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@MarkPaoletta
Nov 20 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
🧵Presidents have impounded funds that Congress appropriated with mandatory spending language.

In fact, in 1896, Attorney General Harmon issued opinion concluding Presidents don’t have to spend all funds, even if appropriation contains mandatory language. (highlighted below from CRA paper on history of impoundments, linked below in this thread).

Many Presidents going back to Founding and especially in 20th C. (FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson) impounded significant funds. It’s time for the President to reassert this authority to help stop the spending madness.

Please read our two papers on 1) history of impoundments and 2) President’s constitutional authority to impound, both papers linked below and some op-eds.

Impound, Baby, Impound! @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy @RussVought45Image
2/ Here’s @amrenewctr paper that I co-authored on long history of impoundments, with lots of examples. This was a well-established practice.
americarenewing.com/the-history-of…
@amrenewctr 3/ Here’s @amrenewctr paper I co-authored on the President’s constitutional authority to impound funds.
americarenewing.com/the-presidents…
@amrenewctr 4/ thehill.com/opinion/white-…
@amrenewctr 5/ thefederalist.com/2024/06/07/the…
@amrenewctr 6/ nationalreview.com/2024/10/impoun…

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Nov 10
🧵This is rich coming from @RepJeffries, who compared Justice Clarence Thomas, General Colin Powell and Professor Shelby Steele to “House Negroes.”

Jeffries has never disowned these racist comments.

Jeffries also praised views of raging antisemitic Uncle, Leonard Jeffries, as “factual information, proven through scholarly documents and texts.” And then lied about it.

@RepJeffries, I would sit this one out.Image
2/ washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/137211…
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Oct 17
🧵Outrageous but not surprising. President Trump 47 should impound all funds to UNRWA & other international organizations when he makes finding they threaten or harm America's national security interests. Here’s my paper on POTUS impoundment authority.
americarenewing.com/the-presidents… x.com/DrEliDavid/sta…
2/ There is long history of Presidents impounding funds based on national security. americarenewing.com/the-history-of…
3/ President Trump has stated he will use his impoundment authority in his next term. He's correct that the Impoundment Control Act is unconstitutional. thehill.com/opinion/white-…
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Oct 14
🧵Ignoring? Anita Hill testified & Americans believed Clarence Thomas 58%-24%; only 26% of women believed Hill. Even @JoeBiden, who chaired hearing, believed Thomas. Biden called Justice Thomas night he was confirmed to congratulate him & tell Thomas he was "person of character.”
2/@SenWhitehouse, Anita Hill has always been a partisan hack. Here’s a clip of Hill defending Bill Clinton on @MeetThePress, saying she will support Clinton despite his sexually harassing and assaulting women because he is good on the issues, namely of course abortion rights.
@SenWhitehouse @MeetThePress 3/Here’s link to my website, with full clip from Meet the Press appearance where @AnitaHill also attacked Clinton’s accusers.
anitahillcase.com/hill-defends-b…
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Oct 11
🧵33 yrs ago TODAY, Justice Clarence Thomas calls out Democrats for running a “high tech lynching” because Thomas dared to have “different ideas.” This is as true today as Obama despicably tries to shame black men for daring to vote for @realDonaldTrump.
2/When those hearings were, American people believed Thomas 58%-24% w/ only 26% of women believing Anita Hill. Justice Thomas has never backed down in face of these lies & smears, which continue today. Here’s trailer for Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words.
3/thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/obama-…
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Sep 5
🧵If you are a liberal Justice, the ethics double standard is alive and thriving.

Justice Jackson claims “I follow the rules,” but she failed to disclose husband’s medical malpractice consulting fees on her forms for a decade & then when she admitted in 2022 she hadn’t properly disclosed income, she never fixed her forms. Why isn’t she asked about this?

We know nothing about who paid her husband hundreds of thousands or millions in consulting fees in medical malpractice cases for past decade while she has been serving as a judge. She disclosed his consulting clients in 2012 but never again. Why isn’t she asked about this? Why isn’t legacy media interested in this?
2/ Here’s Jackson’s filing where she admits she failed to disclose husband’s consulting income but doesn’t identify years nor correct previous forms. What companies/law firms paid her husband, how much & did they have any business before her as a judge?
3/ Jackson requested a party at Library of Congress to celebrate her investiture & private parties paid for festivities, which included music performances. She did not disclose any gift on her forms. Who paid for it? Why isn’t she asked about this?
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Aug 6
🧵Gaslighting cont'd: Justice Thomas visits friends at their homes & is smeared but @JoeBidenuses billionaire donors’ mansions for family vacations & never paid nor reported them: 3X at $20M Kiawah mansion, 6X in St. Croix, 2x in $35M Nantucket mansion.

2/Justice Thomas attends Nebraska football game, sits in box w/ friends w/ tix price listed at $65 (below reporting limit) but media attacks Thomas on ethics. Jill Biden sits in luxury box at Super Bowl, @JoeBiden doesn’t disclose & crickets from gaslighting Dems & media allies. Image
3/ More of Democrats double standards. @JoeBiden attends games in front row or box seats and doesn’t disclose or pay for tix. Media & “ethics watchdogs" have no problem with it.
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