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applegrove

(118,786 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 09:30 PM Feb 2019

The Go-It-Alone Presidency

The Go-It-Alone Presidency

February 17, 2019 at 6:32 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 31 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/17/the-go-it-alone-presidency/

"SNIP....

Jonathan Swan: “Shortly after becoming President Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney conveyed a blunt message to several Cabinet secretaries. According to a senior White House official with direct knowledge and another source briefed on the private conversations, Mulvaney told the Cabinet officials that their ‘highest priority’ over the next year would be deregulation.”

Said one senior official: “We knew there was one thing we could do without legislation… Dereg is going to be top of the list.”

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The Go-It-Alone Presidency (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2019 OP
dereglation and court packing are repub agendas, trump chaos just makes them possible msongs Feb 2019 #1
+ struggle4progress Feb 2019 #3
anarchy procon Feb 2019 #2

msongs

(67,442 posts)
1. dereglation and court packing are repub agendas, trump chaos just makes them possible
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 09:38 PM
Feb 2019

while everyone is having fits over trump's antics

procon

(15,805 posts)
2. anarchy
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 09:54 PM
Feb 2019
an·ar·chyDictionary result for anarchy
/ˈanərkē/noun

a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.

"he must ensure public order in a country threatened with anarchy"
synonyms: lawlessness, the absence of government, nihilism, mobocracy, revolution, insurrection, riot, rebellion, mutiny, disorder, disorganization, misrule, chaos, tumult, turmoil, mayhem, pandemonium
"the country is threatened with anarchy"

the absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal.



these are basic health and safety issues that impact humans, animals and the environment; who needs 'em?
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