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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by Zamaamiro on Thursday February 20, 2025 @12:45PM (#43117804)
Why would I trust a serial liar with anything?

Also, just because he was duly elected it does not give him carte blanche to do whatever he wants, especially when he's running afoul of the law and firing all of the inspectors general and independent monitors.

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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by Xelynega on Thursday February 20, 2025 @01:51PM (#43118541)
"I'm the elected president so I get to decide the allocation of government money" is basically the legal theory that Trump is putting forward to be challenged.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by Zamaamiro on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:36PM (#43120544)
A plain reading of the Constitution as well as the 1974 Impoundment Control Act should both be enough to debunk that legal theory, but alas here we are.

[1] https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-impoundment-crisis-of...

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