Robert Weissman
@Rob_Weissman
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President of @Public_Citizen. Public interest advocate working to loosen the chokehold corporations & the wealthy have over our democracy.
Joined December 2020
Hi Twitter. I’m the president of @Public_Citizen. I’ve been fighting corporate power my entire career. Please follow me so my social media team doesn’t get mad at me.
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JD Vance went to law school. He knows perfectly well that courts will not impinge on use of the exec branch’s legit power. The issue in every case is whether an action falls in that zone. By the way: Trampling the Constitution does not.
If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.
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RT @JDVance: If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command th…
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The CFPB is created by Congress, not subject to your execution. The CFPB has saved consumers more than $20B. The CFPB will be your regulator, as a money transmitter. Get used to it.
CFPB RIP 🪦
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It’s very hard to see why Ds should agree to appropriations bills when Trump thinks he’s free to spend or not spend appropriated money as he pleases.
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And it violates the letter and spirit of the law because it fails to undertake individual evaluation of rules and is arbitrary and capricious. 5/5
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Here's your latest evidence that we need a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. Billionaire Nicole Shanahan overtly threatens to dump huge money against any senator who follows science, public health and common sense and votes against RFK's confirmation.
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The now-rescinded OMB memo freezing federal grants, loans and assistance created fear and frenzy across the nation. But one sector was notably calm: Corporate America, the giant beneficiary of government largesse. Read more:
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The point of the Trump-Musk-Vought onslaught has been to make things feel inevitable. The rescinding of the fed $ freeze puts the lie to that. They did something stupid, dangerous and illegal. There was massive pushback. And they backed down. It won't be the last time!
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And below market federal leases. And Pentagon rip-off contractors. And other beneficiaries of corporate handouts.
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