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Aether (aether@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 19:23:18 JST Aether
Will no-one rid The Verge of this turbulent richest man in the world?
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Yet another article in the emergent genre of shitlibs at the Verge losing their shit over Musk.
>Still, based on the events that have transpired so far, it seems the clear goal here amounts to a coup over the administrative state.
Jane, you ignorant slut, the administrative state is a coup.
>My editor reminds me that many of you were not paying attention in civics class and so: our government's famed checks and balances system relies on Congress controlling spending.
That's entirely backwards.
The executive cannot spend money not apportioned by Congress, but (with few exceptions) it is entirely within its power not to spend money so apportioned.
That's all it is doing.- New Janny in Town likes this.