“But over time, the executive branch grew exceedingly powerful. Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander in chief role and removed constraints on its power. By the second half of the 20th century, the republic was routinely fighting wars without its legislative branch, Congress, declaring war, as the Constitution required. With Congress often paralyzed by political conflict, presidents increasingly governed by edicts.”

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    24 hours ago

    yeah let’s be real, people fell for Trump’s brazen rhetoric, even if it was all an empty facade that you could see miles away if you just looked at his CV objectively

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      3 hours ago

      This is what I don’t get: what brazen rhetoric? He can barely string a coherent sentence together when he isn’t merely bullying someone? What kind of fuckwit gets persuaded by that? Don’t answer that.