@DoubleedgedGreg @brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag "Honestly I don't think that we should trust any source that says that they spoke with employees inside the agencies, at least not yet anyway." -->The Latin Times source I gave was simply reporting what a government employee publicly stated at a video-recorded town meeting.

@gojomo @RobAtkinsonITIF @deanwball @hamandcheese 3/3 Congress writes laws and appropriates money for tasks. The president follows laws, and carries out those tasks. The president is *not* authorized by the Constitution to pick and choose the laws he's going to follow, and the congressionally authorized tasks he'll implement.

@brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag Wow, a Bryson! Your field is excellent! Good grass cutting. 🙂 I missed several years of Tarheels baseball, caring for my parents in their final years. I'm looking forward to getting to games again, this year.

@gojomo @RobAtkinsonITIF @deanwball @hamandcheese As of February 3rd, 5:46 PM, Senator Bill Cassidy (R, Louisiana) said that funds were still not restarted:

@gojomo @RobAtkinsonITIF @deanwball @hamandcheese "...so what? everyone's allowed to pick their battles & change their minds." If he thinks PEPFAR is constitutional, he has absolutely no excuse to stop PEPFAR's funding (which will almost certainly result in thousands of deaths). Congress specifically funded PEPFAR. It's the law

@brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag "Fat Lenny" -->The thing about you and me is that we appear to have a shocking amount in common, so it's probably easier for us to have a civil conversation. Best wishes, Mark (Libertarian, MAHA, military intervention opponent, Boshamer Stadium fan)

@gojomo @RobAtkinsonITIF @deanwball @hamandcheese 3/3 Or if Donald Trump did somehow change his mind about PEPFAR's constitutionality sometime after his first term and before this term, he should have said so.

@JDVance "...but I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid’s life." So he was 12? Or 13?

@Sheryl782103 @brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag I don't think that's "Fat Lenny"'s position at all. I think "Fat Lenny" is a righteous dude, and it's perfectly reasonable to question sources. His one (relatively tiny) mistake is that he could have found confirmation here:

@gojomo @RobAtkinsonITIF @deanwball @hamandcheese Yes, and I already replied to your opinion on that. Donald Trump's (well, actually Elon Musk's...Donald Trump is just a blithering head) minions shut down PEPFAR without even a few weeks' notice. And likely thousands of babies will die of AIDs as a result:

@brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag Well, if you think that's on-target, here's something that may blow your mind: 😉

@brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag "Again, I don’t want to come across as harsh, just trying to keep the conversation constructive." -->Here's something you might find interesting. 🙂

@brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag 2/2 ...though I was probably voting straight ticket Libertarian when some of them were in elementary school.

@brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag No, I assume you don't think Latin Times is a reliable source. So I proposed White Times. Would you prefer Black Times? Asian Times? Rather than disparaging my source, why didn't you simply look elsewhere? (I found a source with video in 3 minutes.) Aren't you able to do that?

@brownfatlenny @acnewsitics @LatinTimesMag Would you accept them as credible if they were the White Times? It's not difficult to find other sources that say the same thing. It was a freaking *town hall meeting*. Recorded by video, in fact: