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Written by David August on 2025-01-20 at 19:25

"But the Constitution says he can't do that!"

I know, he knows. That's why he is trying.

Unitary executive theory (advanced by project 2025): make potus able to rule through decrees. The Enabling Act in Germany in 1933 did this, lead directly to deaths of ~50 million and burning 2 continents down.

Technically German constitution from 1919 was “in effect” until 1949. Enabling Act made constitution de jure only (by law, not practice); it was technically there the whole time.

History can rhyme.

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Written by John Peden on 2025-01-21 at 00:57

@davidaugust I’m asking in good faith, I promise, where do I find in project 2025 that they want the president to behave that way? I started reading it to find it and fact check before sharing, but I’m seeing the complete opposite.

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Written by David August on 2025-01-21 at 01:13

@johnpeden fairly certain you are not asking in good faith as you failed to read the entire section on the executive in the document.

For those reading along: page 44, "...fundamental premise that it is the President’s agenda that should matter to the departments and agencies that operate under his constitutional authority..."

page 45: "...policy-formulation procedures developed by the White House to serve the President..." and not the people or the country.

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Written by David August on 2025-01-21 at 01:18

@johnpeden page 51: "...NSC staff that is more responsive and aligned with the President’s goals and empowered to implement them..." not the goals of the nation, people or national security.

And on and on. Your failure to see the Unitary Executive Theory in project 2025 is willful.

"Far-right extremists have a plan to shatter democracy’s guardrails, giving presidents almost unlimited power to implement policies that will hurt everyday Americans and strip them of fundamental rights."

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Written by David August on 2025-01-21 at 01:22

@johnpeden https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025-would-destroy-the-u-s-system-of-checks-and-balances-and-create-an-imperial-presidency/

"Project 2025 is an aggressive and ambitious policy agenda, a blueprint for a vast expansion of presidential power."

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/dangerous-vision-presidency

"It is a 900-page policy "wish list", a set of proposals that would expand presidential power and impose an ultra-conservative social vision.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2do

"Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html

You came with a bad agenda and lied about it.

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Written by John Peden on 2025-01-21 at 01:39

@davidaugust @johnpeden Thanks for providing sources and quotes for me to read further.

For future reference, it’s generally not a good idea to assume someone who says “I’m asking in good faith” is not asking in good faith, at least on Mastodon. This isn’t twitter. I simply started reading project 2025 hoping to find this info, but read something that seemed contradictory, so I asked for clarification.

I genuinely just wanted to know where they said it before I shared it myself.

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