Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 11h

If you haven't "figured this out" maybe you should take the time to actually figure it out FIRST before you issue a ruling on a TOTAL UTTER EMERGENCY that is really nothing more than the imagining of an addle brained buffoon-- especially when your ruling will affect the lives of MILLIONS.

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 23h

Don't forget that the House is heavily skewed toward low population states. CA has about 26% less representation in the House than it should on the basis of population alone.

1

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 23h

The foreign emoluments clause (Article I Section 9) says it's illegal. But SCOTUS proved during Trump's first term that there is no way to prosecute the president for violation of that clause. And then came the immunity decision, according to which "emoluments" is now an utterly meaningless word.

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 23h

Very well said. 🙂

1

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

about 50% of total U.S. population, but only 18% representation in the Senate.

The Electoral College amplifies both imbalances.

The imbalance of the House can be corrected with legislation. The other 2 require amendments. And amendments are VERY hard to enact-- TOO hard.

2/2

1

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

I don't disagree with the overall premise. I would just highlight some of the structural imbalances inherent in our system:

The House is skewed toward low population states. It has 114 too few members (based on the 2020 census).

The Senate represents states rather than people. 9 states have

1/2

1

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

Matthew 25:43 says that those who do not visit prisoners will be acccursed.

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

I'd be glad to help with the deconstruction of Christian Nationalism:

david-seldon-moore.blog/2025/01/02/j...

Jesus Was NOT the Messiah

The word Christ is Greek for Messiah. Throughout the Greek language books of the New Testament Jesus is called the Messiah, as in the following well known passage from the book of Luke: Now i…

david-seldon-moore.blog

1

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

Trump did this in his first term when he took $ from DOD for his southern border wall.

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

about our national "debt," challenge them! Why do you think federal deficits are debt? Didn't you know that Congress has the power to issue currency? Didn't you know that the real risk of too much govt spending is inflation, not bankruptcy? CHALLENGE them!!

4/4

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

The best time to start telling the truth was in 1980 when Reagan sold the American people on trickle down economics. The second best time is NOW.

Yes Trump is an irrepressible liar. But most of what is motivating the GOP is also based on lies.

When someone-- conservative or liberal-- whines

3/4

1

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

either recession or depression.

I see almost no one-- in MSM or alternates-- talking about this. Mike Johnson says that the GOP is the only party that is doing anything about health care-- because he thinks massively cutting govt spending will "save" the economy. He's just dead wrong.

2/4

1 1

David S. Moore @dsm1132.bsky.social · 1d

The #1 issue driving the defunding and destruction of the federal government is the idea that we have a $39 trillion deficit that needs to be paid back.

But federal deficits are not debt and they do not need to be "paid back." In fact any attempt to pay the deficits back would result in

1/4

1