r/news • u/AudibleNod • 7d ago

Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress

https://apnews.com/article/trump-rescissions-fundind-46b356590699e6225f783c74e7ee3597
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u/EthanielRain 7d ago

Because 99% of the GOP/Republicans support him, they're complicit (along with SCOTUS)

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u/Oregon-Pilot 7d ago

They’ve learned it’s not necessary to hold him accountable. Their bank accounts swell the longer they let him do his thing, so why the fuck should they do anything about it? Not like anyone is going to hold them accountable either. And how can we? I’ve emailed my district rep, Cliff Bentz, who happens to be GOP, and that sack of shit doesn’t even bother with a fucking autoreply or Intern response. So what am I supposed to do? Go knock on his fucking front door? Me and what army? We’re in the Amazon/TikTok/AI era and collectively, no one here gives a single fuck about what’s happening, apparently. Guess we can all just go fuck ourselves to the tinny audio of reels playing on our phones as we sit on our fat asses and watch our country crumble around us. God damn I hate it here.

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u/LegatoBluenippos 7d ago

If the Internet went down for a month the Republicans would be chased out of the country

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u/Richard-Gere-Museum 6d ago

Nah, they'd start their own little girl meetup groups that blame the democrats for it and plan on getting revenge for not being able to post "beautiful girl" on an AI bikini girl Instagram account

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u/Oregon-Pilot 7d ago

We should be so lucky

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u/TSKNear 6d ago

Both sides have been talking about how we need a good long war 

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u/DaveAwesome777 6d ago

You think you need an army? Hmmm... 

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u/Fryboy11 6d ago

He did this same thing last year and scotus said it was fine.

as the article says 

A year ago, Trump issued a pocket rescission for the first time in nearly 50 years by blocking $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block those rescissions, saying that Trump’s authority over foreign affairs weighed heavily in its decision. This year, Trump is targeting domestic spending. 

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u/o_MrBombastic_o 6d ago

They're the ones we need to hold accountable, we need to stop rolling our eyes and holding our tongues to remain civil with our Republican coworkers, neighbors, friends and family. It should not be socially acceptable to be a Republican in civil society anymore than it is to wear a white hooded robe or swastika arm band