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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Depending on how much inertia it gets behind it, it could be difficult to undo. You know, like how CDC can't do research on gun violence.
But yeah, saying this could permanently damage how the EPA does its thing seems a little alarmist, though with Pruitt that may be the point. He's doing a pretty good job of tanking the organization he's in charge of, and the fact that he's currently mired in scandals may be the only thing that saves the EPA in the short term.
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My point was that it would take Congress making the rule into law for it to be more than a symptom of Pruitt's term.
If he can get anything he's done to be law, that would certainly be trouble. That's why Mulvaney is urging Congress to reduce the CFPB's power, because what he's doing now is temporary.
edited 26th Apr '18 9:54:59 PM by TheRoguePenguin
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No, they'd probably go after Southern Europeans (Gibraltarians, Kosovars, Slovenes (except Melania), Spaniards, Portuguese, Andorrans, Italians, Vatican Citiers, Sammarinese, Maltese, Greeks, Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Albanians) first. White Supremacists consider them inferior to other Europeans.
edited 27th Apr '18 4:17:21 AM by Wariolander
So, the Korean peace talks are making significant progress.
Trump, of course, will be claiming every last inch of credit for these developments, go on about how he totally scared North Korea into submission, etc. And to some extent, that may be true. I mean, the last Republican president was dumb enough to invade Iraq, and look how that turned out. So what do you think could happen with this moron?
The real elephant in the room is the simple fact of US involvement in the Korean War, and the 28,500 military personnel stationed in the South. And no doubt think Trump thinks this puts him in the decisive position, to bring North Korea to the table and force them to comply with his demands.
Except North Korea can just leave the table. With the nukes. That's one of the reasons why they have the nukes in the first place.
That would not go over well with the other parties involved, not after this much investment. Especially since, if a nuclear North Korea is indeed truly unacceptable, and economic and diplomatic efforts have failed, that leaves only the military option. I imagine China especially would want to lean on that not happening. But with stuff like Pompeo's secret meeting with Kim, obviously there are people in the administration trying to work things out.
At the same time, Kim also gets to take advantage of Trump's utter apathy for human rights. After all, what's one more brutal authoritarian to get along with? Let Kim and his dynasty rule their kingdom for the foreseeable eternity. In exchange, we end the war, get another one of the axis of evil off our back, and then focus on the last one remaining.
It may be that we will see the absolute climax of Republican hypocrisy: creating a nuclear deal with North Korea, and destroying a nuclear deal with Iran. Hell, maybe even on the same day.
what scares me is how easy it was for president Macron was able to play him like a fiddle. (Granted, he was there for much less then scary purposes, but still.)
If he was able to that, and he was an ally, what could someone who doesn't have our collective best interests at heart do?
edited 27th Apr '18 5:53:06 AM by megaeliz
Or what have they already done? The Trump political organization has been shamelessly played by leaders all over the world. It's like a bus load of kindergarteners dropped off with their parents' credit cards at a casino.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"I sometimes just want brainwash all the GOP. It would put them to good use for once.
This Black-and-White Morality situation is really boring and speak volumes about how Humans Are Bastards as long they aren't Left.
(In the current American political paradigm)
I'd wish having so many cellphones
edited 27th Apr '18 6:23:52 AM by KazuyaProta
Watch me destroying my country

So there's no way a Democratic administration could undo that rule?