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Hizonner ◴[] No.45893811[source]
The United States does not have a "Department of War".
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thaunatos ◴[] No.45893832[source]
It does. https://www.war.gov/
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felixgallo ◴[] No.45893856[source]
nope: https://www.military.com/feature/2025/10/17/department-of-wa...
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gjsman-1000 ◴[] No.45893863[source]
Nobody uses statutory titles for anything to be honest; when’s the last time you referred to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act instead of “Obamacare”? When’s the last time you referred to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program instead of “Social Security”? I’ve never heard anyone say Title XIX of the Social Security Act instead of “Medicaid,” or Title XVIII of the Social Security Act instead of “Medicare,” or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act instead of “Welfare.”
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Terr_ ◴[] No.45893928[source]
> when’s the last time you referred to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act instead of “Obamacare”

I refer to it as "the ACA", which is short and avoids an unofficial moniker first introduced as an insult.

It's not just a personal preference, it's civically important: There are still morons out there who have spent the last 15 years simultaneously gushing about how the ACA is awesome while demonizing "Obamacare."

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gjsman-1000 ◴[] No.45894017[source]
ACA is still technically incorrect; as it’s actually statutorily the PPACA. Accuracy, am I right?
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1. johnnyanmac ◴[] No.45895540[source]
By that position we should have been using TUSoA this whole time. US is wrong. USA is wrong.America is wrong.