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Justice matters.

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5. Good luck, grifter (Congress has the power of the purse...)

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 07:30 PM

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The United States Constitution says...

Ooops... Congress had already allocated, voted, and passed the funds...

Who's the criminal here, eloon? Who illegally cut the funds already passed by the power of the purse?

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Whatever JBTaurus83 Yesterday #1

The President can supposedly do and say what he likes Haggard Celine Yesterday #2

if he said it on the house floor, he's protected. mopinko Yesterday #6

He said it in a podcast onenote Yesterday #8

He can. This is bullshit. Elmo ain't suing anyone. paleotn Yesterday #10

The world's richest man killing off the world's poorest and most vulnerable. yellow dahlia Yesterday #3

Do it Musky! Resistance1 Yesterday #4

Good luck, grifter (Congress has the power of the purse...) Justice matters. Yesterday #5

Remind him of his sieg heil salutes. The sort of thing a nazi does before flvegan Yesterday #7

He will kill more people than Hitler before he is done. Midnight Writer Yesterday #9

Yeah, Elmo. Whatever. paleotn Yesterday #11

"Suggested"? He referenced a peer-reviewed study documenting that shit! Iris Yesterday #12

Bring it, mofo. While you're at it, sue me too. oasis Yesterday #13