Dang, have to sign in to read that one.
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There’s also some weird shit at the end of the EO that sounds a lot like boilerplate contract language. Like they cut and pasted this from something.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this order and the application of its provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. (c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. (d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
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Thanks for looking into it and explaining how it looks to you, very helpful. 
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And the screenshot I posted earlier had Elon Musk cheerleading it like the fucking ghoul that he is.
I hate this fucking timeline so fucking much.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/S2N4hwAzqP
Is it really as bad as is being interpreted here? IANAL, but this sure sounds pretty fucking bad.
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An EO that says “We are the king, and there is no constitution.” If this is not a coup, what the fuck is?
@danimagoo, thanks for explaining this. Not as bad as i thought, but still a fucking coup.
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Oh it’s bad. Maybe worse than you thought. Administrative agencies are how our government functions, and they are vast, affecting every aspect of our lives. It just isn’t possible to funnel everything they do through the President. It would be like saying that the CEO of General Electric has to approve every decision by every department of every subsidiary of GE. But this is what Elon Musk wants. He wants government to stop working.
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[After their show was canceled by the government before opening night]
Welles, Houseman and Blitzstein, seeking a way to privately produce the show, rented the much larger Venice Theatre and a piano just in time for the scheduled preview on June 16, 1937.[26] The 600 audience members, who had gathered outside the Maxine Elliot Theatre for the preview, travelled 21 blocks north to the Venice Theatre; many were on foot.[1][25] The sold-out house grew even larger when the show’s creators invited people off the street to attend for free. The musicians’ union refused to play for the show unless Houseman could provide their full salaries, and Actors’ Equity Association stated that its members could not perform onstage at the new theatre without approval of the original producer (the federal government).[25] The show’s creators thus planned for Blitzstein to perform the entire musical at the piano.[25] Just after beginning the first number, Blitzstein was joined by Olive Stanton, the actress playing Moll, from the audience.[25] During the rest of the performance, various actors joined in with Blitzstein and performed the entire musical from the house.
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Why would we want our State Department to be well informed?
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Maybe John Stewart will FINALLY agree it’s a fascist take over. This was his pet project for years. He helped get it over the line. 
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