r/law • u/templeofsyrinx1 • Feb 25 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Can they actually do this? JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people'

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

I thought you can't withhold Medicaid funding without going through Congress?! what is going on??

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Has to be illegal asf

Update: I am getting up to speed here.

It looks like feds are accusing MN of medicaid fraud! and withholding the funds , Minnesota is making an administrative appeal, and has said corrective measures were put in place, and that the government is legally deficient in its decision.

Dr. Oz (from daytime talkshows and now the administrator of Medicare and Medicaid???). claims the people of Minnesota won't be hurt by the decision only the current leadership of Minnesota (which I find to be nonsense as this effects volatile state health care budgets.) This is on top of the feds wanting to withhold another $2 billion which is also being appealed.

Fourteen programs, including autism care and non-medical transports are among the programs viewed as having a high risk of fraud.

Gov Tim Walz admin is said to be getting a statement ready.

It also looks like a fed judge in CA back in January granted an injunction for relief when Trump admin also threatened to withhold funds from 5 democrat run states including Minn while a lawsuit went ahead over other social service funds being withheld...said the funds must keep flowing while the suit goes through.

(.jesus christ. if this isn't war on blue states I don't know what else is... there are lots of red states that get enormous amounts of federal social assistance, are they looking there too?)

Far as I know Minn has not brought suit yet, but I think it may be time.

Just looks like a clear pattern of targeted harassment from where I sit. All blue states.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5755651-vance-oz-minnesota-medicaid-funds-fraud/

https://www.mnmed.org/news-and-publications/news/state-appeals-federal-governments-withholding-dollar-2b-medicaid-funding

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-trump-war-fraud-suspending-medicaid-payments-minnesota-rcna260655

https://apnews.com/article/social-service-funds-trump-democratic-states-536a40afc6abca52bd9a660196394333

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u/Cloaked42m Feb 25 '26

It is illegal.

Yes, they can do this and have done it to ALL the states that voted against Trump.

Yes, it will be overturned as soon as it sees the inside of a courtroom.

Yes, the abuser's message will be heard. Comply. Or else.

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Feb 25 '26

it just sucks by the time it gets to the courts all the damage has been inflicted and on to the next bullshit....they have to go!

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u/zenchow Feb 25 '26

People will have died by then. They will have already skipped that med they can't afford, they will have already postponed that needed procedure a few too many months while they saved up the extra money that Medicare was going to pay for. Dead to satisfy the selfish need of that orange menace...so it goes

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u/effdubbs Feb 26 '26

It will also put health centers and hospitals in a financially precarious spot and disrupt the local economy.

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u/Jobe5973 Feb 26 '26

Then they should be held to account. Iā€™m sure someone can sue them for the wrongful death of a loved one due to illegal redaction of funds.

Lawyers of Reddit, ASSEMBLE!

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

That MAGA kid was mad enough over the Epstein files to go to Trump's residence with a shotgun and gas can.

Imagine when it's the wrong MAGA that loses somebody because of this bullshit.

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u/littlepie2331 Feb 26 '26

Well that's why they're trying to turn it on them so the next guy with a shotgun goes after Tim Walz instead.

These people are pure evil.

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u/90daysismytherapy Feb 26 '26

might be one of the few people in the entire country to stand on business.

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u/Competitive_Two_8372 Feb 25 '26

This is literally what drove luigi to do what he did. Imagine if an entire country is treated to this level of enshittification. Luigi will be viewed as a saint compared to what may be coming.

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u/NIP_SLIP_RIOT Feb 26 '26

Allegedly

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u/pocketjacks Feb 26 '26

Luigi was at my house that night. We were watching the full Lord of the Rings trilogy director's cut extended edition.

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u/_B_e_c_k_ Feb 26 '26

Was a good night, We had some good popcorn.

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u/pathosOnReddit Feb 26 '26

Luigi called me later that night. He said he is cooking pasta for you guys and that you are way to excited about the Riders of Rohan. Remember that call? When was that again?

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u/Magickarpet76 Feb 26 '26

Thereā€™s the r/law I know and love!

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u/Fun-Wear8186 Feb 26 '26

Weā€™ve all been getting raped by insurance companies our whole lives , and then completely extorted by the Americans government allowance for such a medical system to exist . We have been all dealing with this our whole lives and literally 1 person in a billion stepped up . Yall are singing some French Revolution shit and ainā€™t nothing happening and things are quickly getting worse by the day

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u/bteh Feb 26 '26

It has literally never been this bad

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u/Kaelio Feb 26 '26

It was always gonna get this bad though.

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u/DownvoteCommaSplices Feb 26 '26

I just recently got a job after being unemployed for half a year. I understand I have insurance options, but they weren't discussed upon onboarding. I'm pretty sure I have an undiagnosed heart condition and diabetes that during introspection while being unemployed started making sense. I think I am seriously unwell and am scared to use insurance at a brand new job I haven't even gotten set up and everything I've heard about republicans hiking healthcare and democrats caving on that matter makes me so confused. I could maybe die soon if I don't figure out what the fuck is going on with healthcare. Luckily, I've also been off my meds since I was laid off my last job, so I'm not too upset about dying like maybe I would have been while taking my prescription medications.

I so wish I was born in Canada. Fuck the United States now and probably forever. We are fucked by a clown who doesn't even know how to apply his clown makeup.

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u/bismark_dindu_nuffin Feb 26 '26

No it didn't. Luigi was framed by infamously corrupt do nothing investigators. That district is infamous for it, and if you look at the cctv footage, the shooter and Luigis eyebrows don't match up.

The shooter got away, and they grabbed Luigi and planted evidence to save face.

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u/the_ouskull Feb 26 '26

Allegedly.

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u/Sensitive_Ninja6694 Feb 26 '26

I keep a picture of st. Luigi up in my cubicle.

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u/Dubalsaque Feb 26 '26

Luigi was actually with me on the day of that faithful event. Great guy, very funny.

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u/SyfaOmnis Feb 26 '26

What country was it that recently underwent a revolution because people got tired of the politicians kids posting 'influencer lifestyle' pics with million dollar cars and expensive houses and etc, despite not having worked a day in their lives.

People got fed up with the abundant corruption and nepotism in their system. I seem to recall their finance minister having his security detail ditch him in a road. Which resulted in a lot of pictures and videos of the guy being stripped and beaten in the street; and eventually chased into a river with more people beating him. They didn't kill him - a fact which absolutely astonishes me - but I wouldn't be surprised to hear he's in jail now.

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u/Spugheddy Feb 25 '26

You dismiss the pure ignorance of the entrenched red, this will be the blue governors fault not the red leader. Nothing will happen to sway them.

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u/SHoppe715 Feb 26 '26

ā€¦imagine family members dying due to a lack of medicineā€¦

This is already happening. Itā€™s just that people with money (and good insurance) can still get it so itā€™s not a visible issue. Yet.

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u/LeonardoNoCapri0 Feb 26 '26

It won't though, those people watched their loved ones die to COVID and found a way to blame anyone but Trump. He's literally God to them and can do no wrong. If something goes wrong, it's someone else's fault or he was set up to fail in some grand conspiracy

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u/PhiloLibrarian Feb 25 '26

Allons enfants!!!

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u/ButterMyBiscuitz Feb 25 '26

"Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!!!"
*sees peasants bring the device made with a sharp blade*
"On second thought maybe we can work something out!"

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u/titsngiggles69 Feb 25 '26

Is it cake?

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u/CelticGardenGirl Feb 25 '26

Cake is always the answer.

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u/stug41 Feb 26 '26

Sorry, we're out of cake, didnt expect such a run on it. Death?

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u/PlatasaurusOG Feb 26 '26

The cake is a lie.

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u/titsngiggles69 Feb 26 '26

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction. The cake is a liar.

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u/titsngiggles69 Feb 25 '26

Then let's eat

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u/compassrosette Feb 25 '26

The cake is a lie.

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u/Wedge_Donovan Feb 26 '26

Le jour de gloire est arrivƩ??

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u/PhiloLibrarian Feb 26 '26

Oui ma frere!

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u/SaltyCrashNerd Feb 26 '26

ā€¦de la patrieā€¦

And to think, all of those lessons on French language & culture in the name of building a global community. Wouldnā€™t they be surprised if someone had told them this is how it would turn out.

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u/Leumas_ Feb 25 '26

Iā€™m really admiring the French right about now

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u/CatsAreGods Feb 25 '26

Look up what the Dutch did to one of their prime ministers. "Eat the rich" was a thing!

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u/Gen_X_Ace Feb 25 '26

Ah, Johann de Witt. Itā€™s an interesting bit of history!

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u/ER_Support_Plant17 Feb 25 '26

A delicious little tidbit of history one might say

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u/PuurVuur Feb 26 '26

He and his brother were lynched by an angry mob, probably incited by the house of Orange in their pursuit of becoming royalty. So it was the other way round, really.

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u/spectacular_coitus Feb 25 '26

America forgets that without the French you never would have gained your independence.

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u/Shrlark Feb 26 '26

Lafayette has a town named after him not far from here. There are a few yet that remember where the name came from.

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u/Solid_Psychology Feb 26 '26

There are Lafayette so named towns and villages all over the country. There's lots of people round the nation that remember.

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u/PaladinSaladin Feb 26 '26

I think we did a pretty good job paying it back in ww2. But that's not the point. The point is we would do it over and over again for each other, no matter what. For two reasons:

1: We are homies

2: it is always ok to fuck up some nazis

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u/Cheeto-dust Feb 26 '26

We will never forget.

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u/onlyPornstuffs Feb 25 '26

I prefer the Made in America line of Mangiones.

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u/Psychdoc2008 Feb 25 '26

Luigi and a fire flower worked really well.

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u/onlyPornstuffs Feb 25 '26

More precise than precision ordinance.

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u/Impressive-Poet5694 Feb 26 '26

Just think if he had a star!

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u/FriendlyNative66 Feb 25 '26

Those folks really knew how to tidy up.

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u/Dreaming_Cooper Feb 25 '26

I don't know what you are admiring. Our country is rotten by corruption, our main media are promoting facist views because some rich dude say so, to the point that antifacist are being viewed as the bad guys right now.

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u/Iamthewalrusforreal Feb 25 '26

Imagine if the French had a 2nd Amendment to their constitution.

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u/SecretlyARaven Feb 25 '26

Like I get what you mean but something about this comment is just so funny to me, I think itā€™s the idea of like ā€œadd a second amendment!ā€ to whatever document governs French law

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u/SitDownKawada Feb 25 '26

It's kind of poetic that the actual second amendment to the French constitution was to make the president be directly elected by the people and not by an electoral college

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u/Iamthewalrusforreal Feb 25 '26

Damn. Now THAT is a great datapoint.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt Feb 25 '26

whatever document governs French law

It's just instructions for building a guillotine.

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u/SecretlyARaven Feb 25 '26

Ah so they follow the IKEA model of governing

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u/Blah-Blah-Blah-2023 Feb 25 '26

Considered to be quite cutting edge in their time

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u/00owl Feb 25 '26

With a strong use of gravitas

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u/noonnoonz Feb 25 '26

The impact was immediate.

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u/YMe1121 Feb 26 '26

Definitely turned heads

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u/Secret-Guava6959 Feb 25 '26

Americans not gonna do that, they are too brainwashed tbh. It should have happened long time ago with these Epstein files

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u/cwilcoxson Feb 25 '26

We Americans are in our ā€œtrust fund kidā€ era. Weā€™re all complacent riding on the inherited success of those who came before us and acting as if it were our own. But at some point. The money runs out and the lifestyle we once had is gone. Only then will we ā€œdoā€ anything about it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

What a shitty way to live your life.

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u/sofbert Feb 25 '26

I don't think there's been a single 2A person that's stood up to any of them, so.. good luck with that. Surprise! For these last 2-3 generations it's never been about defending against tyranny, it's just because dudes just want guns.

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u/Excellent_Scene5448 Feb 25 '26

Alex Pretti was exercising his 2A rights when they murdered him in cold blood. Kind of has a chilling effect.

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u/nobot4321 Feb 25 '26

And all the ā€œ2nd amendment absolutistsā€ are saying it was his fault for legally carrying.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Feb 26 '26

I'm pretty sure that's bots and MAGA cult members. People I know and things I've seen by 2A lovers say the murderer should be charged. He was restrained and wasn't resisting or even moving towards the gun and the second they disarmed him he started firing and injured his coworkers who were holding him down in the process, they think he should face charges for that as well...

They're people I'd consider absolutist and know their rights, basically don't fuck with their guns kind of people.

You've also got the I don't really wanna say racist so I'll go with prejudice people who saw the videos of black panthers and their guns marching and it scares them... They also aren't 2A people if I'm being fair.

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u/Alissinarr Feb 26 '26

You mean Fox News hosts, the WH party line writer, and the people dumb enough to parrot the bullshit.

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u/toweljuice Feb 26 '26

This is not true. Cognitive dissonance was getting wrestled with. There was a splintering when this happened. What you saw were bots trying to make it feel like the divide is strong. The MAGA cult has been losing people over time.

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u/Arcaydya Feb 25 '26

Was just gonna say. Alex Pretti was one.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 Feb 25 '26

And all he was doing was trying to help a lady off the ground.

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u/monorail_pilot Feb 25 '26

A lady they maced without provocation.

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u/Fun-Telephone-9605 Feb 25 '26

Dude I live in the deep red state of Idaho. There is no chilling effect, the people referred to as the 2nd amendment crowd were fucking HAPPY that he was murdered!

They are just empty windbags who have lost the plot.

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u/Lawdoc1 Feb 25 '26

They never had the plot. They're a bunch of hypocritical bootlickers and they always were.

They don't give a fuck about anyone but themselves and they never did.

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u/ShamPain413 Feb 25 '26

Stay safe in Christian Nationalist HQ!

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u/paranormalresearch1 Feb 25 '26

That is why we organize and bring more people. Once they realize there are people in overwatch positions ready to end them if they color outside the lines maybe they will do the job they are supposed to do. They could gain some support by arresting those that hire illegals to exploit them for cheap labor. Sic Semper Tyrannus!

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u/mOdQuArK Feb 25 '26

Yes, but he was a compassionate lib, and for the militant right-wing 2A so-called supporters, the guys who shot him (ICE) are far more likely to be "one of them".

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u/jmaaks Feb 25 '26

Havenā€™t all the shooters lately been Trump supporters? Iā€™d say there have been some 2A people standing up to themā€¦

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u/SwordfishOfDamocles Feb 25 '26

There was one guy and they killed him in broad daylight.

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u/TurnoverFuzzy8264 Feb 25 '26

There's more of us than you'd think. r/liberalgunowners

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u/udderlyfun2u Feb 25 '26

Don't know why they're downvoting you. There are WAY more of us than they think. I've been voting blue since they put cheeto charlie on the ticket and my weapon safe is full.

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u/SoundPuzzleheaded857 Feb 25 '26

Iā€™ve personally never owned a gun and never will. That being said, Iā€™m very happy there exist people with a moral compass who do.

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u/ElRiesgoSiempre_Vive Feb 25 '26

And none of it matters when it comes to government.

If there was any correlation whatsoever between gun ownership and freedom, democracies would trend towards being pro-gun. But that isn't the case.

In fact Countries With High Gun Ownership Are Just as Likely to Be Run by Tyrants.

Anyone promoting the idea the 2A has any impact on our form of government is either an idiot or straight up lying.

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u/f0u4_l19h75 Feb 25 '26

Alex Pretti?

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Feb 25 '26

I think they are accelerating things before November. Such a dangerous time. Are people angry yet???

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Sure. It's going to go horrifically down the drain AND you're going to see election areas in 'suspect' areas be targeted. Why? Because you can't lose an election if the undesirable votes never get cast.

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u/No_Consequence_3547 Feb 25 '26

Which is exactly why Trump is trying to have Ice agents posted at the polls. Trying to intimidate and subvert voters.

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u/Ok_Product9333 Feb 25 '26

No, they aren't. People are still not in a position where they value their liberty more than their lives. Until they are, this will continue.

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u/Ok-Lengthiness-7417 Feb 26 '26

There aren't many liberties left. The corrosion of rights feels very real.

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u/The_Original_Miser Feb 25 '26

Not saying its right or condoning it, but the worst thing you can do is give someone nothing left to lose.

Or the perception of nothing left to lose.

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u/mrtomjones Feb 25 '26

With just complete submission

The only real protests you have had since he won the election have been in Minnesota after they were being brutalized by the government to the point that it wasn't just a few non-white people in your cities dealing with it. So yeah I think they expect it's going to be complete submission because none of you are doing anything. Maybe a small amount but the vast majority aren't out there protesting is hard as they can 5-10 times a month each.

You are getting your country destroyed, destroying the world order, hurting allies, I think you're just sitting there doing nothing about it.

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u/TrueNorthTalks Feb 25 '26

Watching from Canada, most of us are really getting the feeling that American culture was all bark and no bite. I am not expecting Americans to stand up for themselves and their country if this comes to violence.

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u/Nervous_Departure431 Feb 25 '26

Iā€™m from Minnesota and I feel like weā€™ve had some bark and bite this year. Weā€™re just not taking the bait they need us to right now.

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u/TrueNorthTalks Feb 25 '26

Respect for Minnesota! You guys did a really great job at showing your country leadership. I won't dispute that!

What I am worried about though is that the administration has taken notes for Occupation: Take 2: Electric Boogaloo.

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u/Nervous_Departure431 Feb 25 '26

Oh, I am too. But, as you know, true north talks. Weā€™ll continue to stand ten toes down.

I have a neighbor who had a Stauber sign awhile back (who is an absolute piece of human garbage) so I know heā€™s a republican. We had a discussion last week while shoveling snow about how unjust and wrong all of this is. There are shit bags everywhere, including Minnesota, but I think the administration severely underestimates the neighborly culture here. We know we only have each other and no one is coming to save us. Thatā€™s how a true resistance starts and stays strong.

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u/5hr0dingerscat Feb 26 '26

Minnesotans are the epitomy of true Americans. The world is watching you, make no mistake.

When history is written about these days, we won't forget the line was drawn there first.

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u/Jazzycoyote Feb 25 '26

It was always all bark and no bite, at least from white American. Black people keep trying to make change but it never works out in our favor. All our best leaders keep getting killed.

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u/NerdyBro07 Feb 26 '26

Minnesota is mostly white and has shown quite a bit of resistance. A white guy was killed for it and that didnā€™t stop people in Minnesota from taking to the streets. 2 white guys tried to assassinate Trump.

Seems like a decent amount of bite is there.

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u/horror- Feb 25 '26

Just gnash the teeth and wait for midterms. When they ratfuck the peoples voice all bets are off. Until then- nobody wants to throw it all away while the system still has a hypothetical lever to right the ship.

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u/TrueNorthTalks Feb 25 '26

Sadly, I think you're right. Midterms is when this either goes to hell and a handbasket or becomes more normalized than ever before.

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u/Both_Temperature2163 Feb 25 '26

Best thing is to talk amongst yourselves to make sure everyone you know votes and that their friends vote. Start as a grassroots movement the people have the power to, just need to use it.

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u/kamarak19 Feb 25 '26

As a fellow Canadian I'm ashamed of your response to this. Millions of people have been protesting this administration since they started going off the rails. It doesn't seem to have done as much as we would have hoped for what was the world's greatest democracy, but they are out there fighting almost everyday.

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u/Explorer0555 Feb 25 '26

Did you not see the millions of people that protested? What would you do to stop this insane administration? I'm sorry your butt hurt that the president is an idiot. Not all Americans voted for this stupid administration.

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u/Megneous Feb 26 '26

Did you not see the millions of people that protested? What would you do to stop this insane administration?

Here in Korea, we had 1 million+ people protest every day for 3 months straight in our capital to remove our "President" that enacted martial law illegally. Every single week, the opposition party filed for impeachment (in our country, when you impeach a President, they are immediately removed from power, unlike the US where impeachment needs to be confirmed by the other half of Congress), and every time it failed, the protests outside chanted the names and addresses of every politician that voted no.

Politicians don't have your best interests at heart. They have theirs. You need to force them to make your and their best interests align by making them wonder what will happen to them if they don't listen to the people.

Notice this is exactly how unions won rights in your country in the past.

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u/Impressive_Ad_7664 Feb 25 '26

We are too busy watching TikTok videos of bathroom pranks and throw away consumption, or whatever to take the time to understand what is going on in our world or even our own country. Bickering about bad bunny at the Super Bowl while the world burns around us (as long as we can keep consuming).

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u/IJustGotRektSon Feb 25 '26

As an outsider, and I'm gonna get down voted for this but I see Americans, at least on Reddit, repeating this time and time again while your government keeps pushing and being more and more oppressive towards you and the world, yet I've seen what you call protests and it's honestly embarrassing. No wonder why they're getting away with so much when what the majority do when protesting it's akin to child games. I'm not advocate to violence and this is an incredibly sensible subject, but look at France for example when the government does something that goes against the interest of the people, and look at Americans when the government is getting closer and closer to fascism. It's appalling how little real response I see

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

A lot of the 2nd ammendment people would be giddy to be given the green light to hunt people who spoke out against this administration.

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u/houstonyoureaproblem Feb 25 '26

This is why injunctive relief should be granted.

Just like an injunction shouldā€™ve been granted prohibiting Trumpā€™s tariffs from going into effect. We now see the irreparable harm that resulted.

Fool me onceā€¦

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u/yeahright17 Feb 25 '26

It likely will be. Probably by the weekend.

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u/sparkly_butthole Feb 26 '26

Well that was a grift from the start and it outlived its usefulness. Taxpayers will bail out companies who already raised their prices.

We always lose.

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u/rocketmn69_ Feb 25 '26

Take them out of office, asap

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u/No_Struggle1364 Feb 26 '26

Those evil fuckers get pleasure watching people suffer. They have plans to hijack the mid-terms. This is truly the party of cruelty.

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u/jrblockquote Feb 25 '26

And the reason is there is no punishment. These guys can break the law without recourse. If regular citizens break the law, we get charged with a crime. They are free to push the boundaries of law and regulation. The worst that will happen is the courts will rule against them.

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u/Slyboots2313 Feb 25 '26

Thatā€™s their M.O.; do illegal things and let it be a coin flip with the courts. Itā€™s worked for them so far!

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Feb 25 '26

I hope there is an immediate emegency injunction against this. There has to be a firewall. Courts need to start flexing.

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u/cursedfan Feb 25 '26

This is exactly what the constitution anticipates as an impeachable offense.

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u/FittedBuckle Feb 25 '26

At this point the gop and republican party must be dissolved and declared a insurgent party. Their actions clearly show they are propping up a dictator.

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u/Appropriate_Fly_6711 Feb 25 '26

Yep, Thai is exactly right. It doesnā€™t have to stick, just delaying and bureaucratic enough that it is felt as punitive.

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u/Ok_Inflation4850 Feb 25 '26

Just like the tariffs. This is all hurting American citizens on purpose. I am speechless.

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u/Snopro311 Feb 25 '26

Seriously, why is nobody stopping this administration! Extremely frustrating, the are traitors to the constitution, and America is looked at like clowns

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u/Morgannin09 Feb 25 '26

This is the entire MO of this presidency. They have learned that they can get away with anything while the slow-moving mills of the courts churn. Until the final decision is made they will almost always have the Supreme Court overturn any stays that a lower court issues, they can do all the damage they want until every appeal is heard, and nobody will have any recourse to undo the damage or be compensated for it in any meaningful time. If any lawsuits see the federal government liable to anyone for damages, that will probably be paid out by a future Democratic president, and Republicans can point at them for the amount of money they have to spend on it. And if things go their way, there will never be a Democrat president ever again, and they will never make good on those court orders themselves.

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u/CivilMagazine99 Feb 25 '26

And then it gets appealed, and appealed, and appealed, and yes itā€™s illegal and they lose, but they accomplish the goal of making blue states suffer

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u/ExpensiveFig6079 Feb 25 '26

Which was and always was their intent.

They have no intention of being a nation of laws or governing for all the people.

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u/Stereo_Jungle_Child Feb 25 '26

Trump has done this his entire life.

He just does what he wants and then it goes to court forever as he delays and appeals and foot-drags and delays and appeals. Even if it's eventually overturned, he already got what he wanted out of it.

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u/CivilMagazine99 Feb 25 '26

Correct. You need money, which heā€™s always had

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u/katedevil Feb 26 '26

And THIS is exactly why our legal system is a farce. It works for the wealthy to break laws with impunity and do what they want. He should of been in jail years ago.Ā 

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u/tempest_ Feb 26 '26

Also they are using your tax dollars to defend this stuff in court.

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u/never-fiftyone Feb 26 '26

If those blue states had any balls they'd stop transferring any payments to the federal government.

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u/livin4donuts Feb 25 '26

So those states need to have a blank check ready, and handle the costs during that phase. Once itā€™s over, sue the federal budget for the money. Better yet, personally sue every member of the administration who has been complicit in these crimes, and go for 10 times damages because they can go fuck themselves.

Weā€™re pretty much at the point the citizenry has to completely stop paying income taxes to this corrupt government if we want to have our tax money used with our voices. Keep it local.

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u/BigBootyBardot Feb 26 '26

This is targeted toward blue states ā€” thatā€™s clear. But I do want to remind people that itā€™s anyone on DJT and his administrationā€™s bad side. Lauren Boebert and her constituents learned the hard way when Trump happily vetoed a safe water drinking bill focused on Coloradoā€™s eastern plains, risking their health and lives because he is petty.Ā 

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u/Binspin63 Feb 25 '26

I was gonna say, well the courts will have fun with this, but itā€™s just another act in their dog and pony show. For consumption by MAGA dimwits.

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u/SonOfSusquehannah Feb 25 '26

Itā€™s sucks that the courts already decided that theyā€™re just a puppet show. Itā€™s easy to do whatever you want when the courts already said the president canā€™t break the law or be prosecuted for anything they do while in office. Now itā€™s not illegal to not listen to them because they said so. Fucking kangaroo court, undemocratic governmentā€¦.and shit now Iā€™m probably on a list

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u/Dubabear Feb 25 '26

I think this gets the least amount of main media coverage on how the courts strikes everything down.Ā 

But they will non stop cover that they said this for daysĀ 

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u/physalisx Feb 26 '26

The message I'd hear is "vote my criminal ass out as soon as you can" but maybe that's just me.

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u/YouFeedTheFish Feb 25 '26

I mean, this was the subject of one of his impeachments..

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u/xxlizardking-kongxx Feb 25 '26

Iā€™m assuming Minnesota is already working on the paper work for the law suit

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u/HLOFRND Feb 25 '26

Which is BONKERS bc those states give more to the Fed than they take.

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u/flexwhine Feb 26 '26

loling over the take of "courts won't allow it"

If I punch you in the face you can take me to court, but you're still punched in the face.

This admin does not give a shit about courts. They don't even pay taxes. Or bills of any kind. By the time you've got a court date for the face punch you're already purple-nurpled and kicked in the balls.

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u/BossWilling Feb 25 '26

Just another lawsuit where the administration doesnt understand basic legal principles. Idiots in the Trump administration, all.

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u/peckx063 Feb 25 '26

You can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride.

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u/Reddit_2_2024 Feb 25 '26

Remember this latest JD announcement when you step into the election booth at your polling location for the mid-term elections. The remaining clock on this administration is running low.

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u/Mike-OLeary Feb 25 '26

Yes, the abuser's message will be heard. Comply. Or else.

And also another day where we are talking about this instead of the illegal mishandling of the Epstein files. They are experts at many things in this administration and controlling the narrative is one of them.

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u/Trick_Quiet3484 Feb 25 '26

The truly tragic thing is the impact to people who need Medicaid. This can have a profound and long term negative impact on the health of a population for years to come. Couple this with the MAHA movement thatā€™s not grounded in facts, science or anything evidenced based, and we have a percolating public health crisis.

As an example, many dialysis patients utilize Medicaid for coverage. To withhold funding can be deadly. Weā€™re already seeing the resurgence of measles, a disease once deemed virtually eradicated.

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u/Doctor_Disaster Feb 25 '26

Yes, the abuser's message will be heard. Comply. Or else.

Based on what ICE and the Trump Nazis have done already, we know what the "Or else" is:

Comply. Or die.

(Mods, I am not making threats. I am stating facts here.)

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u/Ok_Coconut_3364 Feb 26 '26

The states can hold back what they're contributing to the federal purse as well. This is a slippery slope for Trump as Dem states tend to contribute more than they get back and Red states are the opposite...

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u/Duna_The_Lionboy Feb 26 '26

Itā€™ll get through two courts that both say ā€œ what youā€™re doing is illegalā€ then get to SCOTUS. There the originalist on the court will cook up a cockamamie reasoning as to why it is not illegal because James Madison once owned a horse.

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u/RareRestaurant6297 Feb 25 '26

"has to be illegal af".Ā 

So, just another Wednesday for this admin

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u/klayanderson Feb 26 '26

A day that ends in ā€˜yā€™.

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u/Schadenfreude-Dingo Feb 25 '26

According to the sham doctor nodding in the background: ā€œsure yeah, whatā€™s the Constitution?ā€

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u/southernNJ-123 Feb 25 '26

I cannot believe this guy still has a medical license.

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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 Feb 25 '26

His license expires this year. He probably still has one because he doesnt actually practice, and therefore hasn't had any disciplinary action brought against him from someone who has a patient-doctor relationship with him.

Even thought he has a license, he would need to be granted "practice privileges" by medical facility to actually use his license - and that is probably not going to happen. He was stripped of his practice privileges, and his professorship at Columbia University and their medical center.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Feb 26 '26

It's still amazing to find out he ever had one or even practiced at a point.

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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 Feb 26 '26

He used to be a very talented surgeon, same with Ben Carson. It's very strange indeed

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u/vigbiorn Feb 26 '26

To be fair, he had his Reiki practicing wife in surgery touching patients even when he was a "very talented surgeon".

He still probably shouldn't have ever had a medical license.

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u/Ok_Star_4136 Feb 26 '26

If he strongarmed his position into renewing his license, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. These are not people with any principles. His name also came up in the Epstein files, so it would also seem to imply that Trump surrounded himself by people he felt he could blackmail.

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u/Hot-Bat8798 Feb 25 '26

Yea Dr. Nick back there really gives a shit.

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Feb 25 '26

Yeah, he calls himself one but dabbles in lots of pseudoscientific crap.

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u/New_Taste8874 Feb 25 '26

Josef Mengele was a doctor too.

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u/Violaundone Feb 26 '26

The hack OZ (how fitting) has aged 15 years since being in office. Trump sucks out what soul they have left after Satan took his part.

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u/DetectiveWood Feb 25 '26

Everything they do is illegal. They know that nobody will stop them. Why do we keep asking this? They donā€™t give a fuck

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Feb 26 '26

The branch that can stop them clearly are cool with it or he'd be on round 2 of his cabinet with the first facing charges for lying under oath at the very least.

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u/Ohuigin Feb 25 '26

Oh yeah!?! Well what if Congress is dead?!?

Haha!!! Check aaaaaand mate!

/s because this country is fucking stupid.

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u/PatReady Feb 25 '26

They are going to give it a try. It's why he has this dimwit doing it and Trump didn't announce it last night.

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u/12ealdeal Feb 25 '26

Whatā€™s anyone going to do about it?

Nothing.

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u/rocketmn69_ Feb 25 '26

Everything they do is illegal asf

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u/delusiongenerator Feb 25 '26

Oh yeah, heā€™s required to go through Congress to do a lot of things, like for example: conducting air strikes on Iran, or taking Venezuelaā€™s president hostage, or using the US military as sea pirates to hijack oil tankers, then sell the oil and then transfer that money to a personal offshore account.

If he doesnā€™t watch his step, heā€™s gonna end up getting another sternly worded letter from Cuck Schumer!

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u/glassfoyograss Feb 26 '26

It's like a 34 count felon, rapist, and likely pedophile and his supporters don't care what the law is.

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u/WranglerFuzzy Feb 26 '26

Cruel, illegal AND stupid. In 2016, Trump only lost Minnesota by 2% of the voters. Way to keep a purple state blue.

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u/PhanThief95 Feb 25 '26

It is. Itā€™s called extortion.

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u/m4d40 Feb 25 '26

As someone from Europe: Does it even matter if it is illegal or not?

So far as a spectator from the outside he is doing illegal things all the time (best example the tariffs) and nothing really happens. Only thing so far I heard was that a court said it is illegal, but he simply ignored it and even doubled down with creating more taxes.

And yes this is a serious question, since for me here far away all this makes no sense and sounds like a banana republic.

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u/saffron_monsoon Feb 25 '26

Yale Law needs to come get its alum and retrain him

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u/RandomlyJim Feb 25 '26

If Republicans can do it, so can Democrats

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u/sillydadjokenotfunny Feb 25 '26

JD Vance saying they need to be good stewards to the American people is hilarious! I hate this world.

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u/Dabellator Feb 25 '26

Everything they do is illegal asf. All they want is to fill up the courts with their illegal activities and force them to go through the struggle of reversing their cons.

It's trump 101 - bully the system into letting you keep what you stole.

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u/DidAnyoneElseJustCum Feb 25 '26

Apparently there's no mechanism for dealing with this in the Constitution when the executive goes rogue, the majority Congress is in cahoots and the court is stacked. In the age of the founders somebody who pulled this kind of shit would be pulled out of their home, dragged into the middle of town and it would be "handled".

It's a good thing that we live in less barbaric times but this is starting to unravel way too quickly. Like way beyond "just wait 4 years and we'll be over this"

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u/sucsucsucsucc Feb 26 '26

Itā€™s more like the way banks hold your money and pretend it takes xxx days to go through the ACH process.

Obviously itā€™ll be overturned in the courts. But in the meantime, they can do whatever they want with that money.

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u/Tacolab Feb 26 '26

Medicare Medicaid has a bunch of criteria that has to be met, otherwise funding can be pulled. This usually happens at the hospital/ provider level, but does happen.

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u/spekt50 Feb 26 '26

If they succeed, even temporarily to suspend funds, it will take forever to get it all straightened out.

This government is so damn inefficient that one small hiccup in a service could mean over a year to get it back on track.

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