Dana Milbank, Washington Post, "Don’t know much about history? I’m here for you, Elon Musk. ‘Due process’ might sound technical, but it was elemental to our founding".
"The man President Donald Trump put in charge of taking a chain saw to federal agencies showed once again this week that he lacks even a rudimentary understanding of the government he is dismembering."
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"Musk, growing up in apartheid-era South Africa, probably wasn’t taught to revere constitutional democracy. But what’s the excuse of his colleagues in the Trump administration?"
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"Judges, in preliminary rulings, have already blocked the administration more than 50 times."
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"There’s an obvious reason Trump is getting swatted down so often: He’s breaking the law. Instead of changing course, the administration is now trying to discredit the courts — and the rule of law. "
Milbank knows his stuff. He's done a great job of breaking down the past two months of the current presidency. You have to wonder if he aggregates all of this himself or does he have a staff? Surprising that Bezos continues to keep paying him.
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