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Kate 20:50 on 2025-03-05 Permalink Reply  

• Jim 22:30 on 2025-03-05 Permalink

  “Asked for comment, a spokesperson for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority said the agency and Hydro-Québec have a long-term agreement that is legally binding. She declined to provide additional thoughts.”

  Here’s an additional thought for her – NAFTA/CUSMA are supposed to be legally binding as well.

• Chris 09:12 on 2025-03-06 Permalink

  Trump’s tariffs are also illegal in another way: only Congress is supposed to do tariffs, the exception for the executive to touch them was meant for war, his bullshit fentanyl excuse is just that, bullshit.

• Kate 10:21 on 2025-03-06 Permalink

  Trump knows people will obey his decrees without reference to law or constitutional conventions. It’s pointless to say now “this is illegal” because he is the law.

• Joey 15:17 on 2025-03-06 Permalink

  @Kate I am amazed at how many really bright commentators seem to miss out on this. The point is to do illegal things – lots of them, unpredictably – to demonstrate that you can get away with anything. Tariffs are doubly useful to Trump because they create economic chaos – chaos first, catastrophe second – that he can use to justify more law-breaking. Next thing you know, it’s full-on fascist dictatorship. So many smart folks are not seeing the forest for the trees. Yes the tariffs are dumb, yes they are based on made-up lies, yes he is doing the opposite of what he promised, etc.. Those are, ultimately, details. We have to keep our eyes on the big picture…

• Orr 19:39 on 2025-03-06 Permalink

  And I’m pondering racing in the Montreal Grand Prix.