass fire civil servants without due process according to the law.  Musk might have clearenc from SpaceX, but that is only for subject matter pertaining to SpaceX. It doesn't give him sweeping clearance to do and access wherever he wants across all agencies in the govt.  Trump said he gave Elon and DOGE special government employee status and clearance, so who knows, but Trump slipped through a backdoor for clearance for the tech bros that allows them to do all of this stuff without being fully vetted with background checks.  How is it a rumored Canadian citizen has access to potentially sensitive financial info on all Americans or even with communications from the DoD?

Trump does not have unlimited power and is not a king. Him and Elon can't do whatever they want. And even if Musk and DOGE are cleared, they still have to abide by all sorts of confidentiality laws like HIPAA etc. Just by accessing OPM alone they have permission to all sorts of confidential employee health information. If they are improperly accessing and storing it elsewhere on insecure servers, it could be massive privacy law violations. Their clearance doesn't exempt them from those.  [/quote]

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