joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TalkingPointsMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPointsMemo</span></a> @ 5:31pm ET on Mar 07, 2025</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> has taken its attempt to seize direct control over the entire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> to a new level and laid out a startling legal rationale for the move in a previously unreported email obtained by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TPM</span></a>. If successful, Trump would be making a dramatic end run around the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AdviceAndConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdviceAndConsent</span></a> power for certain appointed positions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopDictatorDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopDictatorDon</span></a><br> <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusive-trump-makes-aggressive-new-claim-of-executive-power-to-circumvent-the-senate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exc</span><span class="invisible">lusive-trump-makes-aggressive-new-claim-of-executive-power-to-circumvent-the-senate</span></a></p>