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“ He can simply not spend money that Congress has allocated, despite, y’know, Congress having the legal authority to determine those allocations.”

On the other hand, President Biden has not used this tool _when its use has been patently warranted_ (as in: continuing to ship arms to Israel throughout an interval of repeated atrocity).

This is yet another reason why many understand the D side to be weak and ineffectual.

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Hell, they’re not stopping those shipments even though it appears to violate U.S. laws against facilitating war crimes and/or war against civilians. Great point, I wish I’d included, thank you!

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Jun 13Liked by Jonathan Larsen

Had to run to my dictionary for “microscopicity”, ha!

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And here I thought I made that up! Are you telling me it's real...?!?

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Jun 14Liked by Jonathan Larsen

That one didn't give me pause, but I do look up about one word per post.

Here it was 'risible'.

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I love this!

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