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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRand Paul turning himself into a pretzel defending Trump/Russia on CNN.
Got into shouting match with Wolf Blitzer.
mcar
(42,208 posts)I knew Paul was a loon but he's gone full-on
Kudos to Blitzer for not letting him get away with the lunacy.
oasis
(49,150 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,288 posts)He won't admit that he prefers to trust Putin.
oasis
(49,150 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)crazy dude
oasis
(49,150 posts)skylucy
(3,734 posts)oasis
(49,150 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)is currying favor with Moscow
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,297 posts)oasis
(49,150 posts)oasis
(49,150 posts)Interview came to a close. Wolf immediately pointed it out.
Boomerproud
(7,888 posts)You deserve him, but the rest of us certainly DO NOT!
oasis
(49,150 posts)of the end of his political career. Kentuckians will quickly distance themselves from Rand after the entirety of the Russian collusion is revealed.
greatlaurel
(2,004 posts)Paul is demonstrating that he is more than willing to accept attacks on American democracy. He has violated his oath of office and has demonstrated his allegiance to Vladimir Putin. He spit on the Constitution today.
Every GOP office holder who does not denounce Trump and Putin is clearly cares more for power than upholding the Constitution. They are all supporting the destruction of American democracy.
oasis
(49,150 posts)are revealed, he's toast.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Administrative state agencies include the EPA, the CDC, the USDA among other regulations and oversight that keep Americans safe...or did, before Trump. (and others)
he administrative state, a pillar of modern American government, is tasked with making and enforcing economic and environmental regulations, designing and running social welfare programs, fighting crime and corruption, providing for the national defense and so much more.
Yet, in a little more than nine months, Trump has taken aim and hit his bulls-eye. Far from the publics gaze, hes rescinded, rolled backed, and reversed countless environmental, labor, education, transportation, food and drug, and consumer protection rules and regulations.
Cast largely as liberty enhancing, these deregulatory efforts endanger the safety, health, and welfare of all Americans, not to mention a good deal of the rest of the world who depend on the United States to do its part to combat global warming, banking and securities fraud, and worker exploitation.
At the same time, Trump is vilifying the professional bureaucracy, that vast community of apolitical, career officials whose work it is to design, administer, and demand compliance with administrative regulationsand who are, by congressional design and longstanding practice, well positioned to question and challenge the directives of an abusive, impulsive, or simply hyperpartisan president.
Agencies under the "administrative state".
Administrative Conference of the United States
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Central Intelligence Agency
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Research Service
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Drug Enforcement Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Election Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Insurance Office
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Trade Commission
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Food and Drug Administration
Institute of Education Sciences
Internal Revenue Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Center for Education Statistics
National Credit Union Administration
National Labor Relations Board
National Recovery Administration
National Security Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Office of Financial Research
Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Transportation Security Administration
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Energy Information Administration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Federal Reserve System
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. General Services Administration
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Government Accountability Office
U.S. Government Publishing Office
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
U.S. Small Business Administration
U.S. Social Security Administration
United States Civil Service Commission
oasis
(49,150 posts)When all the Russia facts are out, he'll face a primary challenge for sure.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)progressoid
(49,825 posts)oasis
(49,150 posts)are the stuff of which solid primary ads are made.
progressoid
(49,825 posts)I just turned on the TV and there he was.