Originally published at: Democrats Sound Alarm About Trump Effort to Obtain Backdoor War Authorization
Experts have for months been telling TPM that any vote by Congress to fund President Donald Trump’s war in Iran could end up being construed under the law as a passive approval by the legislature of a war it did not greenlight — as has happened with past conflicts. And as Republicans tee up votes…
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So, while you’re on vacation someone breaks into your house, jiggers the lock on your firearms case, removes the weapons, shoots up the neighborhood - and expects you to pay them for their efforts?
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That’s pretty much the way it works, yeah.
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And the Grift goes on…the Grift goes on…
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Trump and his administration, supporters and enablers show contempt for the U.S. Constitution, contempt for the law, contempt for moral and ethical behavior, contempt for the system of checks and balances, contempt for decency, contempt for opinions other than their own, contempt for religion other than Christian Nationalism, contempt for the common good, contempt for the better interests of the United States. Shall I go on??
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Operation “Epic FUBAR” leaves Iran’s IRGC with enhanced legitimacy and in command of a major international maritime choke point, all in exchange for … lots of pretty pictures of “we blowed 'em up real good!”
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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