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pat_k

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12. "He promised to vandalize the government, and he succeeded"
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 02:31 AM
Nov 2019

This is the legacy that will be the most difficult to recover from.

While we focus on the specific horrors of his executive orders, etc., the generalized "behind the scenes" dismantling of our executive agencies has gone forward with lightening speed.

Laws matter little when the agencies tasked with implementing and enforcing have been gutted and populated with crony capitalists that have more interest in undermining the rule of law than enforcing it.

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