Wait, what...?!!!
#Trump Is Exploiting the #Shutdown to Set Up Something Truly Terrifying
By Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
Oct 17, 2025
Excerpt: "I think that is a dangerous thing, and it’s pretty much undeniable that Trump has just crossed yet another Rubicon. He has already asserted presidential control over taxes through his tariff policy. He has asserted control over the Federal Reserve and interest rates and monetary policy. And now he’s asserting control over appropriations—and not just through pocket rescissions or canceling projects in blue states, which he had already done. Now he is actually asserting a constitutional imperative to spend money in a way that Congress has not approved. When you combine all of those things, it’s hard to see how the separation of powers still exists in this country."
Read more:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/trump-shutdown-army-pay-2026.html
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7cYI5
#USPol #TrumpIsAFascist #SecretPolice #CapitolGuards #Panem #authoritarianism #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism
