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Cake day: June 21st, 2023
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For me it shows “Golf of America” unless you zoom out, in which case it shows “Golf of Mexico (Golf of America)”
Edit: something is being silly and not letting me post 2 different pictures, so here is the zoomed out one.
He doesn’t. However, that is only according to this pesky technicality called “the law”. If the President does not want to follow the law, and appoints people who also do not care for following the law, then the law stops being a thing to look for for authority; and Musk can do this because Trump says he can.
In the short term, expect this to be shut down by the courts. In the medium term, a bunch of these orders will end up in front of the Supreme Court that unironically said “if the president does it, it might be illegal, but he is absolutely immune from prosecution”. Even if the SC come down on the only legally defensible position, Trump could still say “them and what army”
This is 100% a coup by Trump to centralize power in the executive. When staging a coup, “authority” is merely an inconvenience.
Optimistic of you to think we’ll all make it to next time. I’m on that list several times already.
By private companies. Federal employees have a lot more protections.
By saying “common”, we mean to include names which are in widespread daily use, rather than giving immediate recognition to any arbitrary governmental re-naming
That policy is surprisingly on point.
The president ordered it. There is no legal mechanism to compel private companies to use the new name.