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How will Graham Planter cope with the unfathomable hopelessness (trying to sprint through wet cement) of changing the system once he gets to Washington?

"Barack Obama: While he maintained his public optimism, his memoirs (A Promised Land) detail the crushing weight of realizing that even with a historic mandate and a congressional majority, the friction of the federal bureaucracy and fierce institutional resistance made enacting sweeping "hope and change" an agonizingly slow, compromised inch-by-inch battle."

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u/GrowFreeFood — 2 months ago

How do I petition to be a mod of the leftist sub?

I want to be mod there now. Not sure the procedure. So this is best strategy. Pros: I'm not a bot!

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u/GrowFreeFood — 2 months ago
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Do think think FBI will raid Platner's campaign and arrest his friends and family like in Ohio?

They raided a voters rights group. That was a test.

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u/GrowFreeFood — 2 months ago

Is Russell Vought the most powerful person in America?

Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Vought holds one of the most powerful positions in Washington that few outside the Beltway understand. The OMB oversees every penny of the nearly $7 trillion annual federal budget before it is spent, serving as a critical choke point for all government funding:

· Control Regulations: Reviews all regulations and workplace policies for over 2 million federal employees.

· Vet Orders: Vets all executive orders before the President signs them.

· Plan Strategy: Coordinates agency strategy across the government, ensuring alignment with the president's agenda.

He holds this role alongside other key positions, further concentrating his influence:

· Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he has aggressively tried to shut down the agency.

· Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) during a major restructuring.

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u/GrowFreeFood — 2 months ago