#imperial-presidency

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fromIntelligencer
2 weeks ago

Trump Brings Back Nixon's Dirtiest Trick: Weaponizing the IRS

It's no accident that Trump's power-hungry budget director, Russell Vought, has championed the audacious Nixonian doctrine of unlimited presidential power to "impound" (i.e., refuse to spend) money appropriated by Congress. Trump's insistence on personal diplomacy as the key to American power and world peace is reminiscent of the Nixon-Kissinger era of alliances made and unmade and wars launched and ended by secret presidential deals.
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US politics
fromAxios
1 month ago

Behind the Curtain: Trump and the most unprecedented presidency in 250 years

The Trump administration has aggressively expanded executive power and broken precedents across multiple institutions, pushing U.S. governance toward unprecedented consolidation and conflict.
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