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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

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285 points ridruejo | 4 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.741s | source
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Hizonner ◴[11 Nov 25 22:32 UTC] No.45893811[source]▶
The United States does not have a "Department of War".
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thaunatos ◴[11 Nov 25 22:35 UTC] No.45893832[source]▶
It does. https://www.war.gov/
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Hizonner ◴[11 Nov 25 22:43 UTC] No.45893909[source]▶
Bad news. Trump and Hegseth do not have the authority to rename the Department of Defense, no matter what they put on a Web site. That requires an act of Congress, which hasn't happened. And probably won't, because even if they could convince Congress to do it, that would require them to ask... and their whole modus operandi is based around pretending to have authority they don't have.

Calling it the Department of War is accepting that Trump's the King.

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Loughla ◴[11 Nov 25 23:21 UTC] No.45894273[source]▶
The ada.gov website has a banner that reads, "Democrats have shut down the government. Department of Justice websites are not currently regularly updated."

Trump is the king.

Edit: To be clear, I think it's complete and utter garbage. I'm assuming people think I think it's a good thing? It's not a good thing. At all.

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johnnyanmac ◴[12 Nov 25 01:54 UTC] No.45895504[source]▶
It's garbage and also illegal. He probably won't get what he deserves since nature will likely get to him first at this rate. Hut there will be a reckoning one day when this alls shifts.

I think that's the most likely scenario, but I'm open to two others:

- this escalates and we enter Civil War. How things play out from there is unimaginable since there's so many other attack vectors in a civil war with a super power.

- things shift and everyone accointable simply flees. Not the ideal outcome, but I'll take mass resignations at this point. The focus will need to be on rebuilding either way.

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1. vjvjvjvjghv ◴[12 Nov 25 04:22 UTC] No.45896346[source]▶
Something being illegal only has a meaning if somebody prosecutes it and has the power to stop it. With the DOJ head’s main qualification being loyal to the president there is nothing that will be done.

My other concern is that Congress will spend the next few decades prosecuting, investigating and impeaching each other without doing anything useful for the country. I thought impeaching Trump while knowing that it would never succeed was a big distraction and basically show business. I would like to see much more focus on actual problems of citizens. Trump being in prison won’t improve my life.

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2. donkeybeer ◴[12 Nov 25 09:39 UTC] No.45898193[source]▶
Trump being hanged would improve your life immensely. It sends a message to future criminals snd traitors.
3. watwut ◴[12 Nov 25 12:17 UTC] No.45899244[source]▶
The high level corruption is core reason why nothing can be done for actual problems of citizens. And the more corruption, the less will be done. Impeaching Trump would be first step toward word where lives of citizens can be improved.

What happened was the opposite and lives of citizens will be worst off.

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4. vjvjvjvjghv ◴[12 Nov 25 15:05 UTC] No.45901127[source]▶
It was known from the start that the impeachment wouldn't work. It was purely symbolic.

Instead of impeachment it would be much better to work on winning elections and then do what's good for the country. A good start would be to run decent candidates.