💬 Opinion 1d ago · William Kristol

Tit-for-Tatting Democracy to Death

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Tit-for-Tatting Democracy to Death
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Yesterday brought an exciting new innovation in the field of unaccountable executive-branch war-waging. By law, when the president takes military action against another country, he must get Congress’s blessing within sixty days. As of today, time’s up for the war in Iran—but yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress that the administration believes it has more time. Why? Because, they’ve decided, the clock stops during a ceasefire. Happy Friday.(Photo illust

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