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[–] 1HepCat 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago 

His base might not need to be pissed after all: https://voat.co/v/politics/2464793

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[–] Nietzsche__ 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

Control of the money want the main concern. Spying on the population, gun rights, and excessive waste are not resolved by the latest move.

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[–] 12301776? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The headline in that is fake news, the same OP has been spreading misinformation for the past couple of days.

A long explanation of the omnibus: https://voat.co/v/politics/2466732

tl;dr

"So President Trump can now ignore the appropriation bills and spend all the money however he wants?!!"

Absolutely not. Congress wouldn't just legislate away one of its most important powers, and so have very narrowly defined these procedures which the President can trigger. That however is tangential since that isn't at all the intent of President Trump's letter.

Let's take a look at one of the letters:

In accordance with section 7058(d) of division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 1625; the “Act”), I hereby designate as an emergency requirement all funding so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, for the accounts referenced in section 7058(d).

So this letter is solely about the accounts referenced in section 7058(d) of division K. Now let's take a closer look at 7058(d) of division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018:

(d) REPURPOSED FUNDS .—(1) Of the unobligated balances available under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance’’ in title IX of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235)—

(A) $35,000,000 shall be made available for the Emergency Reserve Fund...

(B) $100,000,000 shall be for programs to accelerate the capabilities of targeted countries to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease out-breaks; and

(C) $10,000,000 shall be made available for support of a multi-partner trust fund or other multilateral efforts to assist communities in Haiti..

We can see clearly that the accounts in question total only 145 million dollars, this is a far cry from Trump writing himself a blank check or seizing unilateral control of budget as allocated by the omnibus spending bill. In short, this letter from the President isn't at all what some have tried to make it out to be.

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[–] Tallest_Skil 3 points 0 points (+3|-3) ago 

He’s not deporting nonwhites. He’s not shutting down the Federal Reserve.

LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE MATTERS IN ANY CAPACITY. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a jewish shill.