Post AzW7x0csDIStZJmzrc by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #AzW7SHCQXmOPzdlTf6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-24T00:15:12Z
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#Trump said that he would not seek congressional approval to carry out #military strikes against alleged drug #cartels that allegedly traffic narcotics to the US, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land. The #Senate is expected to vote next week on a bipartisan resolution that would bar the US from engaging in hostilities inside #Venezuela without explicit authorization by #Congress.#law #Constitution #authoritarianism #fascism https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share
(DIR) Post #AzW7iVJzo2C8QR2j7w by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-24T00:18:08Z
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“I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” #Trump told reporters of his campaign of deadly strikes against vessels in the #Caribbean Sea near #Colombia & #Venezuela. “I think we are going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We are going to kill them, you know? They are going to be, like, dead.”#law #murder #Constitution #authoritarianism #fascism
(DIR) Post #AzW7x0csDIStZJmzrc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-24T00:20:45Z
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#Trump made the remarks during a news conference at the White House to promote the work of agencies that he said were working to “arrest, prosecute & permanently remove” people who were part of an elaborate drug cartel operation inside the US.They came as Trump has talked about expanding the legally questionable #military operation he has undertaken over the past several weeks, in which 9 airstrikes at sea have resulted in 37 acknowledged #murders.#law #Constitution #authoritarianism #fascism
(DIR) Post #AzW80HctSm6HAAMNZw by pelha@mstdn.social
2025-10-24T00:21:18Z
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@Nonilex not okay
(DIR) Post #AzW8O4fjHJmtw61yHQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-24T00:25:38Z
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The #Senate is expected to vote next week on a bipartisan resolution that would bar the #US from engaging in hostilities inside #Venezuela without explicit authorization by #Congress.The #Constitution gives Congress the #authority to declare #war, but formal declarations are rare & have not been issued since WWII. Lawmakers have more often passed authorizations for the use of #military force to grant the president permission to use force against specific targets.#law #murder #authoritarianism
(DIR) Post #AzW8qD9TLPpkLNMLlg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-24T00:30:44Z
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The last time a president sought such a resolution was in Oct 2002, when Pres George W. Bush asked for authorization to use #military force against #Iraq. #Congress approved that measure, & it has been cited for decades as the #legal basis for military ops around the world carried out by subsequent administrations of both parties.Though he repeatedly referred to the military operation targeting drug trafficking as a “#war,” #Trump said he would not seek any formal approval from lawmakers.
(DIR) Post #AzWG8sDQ6niuam3Hou by kmmfoo@friendsofdesoto.social
2025-10-24T01:52:28Z
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@Nonilex Trump: we don’t need no steenkin bedges— or any congressional approvals. both congress and the supreme court are in the bag, why would he bother to ask them for approval?
(DIR) Post #AzWOKDTIDdQlKqOc6q by Simplicator@federate.social
2025-10-24T03:24:11Z
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@Nonilex It’s called an article of impeachment in the House
(DIR) Post #AzWXjwBvzGbWrJcH7g by alex_p_roe@mastodon.world
2025-10-24T05:09:42Z
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@Nonilex The current president does not think he needs anyone’s permission do to anything and that he can do what he likes, as, indeed, he is.