Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system</p><p>When ideological targeting becomes cronyism<br><a href="https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-musk-are-building-a-new" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">donmoynihan.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-and-musk-are-building-a-new</span></a></p><p>"Trump, via <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, is engaged in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>, which is <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a>. It also vastly weakens <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>. & yet, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> pitch to get Congress to pass appropriations is that he will ignore what they actually pass! Impoundment is a feature, not a bug, in their model for governing."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
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PrivacyDigest<p>The Dangers of Presidential <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> - Foreign Policy </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> tried what <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is planning—and it caused a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> crisis. </p><p><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/16/presidential-impoundment-trump-nixon-history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/16/p</span><span class="invisible">residential-impoundment-trump-nixon-history/</span></a></p>
bk<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@skykiss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skykiss</span></a></span> <br>Isn’t it Congress and not the president who disburse the funds (maybe they should grow a pair; <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>)</p>
ProPublica<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> services and a radical plan to do so. Rather than relying on his party’s control of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to trim the budget, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to withhold funding from programs they dislike.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loC-UTFPizQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=loC-UTFPiz</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to withhold funding from programs they dislike.</p><p>“We can simply choke off the money,” <br>Trump said in a 2023 campaign video. <br>“For 200 years under our system of government, it was undisputed that the president had the constitutional power to stop unnecessary spending.”</p><p>His plan, known as “<a href="https://c.im/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>,” threatens to provoke a major clash over the limits of the president’s control over the budget. </p><p>The Constitution gives Congress the sole authority to appropriate the federal budget, while the role of the executive branch is to dole out the money effectively. </p><p>But Trump and his advisers are asserting that a president can unilaterally ignore Congress’ spending decisions and “impound” funds if he opposes them or deems them wasteful.</p><p>❌Trump’s designs on the budget are part of his administration’s larger plan to consolidate as much power in the executive branch as possible. </p><p>♦️This month, he pressured the Senate to go into recess so he could appoint his cabinet without any oversight. <br>(So far, Republicans who control the chamber have not agreed to do so.) </p><p>His key advisers have spelled out plans to bring independent agencies, such as the Department of Justice, under political control.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">mpoundment-appropriations-congress-budget</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Donald Trump is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of government services and a radical plan to do so. </p><p>Rather than relying on his party’s control of Congress to trim the budget, <br>Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to withhold funding from programs they dislike.<br>“We can simply choke off the money,” Trump said in a 2023 campaign video. <br>“For 200 years under our system of government, it was undisputed that the president had the constitutional power to stop unnecessary spending.”</p><p>His plan, known as “<a href="https://c.im/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>,” threatens to provoke a major clash over the limits of the president’s control over the budget. <br>The Constitution gives Congress the sole authority to appropriate the federal budget, <br>while the role of the executive branch is to dole out the money effectively. </p><p>But Trump and his advisers are asserting that a president can unilaterally ignore Congress’ spending decisions and “impound” funds if he opposes them or deems them wasteful.</p><p>Trump’s designs on the budget are part of his administration’s larger plan to consolidate as much power in the executive branch as possible. <br>This month, he pressured the Senate to go into recess so he could appoint his cabinet without any oversight.<br> (So far, Republicans who control the chamber have not agreed to do so.) <br>His key advisers have spelled out plans to bring independent agencies, such as the Department of Justice, under political control.</p><p>If Trump were to assert a power to kill congressionally approved programs, <br>it would almost certainly tee up a fight in the federal courts and Congress and, experts say, <br>could fundamentally alter Congress’ bedrock power.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">mpoundment-appropriations-congress-budget</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>How <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a><br>—</p><p>Rather than relying on his party’s control of Congress to trim the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>, Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to defund programs they dislike. </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/President" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>President</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">mpoundment-appropriations-congress-budget</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>That pledge could provoke a dramatic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> showdown, w/vast consequences for how the govt operates. If <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> returns to office, these efforts are likely to turn typically arcane debates over “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> — or the president’s right to stop certain spending programs— into a major political flash point, as he seeks to accomplish via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/edict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edict</span></a> what he cannot pass through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EconomicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“I will use the president’s long-recognized <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> Power to squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy for massive savings,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said in a plan posted last year. “This will be in the form of tax reductions for you. This will help quickly to stop inflation & slash the deficit.”<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EconomicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a></p>
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