February 16, 2019
Since racism and greed has condemned us to have a “president” with the demented sadism of the demon doll from the “Chucky” franchise, it is only fitting that he would usher in Presidents’ Weekend by announcing an unconstitutional power grab. Yesterday, Trump used the Rose Garden to announce that he was taking by fiat that which he couldn’t achieve legislatively. Aided by his cabal of deeply cynical lawyers in the White House Counsel’s Office, his declaration of emergency was dressed in a thin veneer of legality that was flimsier than a press-on nail.
Trump flouted Congress’ exclusive appropriation power by announcing that he was “redirecting” $600 million of the Treasury Department’s forfeiture funds, $2.5 billion of the funds allocated for drug interdiction at the border and $3.6 billion of the funds allocated for military construction, (Source: “A new, uncertain era for Trump,” by Damian Paletta, Mike DeBonis and John Wagner, The Washington Post, 2/15/19). Continue reading “Presidents’ Day”