The Conservative Treehouse made an interesting notation: In President Trump’s announcement regarding Kash Patel being the incoming FBI Director, he said: “I am proud to announce that Kash Patel will serve as the next FBI Director…” He did not state that Trump nominated him or appointed him – but instead stated an announcement – a fact. While it may have simply been an oversight in the script, or purposeful is an unknown, but it does bring up an interesting argument.
Between 2009 and 2023, 80 appointments had remained unconfirmed 50% of the time – ‘acting director’. Leaving open the potential to remove certain positions from requiring senate confirmation. In addition, there is no limit as to how many appointments the President can fill during a recess without confirmation.
But there is an even more interesting potential: What if Trump were to create a ‘shadow government’ defunding the current government without going thru the legal process of firing anyone. Without funds they would collapse of their own volition. The House and the Senate would be mute. In the scheme of things Congress is relatively unessential. Their fundamental job is to be a giant ‘oversight committee’ .
We already have one representative per state – governors. Why have 535 superfluous members of congress?
In THEORY: “Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government and has the sole power to create and change laws. Congress also sets the annual budget for the government by levying taxes and tariffs. Congress is the voice of the people and the states.”
The US Code of Federal Regulations is 175,000 pages long delineating 300,000 federal crimes. The actual number is unknown – this is an estimate because even our government Does Not KNOW. I seriously doubt we need more laws. Thus Congress is relieved of that responsibility. Congress is the voice of the people… there is not one individual who would claim this is remotely factual.
Not to mention all the Congressional members require staff to do – nothing, offices that are vacant, free travel and expense accounts, and payroll including benefits and pensions – that break the proverbial Bank. Congress is – a worthless endeavor. Unessential to the continuation of government.
During the Biden Administration, Congress enacted 362 new laws – none of which can be cited by Congress or anyone for that matter except maybe Ben Carson who has a photographic memory..
The first law passed under the Biden Regime was to provide for Lloyd Austin to be named DoD as an ‘exception to the rule’ that he was ineligible due to his retirement being over 7 years. Another law was passed to make all veterans and their spouses subject to CoVid vaccinations. Another – To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. Another – To educate health care providers and the public on biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes. Another – To facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.
WHY do these Laws exist? This is micro-managing to extreme!
What all these Acts and Laws have in common is the phrase, “And For Other Purposes”. Unnamed. However, when a new law is enacted, it can create an entirely new department to facilitate the Act replete with more staff, salaries, and expenses. In other words, Congress’ purpose has now become a designation of government oversight and expansion to extreme. A citizen can’t walk around the block without potentially violating a dozen laws. But no one would know because NO ONE knows all the laws on the Books.
The fact that Trump feels confident that every one of his ‘picks’ will be in charge eludes to either hundreds of recess appointments or a complete overhaul wherein the White House could become a Museum along with Patel’s statement that the FBI building will also be vacated…
I never take CTH seriously after it completely and arrogantly botched the Russian hoax, saying that Trump was not spied on, there were no warrants, Sessions and Rosenstein were good guys who would catch the bad guys. Those deceptions had to be deliberate. Sundance blocked people who criticized his position. I was one. He seems to be an agency person, is much like Q. Lots of his coverage is cartoon like, for example, calling Rosenstein a “white hat”. Sundance arrogantly puts out a front of the highest standards and accuracy, to his admiring followers, but cannot live up to it.
The legislative branch is a key part of our government, in great need of a cleanup. Trump will not have a shadow government, but he will have some unapproved cabinet members. He has no choice.
I think the new FBI building is in jeopardy and agents will be forced to move cross country to keep their jobs. Good riddance.
Re: Congress
The Globalists want a new Constitution which moves the United States into global government.
The USMCA Trade Agreement: This so-called “Trade Agreement” between the United States, Mexico and Canada was approved by the United States during the Trump Administration.
It is, in reality, a Transfer of Sovereignty Agreement. It provides for the economic & financial integration of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. In addition to putting the three countries under global regulation of a host of issues such as patents, environmental regulation, labor, immigration policy, prohibition of discriminatory practices respecting sexual preferences and “gender identity” in the workplaces; it puts the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in control of our economy and binds us to submit to an international monetary system which is to be administered and enforced (at least initially) by the IMF and which will replace our collapsing Federal Reserve system.
The Declaration of North America: The Biden Administration is also pushing the North American Community: On Jan 10, 2023, Biden, the Prime Minister of Canada, & the President of Mexico issued the Declaration of North America. It’s a summary of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Task Force Report on the North American Community.
On December 7, 2023, the United Nations’ “Human Rights Committee” issued it’s Final Report [click on “PDF”], wherein it praises the Biden Administration for its progress in complying with the UN’s International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 3 by promoting abortion & transgenderism.
The Report goes on to demand that the Covenant be applied in the United States’ “domestic legal order at the federal, state, local and territorial levels” (5). It objects to State Laws restricting abortion for women & girls (29). It objects to State Laws restricting voting by mail & ballot collection, and to “burdensome” voter ID requirements (64-65). It demands background checks for all private acquisitions of firearms & ammunition, and red flag confiscations. It demands bans on “assault rifles” & “high-capacity” magazines (35). It demands laws at the federal, state, local and territorial levels preventing schools from prohibiting biological boys who identify as girls from using girls’ bathrooms or competing in girls’ sports (24-25). It demands that the United States rectify past discriminations against Muslims seeking entry into the US (16-17). See also Alex Newman’s article, UN Report Condemns U.S., Demanding Speech Control, Constitution Change & More Abortion.
To get a new Constitution, they need Congress to call an Article V Convention. A Convention isn’t about getting Amendments to our existing Constitution – that’s just the pretext for inducing State Legislatures to apply to Congress for Congress to call a convention.
Joanna Martin
Lawyer/ Author
Link to above statements
https://publiushuldah.wordpress.com/2024/01/24/why-james-madison-trembled-at-the-prospect-of-an-article-v-convention/
I doubt Joanna’s claims about the USMCA. We would have heard about those things long ago. The IMF does not control our economy. Trump controls immigration policy, no one else. Trump eased environmental regulations. Trump threatens Canada and Mexico to play fair. He does those things without global approval. That will not change this term. Joanna maybe should write for the conservative treehouse. She would fit it with Sundance.
Yeah, shut down the capital hill brothel.
500+ high wages saved. What a proposal ! these people do nothing and have no idea what is going on, with the exception of a handful, that could easily used somewhere else.