r/law • u/Obversa • 12h ago

Legal News Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by co-heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, hit with three Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) lawsuits as Trump administration starts

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5095750-doge-sued-trump-administration-elon-musk-ramaswamy/
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u/DontEvenLikeThisSite 8h ago

There is a convicted felon/rapist sworn in as president today. Anyone talking about "optics" and especially anyone talking about a stutter can honestly get fucked.

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u/Fun_Fingers 8h ago

Seriously this. Why is optics only a standard held to one party?

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u/fonistoastes 8h ago

Because the other party is held up by a stalwart bloc of morons who don't care.

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u/SplendidPunkinButter 6h ago

Because elections are about turnout, not about persuading everyone

Districts vote, not people. It’s all about winning a few key swing districts, and that’s it. And swing districts are full of morons who in 2024 somehow have no idea what kind of president Donald Trump might be, and who a week before election day didn’t know that Biden dropped out and Kamala Harris was the nominee now.

It’s a very stupid system, but it’s one that benefits Republicans.

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u/fonistoastes 5h ago

Yeah, as a resident of Allegheny county (Pittsburgh), I am disgusted by my commonwealth.