Summary

Senator Bernie Sanders condemned Trumpā€™s order to freeze all federal loans and grants, calling it a ā€œdangerous move towards authoritarianismā€ and ā€œblatantly unconstitutional.ā€

The directive, exempting Social Security and Medicare, is expected to impact universities, nonprofits, food assistance programs, health centers, and disabled veterans.

Sanders emphasized that Congress holds the ā€œpower of the purseā€ and urged Americans to oppose the order.

Attorneys general are preparing legal challenges to overturn the freeze.

  • Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    There is nothing that dumpy is doing that cannot be undone or re-done by a future president.

    Relying on a president that changes every 4-8 years to make overwhelming changes is going to cause a lot of issues. If we thought government was dysfunctional before, just wait until itā€™s maliciously dysfunctional.

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      20 hours ago

      I think all the suffering brought on by his stupid, selfish, cruel decisions canā€™t just be ā€œfixedā€ by the next president.

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        14 hours ago

        The system is broken and will never work. Itā€™s a downward spiral until the next collapse. Obviously iā€™m cynical but unfortunately my cynicism is rarely wrong :\