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“He’s got a big agenda,” McCarthy said, adding that Trump is better prepared to govern than he was eight years ago.

Folks, welcome to “running the government like a business” in the age of mass tech-industry layoffs and tyrannical bossism, as proposed by someone who himself was not elected to govern.

From Slate

The nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who resigned from Congress on Wednesday, is the clearest sign yet that Trump intends to govern as an authoritarian who will use all the levers of the state to harass his critics and avowed opponents.

From Salon

It’s a temporary grant of power to someone to govern for a period of time, within the constraints of the system, and then return power back to the people.

From Slate

“The consequences are severe… It would not be possible to be ready to govern on Day 1,” Stier shared.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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