Another excellent Jamelle Bouie column: We do not have a president, we have a junta, unelected extremists empowered by the Supreme Court and the so-called unitary executive. Gift link.
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/opinion/trump-presidential-power-miller-vought.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.qNSU.CGdCvmoER8sN&smid=url-share
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@jeffjarvis "to render him unaccountable accept for a single, quadrennial election"
Proofreading standards slipping along with everything else?
@jeffjarvis Yes, Trump is only interested in Trump. His cadre of devoted sycophants serve only to provide the adjusting his fragile ego needs to survive. For this term he has gladly yielded "governing" to his Heritage Foundation team, none of whom believe in American democracy. 🤷♂️
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"He is uninterested in anyone except his most devoted fans, and would rather collect gifts from foreign businessmen than take the reins of his administration. “The president doesn’t know and never will,” Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said in an interview with Vanity Fair, commenting on the work of Elon Musk in the first months of the year. “He doesn’t know the details of these smallish agencies.”
