khriss

> They would be horrified by how our government today

100%, just not in the direction you think. They would be apalled at Trump's blatant, in your face corruption all while the MAGA base cheers him on.

So, per your interpretation, the president can just ignore any law created by Congress by simply allocating zero funds to any agency carrying out the law?

USAID was created by Congress when it formally codified USAID into statute through the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act in 1998.

So, how is the president allowed to simply ignore a law passed by Congress?

One can hope. The tide seems to be turning with Trump becoming toxic to a majority of voters.

If the GOP loses big in the midterms, we might finally see MAGA and the GOP turn on each other in an internecine frenzy.

Well, I can offer you some hope. Both Bolsanaro and Lula have promised to reform the supreme court. Lula might have won personally, but he lost big in the parliament and will find it much harder to govern without compromise.

There is some chatter that, should he fail to deliver on the promised reforms, impeachment is on the cards. So, you might get what you have hoped for, supreme court reforms, without the toxic authoritarianism and corruption of the Bolsanaro family.

Dude...who hurt you?

You 'substantiated' by making further unhinged claims without a single reference or citation.

> I'm kinda trying to move past left/right labels.

And yet, somehow 100% of your posts are repeating debunked Brazilian right wing propaganda. How curious.

> It's the only place where I feel safe enough to discuss Brazilian politics

And so, you feel comfortable foisting your political views on a tech forum, even when you are repeatedly told that your views are unhinged and that you need serious help?

And of course, like always you will present no proof other than 'everyone knows'

The point is, you really need to sit down, examine your life and get help. You have spent years repeating and amplifying debunked Brazilian right wing propaganda here. You refuse to see and accept evidence when it's presented to you and turn round and accuse others of bias.

At some point, you cross over from being misguided to an embarrassment to yourself.

And how many of those 'independent' judges were appointed by Bolsanaro after openly and explicitly promising to 'end' Lula?

Really? Didn't the Bolsanaro campaign also request an extension of the voting deadline due to water logging and transportation problems in parts of the country?

Given all the egregious things Trump has said on national TV and had the MAGA folks contort themselves into knots trying to explain and justify what he said, It's hardly the political death sentence that it used to be.