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'Trump is really worried': White House officials reveal president’s next foreign target (www.rawstory.com)
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Several White House officials revealed to NBC News that President Donald Trump is growing increasingly “worried” over Canada regarding its ability to defend its borders, with one official saying that Trump’s concern stems from his “vision of ‘solidifying’ the Western Hemisphere,” the outlet reported Sunday.

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[–] 93 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Turns out checks and balances don't mean shit if no one actually defends them.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago

    If congress, supreme court, and executive are majority same party — there’s no power left to check or balance.

    If we had ranked choice voting, we might not be in this mess. Everything devolving into a two-party system has led us to this.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    If your country survives this, you are due a serious overhaul of your supposed checks and balances and, more generally, of your political system. Too much assumes common decency, which the rest of your political and economix systems have been working hard to eliminate.

    Electoral college? Hyper powerful president? That stuff needs to go.

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