Now with Memecoins, there is no need for Bitcoin to launder money. Bitcoin is down for the year, too?

Right, right!

Just as ridiculous as having judges with no training in some science "feel" that their opinion is a better judge than pure science and adjudicate for dumping more poison into a stream.

Oh wait, that's the opposite of what you want.

*You* want some politicians to overrule (probably due to bribes) what sober professionals in the field have assessed is the best path forward.

How can it be independent if the president can fire them for any reason at any time?

Couldn't he just get the people he wants in there? How "independent" is *that*?

Unfortunately, given how the laws are written, the president can fire and replace people he doesn't like, until the whole of the civil service does exactly what the president wants. He may not be a King as in able to declare Laws that Congress is supposed to (although he does, through EO, now) but he can have policies that in his own way enact the laws of Congress. Or just ignore them and hope Congress ignores your transgessions.

Takes too many votes to impeach, anyway. Any the boots on the ground, in every way, are doing what he wants, regardless of laws and congress.

President may not be a king but is surely acting like one.

Sorry, it's not.

Our government was set up with 3 and only 3 co-equal branches of government, not 4, not 5, not 67.

The civil service is part of the executive branch.

Thanks for playing and learn your civics.

Silly FCC, now it knows better!

As evidenced by the fact that is no longer has "independent" in its mission statement.

Except that would never happen, and the SC if necessary would make sure.

The laws are bought and paid for by Republicans now.

No, they expect the Supreme Court to back them up all all the court challenges made to Democratic rule.

Just wait, they won't let a Democratic president have nearly the same power as Trump has. Neither with the Democrat try to grab unconstitutional power.

"The executive branch should have zero authority over the civil service, which is intended to constitute a fourth co-equal branch of government"
Nope, no, and NO!

Your fourth co-equal branch of government would be the deep state, in that case.

There are only THREE equal branches of government and this nasty thought that the civil service should equal some fourth co-equal branch of government is just bunk.

Why bother to hire a consultant, who will most likely be using AI anyway?

Did you not hear the OP?

There are *commodity* chips that are bought and sold all over. It's not like asking for oxy, it's like asking for water. Do you really think there needs to be a regulation about background checks for perfectly normal chips being bought and sold on the open market? Welcome to dystopia!

"Most of the areas where Russia is fighting are full of ethnic Russians and they literally asked for Russian peacekeepers in 2022 because Kiev kept attacking them."

You are wrong on multiple accounts. First they are not "full" of ethnic Russians. Ethnic Russians make up a MINORITY of the population.

Second, there is no credible evidence that ANYONE was asking for Russian peacekeepers.

Third, there is no evidence Kiev "kept attacking them".

So, you are entirely full of bullshit, which is what I would expect from a Russian shill.

Is something like YouTube, except when they show a clip from something, or a slide, or anything, I can click on that and it opens in a new tab as the video continues to play. That would be nice.

Uh, *stop* spending on AI IS "just not spending *more* right now".

That's the entire point. To stop doing something is to not do it "right now". Lol. You will twist your mind around anything, it appears!

This is merely further proof that congress doesn't care about the American Military, or America.