This really is the culmination of the unitary executive theory — the entire cabinet must profess servile fealty to the personality of one man & forswear any notion that their office entails responsibilities to the American people or concern for the public good beyond servicing his whims

December 29, 2025 - 15:51 UTC

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Such an air of sophistication! 🤣
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Their idea of democracy is “every couple of years we decide who gets to be king (jk only we do)”
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Game of Thrones is not a documentary
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Yes, good point. And another consequence of the unitary executive -- as you describe it, where every appointed officer and actor must show sufficient toadying capacity -- is that every four or eight years government must be absolutely gutted of political actors.
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Think of what will have to happen to DHS and DOJ alone after the Trump years are finished. The cadre of career civil servants, dedicated to the oath of office and reverence for the rule of law and the non-partisan constitutional order, is finished. Does anyone think that we will be hearing
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Surely that’s not a real tweet? Is she in 7th grade?
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Yes, yes she is.
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John Roberts’s America.
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That just demonstrates what a piece of work she, in particular, is.

The more important point is that Departments *can't* run just on King Donald's whims, because he is insufficiently whimsical. Compare his whims to the Federal Register.
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