Hi, this is your weekly reminder that the last 16 years of amassing unreviewable executive power are contributing to this moment right now.
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Replying to @Richardson_Mich @chrislhayes
Really? Can you specify exactly what excessive executive power is contributing to this?
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So far non-refuted presidential exemption of conflicts of interest. Purely partisan oversight committees. Fire/Hire authority by president.
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And does any of this involve public policy changes of the last 16 years? What are the legislative changes you want?
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Replying to @catlin201 @Richardson_Mich
Complicated topic. I'd not say it's primarily issue of last 16y. Increase in partisanship certainly partially caused by citizen united.1/
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Crazy partisanship imo not an executive power issue. But certainly leads to ineffective control by congress, and extreme candidates. 2/
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A lot of the crazyness, like the sudden dismissal of FBI director, certainly wouldn't happen as easily if Senate involved. But not new. 3/
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Some of the policy changes around DHS and ICE seem like they'd legitimately have been harder in pre DHS world.4/
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Replying to @AndresFreundPol @Richardson_Mich
Those policy changes don't have anything to do with the current crisis though.
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The latest few crises seem purely inflicted by sheer dumbness. Q is how it could even get this far.
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