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Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - In case you missed it, the below EO is a big deal. Trump is forcing the federal government to spell out everything that is a crime under federal law. The other thing the EO does is to force the government to add a "mens rea" element to most of these "crimes"; i.e., you have to be aware of the fact that you are committing a crime in order for it to be a crime.
Thus, if you decide to build a pond on your property and the EPA has some obscure regulation saying that is a crime, you would need to be aware of the criminal nature of the act before you did it in order to be guilty of anything.
This is great.
The whole EO is linked in my post below, but I wanted to call attention to one tangential aspect of it. The EO says:
"It privileges large corporations, which can afford to hire expensive legal teams to navigate complex regulatory schemes and fence out new market entrants, over average Americans.”
This is really important and is a theme I keep coming back to. Regulatory schemes like Dodd-Frank and the CFPB are created ostensibly to help the “little guy,” when in reality they create byzantine layers upon layers of compliance requirements that only mega-corporations can afford to navigate. Those sorts of laws are anti-competitive and hurt most of all the “little guy” they purport to help.
When you hear the likes of Bernie Sanders and Big Chief Lizzie Warren railing against the “oligarchy,” realize that they regulatory schemes they propose serve the oligarchy MOST OF ALL. In fact, Bernie and Lizzie and AOC are the oligarchs, not us.
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/1922300587657380138
Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - This is the full EO:
FIGHTING OVERCRIMINALIZATION IN FEDERAL REGULATIONS
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/fighting-overcriminalization-in-federal-regulations/
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/1922300922639548724
Dan Scavino @Scavino47 - Here’s POTUS on the other end in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—before heading out to the motorcade…
https://x.com/Scavino47/status/1922367374444924952
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Hello Senator Thune,
Wow. Just wow.
Democrats didn't block Trump's nominees, @SenateGOP did. You had the majority. You failed.
Republicans rejected Trump's picks. That's not on Democrats. We aren't Marxists; we believe in historical fact. And the fact is, you torpedoed @EagleEdMartin over manufactured outrage about January 6, while ignoring actual violence your constituents face.
You don't get to revise the record. You own this.
You talk about being the party of personal accountability. Stop attending lobbyist steak dinners and start showing it.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1922521312444219504
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Democracy, Inc. is big business. Since 2016, 1,403 democracy-related nonprofits have seen their revenue grow by 50%, now reporting a combined $20 billion. That puts them squarely in Fortune 500 territory, outpacing corporate giants like Adobe, Cognizant, and Colgate-Palmolive. And this doesn't even include private foundations (990-PFs) or newer organizations just getting started.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1922379825995739645
Defiant L’s @DefiantLs - “If you are MAGA and you call yourself a Christian, I need to have a word with you”
https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1922424113869488397
Department of Defense @DeptofDefense - STRIKE SWIFT, STAND STRONG: UNITING FORCES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA.
https://x.com/DeptofDefense/status/1922351140135698621
Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE - Introducing the DOGE Deregulation Leaderboard!
Comprehensive list of repeals of burdensome or obsolete regulations, including the cost savings to the American taxpayer. $28.7B so far.
https://doge.gov/regulations
https://x.com/DOGE/status/1922355901161242937
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