Can’t wait to see it bite him in the ass since the majority of the dumb asses and the reds votes come from rural communities. My husband has already said he is fine with me changing my name back to my maiden to be able to vote. How many Christian Republican men will allow their wives to do that? I’m guessing JD, who thinks wives are property and belong at home raising kids, won’t. I’m certain more democrat and independent men will be on board with that. How many women will not get married until that piece of shit is out of office just so they can vote? A lot more than in red counties since it’s the only thing to do there. Get drunk, get pregnant and get married. I live in one, unfortunately. I witness it. (Originally from a blue state and oh how I miss it) He is signing his own parties demise. He thinks he’s so fucking smart. Him and his uneducated cult followers. Idiot followed by a group of bigger idiots. Yes, I’m angry and tired of his BS. Go blue!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣....UNDERSTAND THIS FACT! - ABSOLUTELY NO ONE SO-CALLED REPUBLICAN CHRISTIAN WILL EVER STAND UP FOR ANYTHING OTHER THEN THEIR GUY trump..THEY R NOT CHRISTIANS THEY R STRONG BELIEVERS OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST!..
STOP DOING INJUSTICE TO URSELVES & RESEAECH - HELL SIMPLY GOOGLE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM - READ IT & READ IT FOR WHAT IT SAYS!..
trump IS IN OFFICE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THEM - THEY LEFT THEIR SEATS THAT THEY ASK U TO VOTE & PLACE THEM TO FOLLOW trump INTO CRIMINAL COURTROOM WHERE HE WAS FOUND ON 34 COUNTS NOT INCLUDING WHAT HE ALREADY WAS - SEXUAL ASSUALT (RAPIST) IN MOST STATES..THIEF & HABITUAL ADULTEROUS - LIAR & THIE ETC ETC..
WHEN U USED UR FREEDOM OF CHOICE TO VOTE FOR trump U KNEW ALL ABOUT HIM BUT U VOTED ANYWAY SO PEOPLE UR GETTING EXACTLY WHAT U VOTED FOR & IT WILL ONLY GET WORST IF U DON'T LOOK UP & GRAB UR COUNTRY BACK!! - JUST DO IT!!
If you are currently registered to vote where you live, you should be okay. The 9% sounds awfully high to me...unless you move. That would be the only time you really need to change. You don't need to change party affiliation to vote in the open election. Otherwise, use that affiliation to vote for the opposition least likely to win.
Yes, but you can vote against your stated party affiliation. If you are already registered, and haven't moved since last registration, you are okay to vote whatever party/candidate you want to win.
That is true, but these are troubling times. This isn't normal times. We the people can stop it. In a hypothetical scenario where a US president attempts to overthrow the government, the American people, as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, possess the right to alter or abolish that government, potentially leading to a revolutionRight of Revolution:
The Declaration of Independence states that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government that becomes destructive of their rights.Remember, Its We The People House. The government is formed by We The People. For The People. By The People. Not the government for the billionaires and the far right racist evangelical nationalist.
Elon is getting ready to meddle in those elections. Offering a $100 like he did with the $1 million lottery to promise to vote for Trump. It’ll give him the names for bullet ballots. Same as he did in the swing states. We’re never going to win a critical election again if we don’t stop him.
We just won a Pennsylvania house election flipping it for the first time since 1978! It is a promising sign! Now praying for two in Florida for Federal House seats on April 1st and the one in upstate New York! All should help out these much needed candidates if you can .. time is short and Republicans are scared and now flooding money (at least to the Florida ones)!
Trump has pulled the one in NY, now not suggesting Elise for UN ambassador (or UN meddler and underminer is really the correct term here) for fear that MAGA/R will lose that one too....
Of course he is. Remember when he put DeJoy in charge of the Post Office hoping he would stop (or at least slow down) mail-in ballots? And then DeJoy did exactly that by removing sorting machines and mail boxes? Now they're going to just double down on all that, with plans to fire 10,000 more employees (in addition to the 30,000 already eliminated in recent years) - all of this is an attempt to make the service so bad that the only "option" they can then see is to privatize it. I hate them for this. Our Postal Service is a national institution! We need to be fighting this along with all the other stuff.
DeJoy resigned after getting in an argument with Musk! This is, at least, end poorly for the postal service until the courts intervene! Rural people will not be getting mail service (the very MAGA voters that put these fools in office)!!!
Absolutely. And Musk has already been "buying" republican votes in at least two states, Florida and Wisconsin, ahead of their special elections. Just pray voters don't fall for this again like they did in 2024. 🇱🇷 💙
But anyone who is already registered won’t need to get registered again, and any legal challenge would probably get a TRO that would stop it from going into place until after the special election.
Of course he is!..His intentions r to make it difficult to have a fair & legal election..America's fair & legal election system was not just a gift to Americans but to the world!..We have help so many countries develop forms of democracy in their elections etc..but here we sit talking & boo hoo criticism on r own freedoms!!..We should be(figure of speech only) tearing the walls down on these traitors!!.."THEY R TRAITORS" WHEN R U GOING TO GET UP & GRAB UR COUNTRY BACK FOR U-FOR GENERATIONS TO COME & HONORING THOSE WHO FOUGHT BEFORE US TO BE ABLE TO PASS ON TO U!
if he lives that long. Veterans have taken to the streets in protest....wait, don't think they won't escalate. Trump taking away all their benefits, even our wounded.
It won’t because he’s doing shady nonsense like signing an executive order rather than it having to go through the full channels of Congress. It’ll get tied up in court but it would never make it to a full vote in the House or Senate and he knows it. That’s why he never has Congress introduce legislation.
Look, an executive order is not a law or a law on the books, it's just an executive order that still must go through Congress regardless if he bypassed them or not, that makes his executive order not binding and illegal. Key word illegal! That is why many will challenge this nonsense in the courts. Stop being a pessimistic. If you don't know the facts of law, don't say things like it won't be blocked in a past.Because you don't know. We still have separation of branches and what p***** me off everybody in this country.The majority of them are walking around like it's business as usual when there's a coup happening right before our eyes.Millions should be in the streets in these protests.But your cowering in your house and on substack commenting, which does what, nothing. What's all noise somethingRight of Revolution:
The Declaration of Independence states that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government that becomes destructive of their rights.In a hypothetical scenario where a US president attempts to overthrow the government, the American people, as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, possess the right to alter or abolish that government, potentially leading to a revolution.Remember, Its We The People House. The government is formed by We The People. For The People. By The People. Not the government for the billionaires and the far right racist evangelical nationalist.
You don’t know what I am or am not doing. And you’re also on substack commenting (with poor grammar, but that’s neither here nor there) so while I appreciate your passion, perhaps channel it into doing something rather than coming after people who chose to use this space to vent (which, news flash, you’re doing as well). And I’m also fully aware of how laws are made, which is why I stated he circumvented the process of doing so legally. So try reading in full before you attempt to lecture people about things they weren’t wrong on in the first place. Have a great night.
To help you understand, an EO is typically built on existing law, but possibly not a current or traditional interpretation. We the People voted for this common sense reorganization.
If only it WERE common sense. Presidents are NOT supposed to completely bypass Congress and rule exclusively by one man fiat, which is what the EO's are accomplishing at this moment. If they are built on existing law, why are SO MANY OF THEM found to be unconstitutional and against federal and state laws by Republican and Democratic judges alike? If they are common sense, why doesn't he go through the Congress that his party controls, unless the president already knows that these actions are suspect, slipshod and shady, and wouldn't be accepted by a range of elected representatives across the states. And as for the "reform" and the use of DOGE -- NO business or government entity in their right mind would slash and burn itself in an effort to trim and reform. That also is not common sense. Only myopic Silicon Valley types who are not in touch with the reality that operates in everyday life, the one which take consequences (intended and unintended) into account. These heads of DOGE (mostly millionaires and billionaires) and computer hackers and programmers have no consideration for the actual people who are getting shafted (workers, as well as the the recipients of grants, programs and benefits, as well as the international community whose governance and economies are also getting mashed up in the fray) who are being sacrificed on the altar of maniacal urgency to get all of this done in the 130 days that Musk has been given. It is common sense not to damage the people who voted for you across red states, but that is what is happening. It is common sense to actually TALK with the agencies you have been told to deal with to learn what they do in detail and how they have done it, what they who have the experience think and know is important to reform, to fix, to explore, what has frustrated them as well, and then to use that combined with your own investigations and things you have discovered about how to deal with antiquated technologies, and waste/corruption/fraud to make solid and responsible changes which will last the test of time. To connect and listen, and in doing so to get buy in and cooperation, and then it is a win win for everyone. There is NO NEED to be slamming all of this through unless it is because you know you are involved in illegal, immoral or supra-partisan actions which if people had enough time to focus on, would be amended and corrected. Right now it is a debacle, further divides the country and flames anger, messes up the parts of the system that are working, encourages the hubris that goes before a fall. That may be what the administration and its cronies want, but it is surely not common sense, nor what MAGA people would have voted for had they understood the underlying callousness and ulterior motives of this "new" way of mandating.
To help you, all of the EO are based on existing law, having 4 years to get them all ready. And, MANY are already on the House and Senate docket to be addressed, hopefully in the near future, AND if at all possible, tied to funding so that they will pass with the reconciliation since (at least senate) dems are so obstinate.
You guys gotta understand an executive order doesn't mean it's a law. Hello?!?! He can sign as many as executive orders as he wants, He cannot just bypass congress, so therefore it's not law that's why it's going to be challenged by many in the courts
I thought it HAD to pass Congress. I thought all executive orders have to be passed by congress. Of course thus isn’t normal government. Its a sh*tshow
Along with all his other kids except for Tiffany. Ivana was an immigrant, so all his children with her (including his favorite, Ivanka) and then Barron since Melania is an immigrant. Sadly, aside from Ivanka, he wouldn't give two $hits.
That attitude sounds biased to me. This country was built by those of all races. We are all the progeny of immigrants, but we don’t have to be overrun by those invited by the Biden oligarchy to serve them in practical slavery. The Trump admin is bringing moderate to high paying job jobs jobs, not just giving away American jobs to those invited to come illegally.
The biggest nuance that everyone’s missing is that there is not a single standard state-issued RealId that includes citizenship info. So a state issued RealId drivers license does NOT qualify for the RealId line of valid documents.
The requirement says:
“B) an identification document compliant with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-13, Div. B) that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United States”
See that last part where it says “…that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the [US]” - that’s actually not a standard part of RealId and there is not a single state that has a RealId compliant id that ALSO shows/proves citizenship info as a standard ID. There are 5 states that have an OPTIONAL “Enhanced” RealId that does both (states mostly concentrated along the Canadian border to ease border crossing).
So that means the vast majority of possible voters will fall into the “other” documents category and have to bring extra documents to prove voting eligibility.
Thanks for clarifying. I am fortunate as I did not take my husband’s last name. He is a Virgin and I am Golden. Together we are the Golden-Virgin’s! 😍😂
…and just because your state requires you to show docs that prove citizenship when you get your standard RealId doesn’t make your RealId complaint because the state IDs don’t show that info and non-citizens are allowed to get RealId state IDs.
Different states have different documentation requirements and NONE of them display citizenship on their standard state IDs. Some display status which is NOT citizenship. The EO is a legal document that uses legal terms and it never once mentions “status” only “citizenship” which are two distinctly different legal terms. Either the author of the HB (which is almost same language as the EO) is an idiot or the language is purposeful. In either case, it’s a problem.
Requirements for getting an Id are separate from what the Id displays or is used for. RealIds establish status not citizenship. They also don’t display any citizenship info on the Id which is the key requirement.
Also, for the “just get your birth certificate” or “just get a passport” crowd, the goalposts have been moved there as well: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT239Wr3T/
TLDR; 3 family members request passports. American-sounding last names get issued but Spanish-sounding last name is kicked out with additional docs requested of “early childhood records” in addition to the long form version of the birth certificate (short form version she supplied wasn’t good enough).
No one is arguing that. But just because you used it to get a RealId doesn’t mean the RealId can act as a surrogate for the birth certificate (it can’t in its current form). You would still need to have a passport or RealId+BirthCertificate in order to register to vote.
Everything right outta of project 2025. And he said his first months of his presidency is rated the best ever.. while it’s actually riddled with nothing but lawsuits against the Trump regime. Ugh😡
Likewise. I was quite excited to change my name when I married so I wouldn't be associated with my family's BS anymore. Never in a million years did I think that move could have genuinely severe consequences 😭
So my issue at hand is. I have my abusive stepfather’s name as my last name currently, I’m hoping to get married to be rid of it. And my current birth certificate has my mom’s maiden name on it as my last name. My last name was changed when I was 7 years old against my will otherwise I would still have my mom’s maiden name.
And now I’m just frustrated that this orange geriatric man thinks he can hurt votes even more for future elections. We should not be going backwards in this day and age. Here we are again.
Don’t fall for the distraction ! The story they want to go away is the one that matters:
Trump’s Incompetent Cabinet risked intel and defense personnel and ops by defying laws, policies and common sense while making War Plans while in international spaces! They must resign or be removed!
They followed the Biden policies, and one person made a minor mistake. No biggie. Biden got off with the “well meaning” excuse even when plagiarizing his whole life, so a little grace is deserved.
Interesting you bring that up. I was reading that both Lincoln and Johnson pardoned the rebels after the civil war instead of prosecuting. Maybe the J6 (subpar)committee needed to learn a little history.
Regardless of the MAGA movement's perceived incompetence or challenges, we must recognize that numerous individuals within the administration are innovating, identifying loopholes, and adapting strategies to align with their narrative, aiming to ensure the success of Project 2025 to the greatest extent possible.Try to take a deep breath, center yourself and remember EO’s are failing left and right as judges are blocking them from going into action.
Yeah, EOs are not a one-off. That would make it far easier to become a dictatorship if they were. We do still have the Supreme Court and Congress and other federal judges, even if not all of them, to at least attempt to maintain some balance, even with a Republican supermajority. It's not a lot of comfort, but it's something.
Everyone donate to the ACLU right now 😭😭😭😭
Have named them in my Will too.
This!!!! I’m already donating monthly but everyone needs to give a little extra!!
I do. Also Southern Poverty Law Center. And planning this week Democracy now.
I am not much though but I am!! 🥴🥴 this fool!!
I bet he is trying to do this before the special elections!!!!!!!!!
Really can’t wait til he’s 6ft under, it can’t come soon enough
I keep hoping to wake up to news he has crossed the rainbow bridge. But that would leave JD, Elon and the rest of the wing nuts.
We need a 3 in 1 deal🤨
Know any Luigi’s?
Seems like our veterans do!
The animals would NEVER allow him to come over the rainbow bridge!!!
the Rainbow Bridege is for our deceased pets, not some POS or any human.
So, NO!
He’s not good enough to qualify for rainbow bridge crossing. Only the devils lair for him.
There will be someone right behind him who will be 10X worse.
Yes, I agree with that.
Same
Can we maybe put him a little deeper when that time comes?
But Jethro Bo Dean Vance would replace him. 🤮
Can’t wait to see it bite him in the ass since the majority of the dumb asses and the reds votes come from rural communities. My husband has already said he is fine with me changing my name back to my maiden to be able to vote. How many Christian Republican men will allow their wives to do that? I’m guessing JD, who thinks wives are property and belong at home raising kids, won’t. I’m certain more democrat and independent men will be on board with that. How many women will not get married until that piece of shit is out of office just so they can vote? A lot more than in red counties since it’s the only thing to do there. Get drunk, get pregnant and get married. I live in one, unfortunately. I witness it. (Originally from a blue state and oh how I miss it) He is signing his own parties demise. He thinks he’s so fucking smart. Him and his uneducated cult followers. Idiot followed by a group of bigger idiots. Yes, I’m angry and tired of his BS. Go blue!
I have a passport in my current name
That should work for me
Although I will verify it with the red regime in my state
The state where they “forgot “ to put Kamala a d Tim on the electronic overseas ballot
WHAT??? I missed that piece of idiocy. Which state? Hopefully all who wished to did a write in...
How many women voted for this Orange Shithead? Why?
Wondering how many veterans voted for this Orange Shithead ? Wadda you expect?
Sending you a big blue heart for your post! So true.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣....UNDERSTAND THIS FACT! - ABSOLUTELY NO ONE SO-CALLED REPUBLICAN CHRISTIAN WILL EVER STAND UP FOR ANYTHING OTHER THEN THEIR GUY trump..THEY R NOT CHRISTIANS THEY R STRONG BELIEVERS OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST!..
STOP DOING INJUSTICE TO URSELVES & RESEAECH - HELL SIMPLY GOOGLE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM - READ IT & READ IT FOR WHAT IT SAYS!..
trump IS IN OFFICE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THEM - THEY LEFT THEIR SEATS THAT THEY ASK U TO VOTE & PLACE THEM TO FOLLOW trump INTO CRIMINAL COURTROOM WHERE HE WAS FOUND ON 34 COUNTS NOT INCLUDING WHAT HE ALREADY WAS - SEXUAL ASSUALT (RAPIST) IN MOST STATES..THIEF & HABITUAL ADULTEROUS - LIAR & THIE ETC ETC..
WHEN U USED UR FREEDOM OF CHOICE TO VOTE FOR trump U KNEW ALL ABOUT HIM BUT U VOTED ANYWAY SO PEOPLE UR GETTING EXACTLY WHAT U VOTED FOR & IT WILL ONLY GET WORST IF U DON'T LOOK UP & GRAB UR COUNTRY BACK!! - JUST DO IT!!
If you are currently registered to vote where you live, you should be okay. The 9% sounds awfully high to me...unless you move. That would be the only time you really need to change. You don't need to change party affiliation to vote in the open election. Otherwise, use that affiliation to vote for the opposition least likely to win.
Executive order says “federal” elections.. special elections on April 1st are state elections! Should be okay for this one!!
They are for federal house positions
Yes, but you can vote against your stated party affiliation. If you are already registered, and haven't moved since last registration, you are okay to vote whatever party/candidate you want to win.
It will be blocked
That's what they said about Roe v. Wade. Let's quit with the assumptions.
That is true, but these are troubling times. This isn't normal times. We the people can stop it. In a hypothetical scenario where a US president attempts to overthrow the government, the American people, as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, possess the right to alter or abolish that government, potentially leading to a revolutionRight of Revolution:
The Declaration of Independence states that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government that becomes destructive of their rights.Remember, Its We The People House. The government is formed by We The People. For The People. By The People. Not the government for the billionaires and the far right racist evangelical nationalist.
Everyone needs to get out there and start protesting!
https://handsoff2025.com/about
Actually “we the people” started this return to sanity. You are or will be welcome.
No assumption, it’s a fact and Aaron should explain this, he’s an attorney.
Elon is getting ready to meddle in those elections. Offering a $100 like he did with the $1 million lottery to promise to vote for Trump. It’ll give him the names for bullet ballots. Same as he did in the swing states. We’re never going to win a critical election again if we don’t stop him.
Sounds like and election in Sweet Home Kentucky. I heard that West Virginia used to offer shots of whiskey....
We just won a Pennsylvania house election flipping it for the first time since 1978! It is a promising sign! Now praying for two in Florida for Federal House seats on April 1st and the one in upstate New York! All should help out these much needed candidates if you can .. time is short and Republicans are scared and now flooding money (at least to the Florida ones)!
Trump has pulled the one in NY, now not suggesting Elise for UN ambassador (or UN meddler and underminer is really the correct term here) for fear that MAGA/R will lose that one too....
Of course he is. Remember when he put DeJoy in charge of the Post Office hoping he would stop (or at least slow down) mail-in ballots? And then DeJoy did exactly that by removing sorting machines and mail boxes? Now they're going to just double down on all that, with plans to fire 10,000 more employees (in addition to the 30,000 already eliminated in recent years) - all of this is an attempt to make the service so bad that the only "option" they can then see is to privatize it. I hate them for this. Our Postal Service is a national institution! We need to be fighting this along with all the other stuff.
DeJoy resigned after getting in an argument with Musk! This is, at least, end poorly for the postal service until the courts intervene! Rural people will not be getting mail service (the very MAGA voters that put these fools in office)!!!
Don't paint with such a broad brush. I'm rural. I vote for the candidate, not the party. Do I need to add that I had a Kamala sign near the road?
Absolutely. And Musk has already been "buying" republican votes in at least two states, Florida and Wisconsin, ahead of their special elections. Just pray voters don't fall for this again like they did in 2024. 🇱🇷 💙
Yep, because he is freaking out that PA special election just won by Democrats!
Yep and he has a lawsuit or something going on in WI, right?
Too late the special elections are in about a week..
But anyone who is already registered won’t need to get registered again, and any legal challenge would probably get a TRO that would stop it from going into place until after the special election.
Of course he is!..His intentions r to make it difficult to have a fair & legal election..America's fair & legal election system was not just a gift to Americans but to the world!..We have help so many countries develop forms of democracy in their elections etc..but here we sit talking & boo hoo criticism on r own freedoms!!..We should be(figure of speech only) tearing the walls down on these traitors!!.."THEY R TRAITORS" WHEN R U GOING TO GET UP & GRAB UR COUNTRY BACK FOR U-FOR GENERATIONS TO COME & HONORING THOSE WHO FOUGHT BEFORE US TO BE ABLE TO PASS ON TO U!
WHEN!??? 🤷♀️
if he lives that long. Veterans have taken to the streets in protest....wait, don't think they won't escalate. Trump taking away all their benefits, even our wounded.
I bet it doesn’t go into effect right away
Hence why it will be challenged right away
Shocker that he’s doing this because it would never pass through Congress. He has no backbone and knows we don’t want him.
Don't be so sure it won't pass....we can hope
It won’t because he’s doing shady nonsense like signing an executive order rather than it having to go through the full channels of Congress. It’ll get tied up in court but it would never make it to a full vote in the House or Senate and he knows it. That’s why he never has Congress introduce legislation.
Look, an executive order is not a law or a law on the books, it's just an executive order that still must go through Congress regardless if he bypassed them or not, that makes his executive order not binding and illegal. Key word illegal! That is why many will challenge this nonsense in the courts. Stop being a pessimistic. If you don't know the facts of law, don't say things like it won't be blocked in a past.Because you don't know. We still have separation of branches and what p***** me off everybody in this country.The majority of them are walking around like it's business as usual when there's a coup happening right before our eyes.Millions should be in the streets in these protests.But your cowering in your house and on substack commenting, which does what, nothing. What's all noise somethingRight of Revolution:
The Declaration of Independence states that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government that becomes destructive of their rights.In a hypothetical scenario where a US president attempts to overthrow the government, the American people, as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, possess the right to alter or abolish that government, potentially leading to a revolution.Remember, Its We The People House. The government is formed by We The People. For The People. By The People. Not the government for the billionaires and the far right racist evangelical nationalist.
You don’t know what I am or am not doing. And you’re also on substack commenting (with poor grammar, but that’s neither here nor there) so while I appreciate your passion, perhaps channel it into doing something rather than coming after people who chose to use this space to vent (which, news flash, you’re doing as well). And I’m also fully aware of how laws are made, which is why I stated he circumvented the process of doing so legally. So try reading in full before you attempt to lecture people about things they weren’t wrong on in the first place. Have a great night.
To help you understand, an EO is typically built on existing law, but possibly not a current or traditional interpretation. We the People voted for this common sense reorganization.
If only it WERE common sense. Presidents are NOT supposed to completely bypass Congress and rule exclusively by one man fiat, which is what the EO's are accomplishing at this moment. If they are built on existing law, why are SO MANY OF THEM found to be unconstitutional and against federal and state laws by Republican and Democratic judges alike? If they are common sense, why doesn't he go through the Congress that his party controls, unless the president already knows that these actions are suspect, slipshod and shady, and wouldn't be accepted by a range of elected representatives across the states. And as for the "reform" and the use of DOGE -- NO business or government entity in their right mind would slash and burn itself in an effort to trim and reform. That also is not common sense. Only myopic Silicon Valley types who are not in touch with the reality that operates in everyday life, the one which take consequences (intended and unintended) into account. These heads of DOGE (mostly millionaires and billionaires) and computer hackers and programmers have no consideration for the actual people who are getting shafted (workers, as well as the the recipients of grants, programs and benefits, as well as the international community whose governance and economies are also getting mashed up in the fray) who are being sacrificed on the altar of maniacal urgency to get all of this done in the 130 days that Musk has been given. It is common sense not to damage the people who voted for you across red states, but that is what is happening. It is common sense to actually TALK with the agencies you have been told to deal with to learn what they do in detail and how they have done it, what they who have the experience think and know is important to reform, to fix, to explore, what has frustrated them as well, and then to use that combined with your own investigations and things you have discovered about how to deal with antiquated technologies, and waste/corruption/fraud to make solid and responsible changes which will last the test of time. To connect and listen, and in doing so to get buy in and cooperation, and then it is a win win for everyone. There is NO NEED to be slamming all of this through unless it is because you know you are involved in illegal, immoral or supra-partisan actions which if people had enough time to focus on, would be amended and corrected. Right now it is a debacle, further divides the country and flames anger, messes up the parts of the system that are working, encourages the hubris that goes before a fall. That may be what the administration and its cronies want, but it is surely not common sense, nor what MAGA people would have voted for had they understood the underlying callousness and ulterior motives of this "new" way of mandating.
Nothing new here. Biden broke records with EO as well.
EO are typically just orders to the government (and affected entities) and to set a legislative priority for Congress. They all fit.
To help you, all of the EO are based on existing law, having 4 years to get them all ready. And, MANY are already on the House and Senate docket to be addressed, hopefully in the near future, AND if at all possible, tied to funding so that they will pass with the reconciliation since (at least senate) dems are so obstinate.
Yes! Never count your chickens before they’re hatched! 🐣
That is why he is trying to use EOs for everything.
Someone, not sure if the orange blob is bright enough, someone knows a lot of these EOs would not even get to a vote in congress
Hence all the lawsuits
I have never in my 7 th decade seen Eos abused like this
You weren’t paying attention to Biden’s.
You guys gotta understand an executive order doesn't mean it's a law. Hello?!?! He can sign as many as executive orders as he wants, He cannot just bypass congress, so therefore it's not law that's why it's going to be challenged by many in the courts
Yes it’s complete bullshit.
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Except, hes ignoring courts. Who's going to enforce these court cases? It's not happening now.
I thought it HAD to pass Congress. I thought all executive orders have to be passed by congress. Of course thus isn’t normal government. Its a sh*tshow
Hopefully they can tie it to funding and get it through in the reconciliation to help return the country to common sense.
I sure hope it doesn't pass.
This is bullshit!!!!! Like I posted earlier, he’s going to cancel the 2026 elections.
So we’re really just here now…
I have exceeded my WTAFs for today… this is ridiculous.
Girl I say this every day
Question: if he wants to do away with birthright citizenship, what good is your birth certificate? Only if I’m white & speak English??
It also means (I think) that he'd have to deport his own wife and in-laws?
Along with all his other kids except for Tiffany. Ivana was an immigrant, so all his children with her (including his favorite, Ivanka) and then Barron since Melania is an immigrant. Sadly, aside from Ivanka, he wouldn't give two $hits.
yep
vance too ! By musky !
Not for the “rules for thee, not for me” party
That attitude sounds biased to me. This country was built by those of all races. We are all the progeny of immigrants, but we don’t have to be overrun by those invited by the Biden oligarchy to serve them in practical slavery. The Trump admin is bringing moderate to high paying job jobs jobs, not just giving away American jobs to those invited to come illegally.
And a male
Welcome to the Jungle...it gets worse here every day...
Funny timing seeing as how we have some pretty important special elections coming up. I don’t trust the process anymore. It’s bullshit.
The biggest nuance that everyone’s missing is that there is not a single standard state-issued RealId that includes citizenship info. So a state issued RealId drivers license does NOT qualify for the RealId line of valid documents.
The requirement says:
“B) an identification document compliant with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-13, Div. B) that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United States”
See that last part where it says “…that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the [US]” - that’s actually not a standard part of RealId and there is not a single state that has a RealId compliant id that ALSO shows/proves citizenship info as a standard ID. There are 5 states that have an OPTIONAL “Enhanced” RealId that does both (states mostly concentrated along the Canadian border to ease border crossing).
So that means the vast majority of possible voters will fall into the “other” documents category and have to bring extra documents to prove voting eligibility.
Thanks for clarifying. I am fortunate as I did not take my husband’s last name. He is a Virgin and I am Golden. Together we are the Golden-Virgin’s! 😍😂
…and just because your state requires you to show docs that prove citizenship when you get your standard RealId doesn’t make your RealId complaint because the state IDs don’t show that info and non-citizens are allowed to get RealId state IDs.
I will wait for your proof. That is non-sensical, except maybe in blue states that circumvent other voting sensibilities already.
Different states have different documentation requirements and NONE of them display citizenship on their standard state IDs. Some display status which is NOT citizenship. The EO is a legal document that uses legal terms and it never once mentions “status” only “citizenship” which are two distinctly different legal terms. Either the author of the HB (which is almost same language as the EO) is an idiot or the language is purposeful. In either case, it’s a problem.
RealID requires a birth certificate ……. Done.
Requirements for getting an Id are separate from what the Id displays or is used for. RealIds establish status not citizenship. They also don’t display any citizenship info on the Id which is the key requirement.
Birth certificate establishes both.
Also, for the “just get your birth certificate” or “just get a passport” crowd, the goalposts have been moved there as well: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT239Wr3T/
TLDR; 3 family members request passports. American-sounding last names get issued but Spanish-sounding last name is kicked out with additional docs requested of “early childhood records” in addition to the long form version of the birth certificate (short form version she supplied wasn’t good enough).
No one is arguing that. But just because you used it to get a RealId doesn’t mean the RealId can act as a surrogate for the birth certificate (it can’t in its current form). You would still need to have a passport or RealId+BirthCertificate in order to register to vote.
You have to have a birth certificate or the like to get a Real ID. Thus citizenship is already proven. Been there done that.
Everything right outta of project 2025. And he said his first months of his presidency is rated the best ever.. while it’s actually riddled with nothing but lawsuits against the Trump regime. Ugh😡
seriously 😭😭😭😭
Cool my birth certificate doesn’t match my name now so uh as a woman I’m just screwed if this gets held up.
Likewise. I was quite excited to change my name when I married so I wouldn't be associated with my family's BS anymore. Never in a million years did I think that move could have genuinely severe consequences 😭
So my issue at hand is. I have my abusive stepfather’s name as my last name currently, I’m hoping to get married to be rid of it. And my current birth certificate has my mom’s maiden name on it as my last name. My last name was changed when I was 7 years old against my will otherwise I would still have my mom’s maiden name.
And now I’m just frustrated that this orange geriatric man thinks he can hurt votes even more for future elections. We should not be going backwards in this day and age. Here we are again.
Hopefully this doesn’t hold up or get worse.
All you need is the documentation of the name change. Don’t make it hard. You will likely need that to get married as well.
All you need is a copy of the marriage license….. done …. Don’t make this hard.
Not everyone has a passport or has the means to get one.
I’ll have to shell out money I don’t have to get a passport. Better do that sooner than later /:
Get on it before the postal service or passport agencies are impacted. And request expedited services
Get the passport. You never know if you're going to need to bail from this shit hole.
Can’t leave my cats if I didn’t have cats I would’ve left by now sold every single thing
Anywhere else is 100x worse especially now, maybe a 1000x worse.
Just thought the same thing
Don’t fall for the distraction ! The story they want to go away is the one that matters:
Trump’s Incompetent Cabinet risked intel and defense personnel and ops by defying laws, policies and common sense while making War Plans while in international spaces! They must resign or be removed!
Yes you are correct
Deflecting again
This is exactly what is happening. 🤬
They followed the Biden policies, and one person made a minor mistake. No biggie. Biden got off with the “well meaning” excuse even when plagiarizing his whole life, so a little grace is deserved.
Incorrect.
How so? Biden plagiarized and discriminated his whole career.
Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men… it is the music of people….
Not enough yet.
So can we do our own Jan 6 now?
I've been saying for weeks now that THIS is the type of government that needs to be overthrown.
Interesting you bring that up. I was reading that both Lincoln and Johnson pardoned the rebels after the civil war instead of prosecuting. Maybe the J6 (subpar)committee needed to learn a little history.
Huh, I didn't know that either.
Regardless of the MAGA movement's perceived incompetence or challenges, we must recognize that numerous individuals within the administration are innovating, identifying loopholes, and adapting strategies to align with their narrative, aiming to ensure the success of Project 2025 to the greatest extent possible.Try to take a deep breath, center yourself and remember EO’s are failing left and right as judges are blocking them from going into action.
Yeah, EOs are not a one-off. That would make it far easier to become a dictatorship if they were. We do still have the Supreme Court and Congress and other federal judges, even if not all of them, to at least attempt to maintain some balance, even with a Republican supermajority. It's not a lot of comfort, but it's something.
Yes- agreed. My name is Chelsea too. Heyyyy!
Guess he knew the Save Act wouldn’t pass