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The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sued Donald Trump’s administration for recent television advertisements that promoted his political message while costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that the ads are illegal government-sponsored propaganda and accuses Trump of personally directing them. It asks the court to declare the ads illegal and stop the use of federal funds to pay for them.

Trump has faced bipartisan backlash for the ads, which glorify him and echo his campaign pitch as voters cast early ballots with the midterm elections less than a month away.

  • rynn@piefed.socialEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    Maybe we should abolish the presidency. Whole branch, just remove it.

    Congress can appoint a commander in chief and an executor for things that need it with clear and easy removal processes. Executive government functioning should avoid being political whenever possible. Politics should require deliberation. The people shouldn’t be electing directly a single point of failure that can launch nukes.

    The Supreme Court can double check if congress isn’t violating the updated constitution, but it should never be allowed to make defacto laws from the bench. If there is no law on something they should be forced to submit it to congress to vote on before a ruling is made. It can only be a recommendation.

    If we want no kings we need to really move away from having approximate kings. We need an even more distributed system with even better ways for the people at large to influence changes and congress is the only body we have that is a more representative sample of the people.

    The Supreme Court are currently mini kings and the executive we have learned is actually a kingship in disguise, and these things need to be modified substantially.