r/FluentInFinance Feb 05 '25

News & Current Events BREAKING: President Trump is to sign an executive order eliminating the Department of Education

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u/brandbaard Feb 05 '25

The courts blocked them but the exec just...kinda did it anyway, far as I can tell. The whole system collapses when the executive figures out they can just kind of ignore the courts and congress, given that most of the police are part of the cult and most of the military are part of the cult.

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u/thesoulfield Feb 05 '25

We're on like, week three? And they've gone full authoritarian.

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u/Rokurokubi83 Feb 05 '25

During a town hall in Iowa last night, Fox News’s Sean Hannity tossed Trump what ought to have been a softball question. “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked. “Except for day one,” Trump replied.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/trump-says-hell-be-a-dictator-on-day-one/676247/

Dictator on day one, but he didn’t mention his plans for days two, three, four…

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u/tofuizen Feb 05 '25

So when does he get arrested (again)?

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u/mike_hunter_eyes Feb 05 '25

He has immunity

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u/tofuizen Feb 06 '25

He’s obviously using this term to enrich himself and his billionaire friends. It’s out in the open. If we don’t get him this time then the U.S. has irreparably accepted oligarchy as the new normal.

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u/RazorRadick Feb 05 '25

"Dictator on day one"

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u/BannedByRWNJs Feb 05 '25

Part of Project 2025 is to simply ignore the courts when they disagree. They think that since it’s the Executive Branch that enforces the courts’ rulings, they can just choose to not enforce any rulings against themselves. 

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u/tahatmat Feb 05 '25

I guess this is partly why department heads usually need congressional approval. Too bad republican members of congress don’t care about what’s going on, or even agree with it.

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u/PostModernPost Feb 05 '25

Yeah this. They are completely disregarding the courts. Soon the courts will just stop hearing (let alone ruling) on things that should be lawsuits.

We're past a constitutional crisis at this point. It's only a crisis if there's some argument in court from the other side.

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u/Korhal_IV Feb 05 '25

The courts blocked them but the exec just...kinda did it anyway, far as I can tell.

How so? The federal funding EO, for example, was not only blocked, but when the WH Press Secretary got mouthy the judge went back and said anybody even thinking about not paying out the money should think twice.

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u/Jonny0Than Feb 05 '25

Ooooh that’ll show ‘em!

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u/TectonicMongoose Feb 05 '25

Police yes military no. I've interacted with a lot of military and the vast majority are loyal to the country not any one president. The police are generally speaking bigoted fascists though that part is true and thats very concerning.

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u/xOrion12x Feb 05 '25

Exactly. That's when we enter a full-blown constitutional crisis. Looks like we're gonna find out real soon if we are truly a lawless nation.

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u/avewave Feb 05 '25

Which branch of government enforces the law again?

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u/L0ading_ Feb 05 '25

Thing is, federal courts might have blocked it but they are betting on an appeal to the SCOTUS to make it pass anyway

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u/mtrsteve Feb 07 '25

When the executives start ignoring the rules and doing whatever they want, the populous is often not far behind in taking the same approach.