manhattan or oakland, dc, atlanta, detroit, harlem, bronx, whatever. the impact could be incredible, he could really do something. but instead he s going to have a party. as for these other idiots, you know, it was great to watch acosta think that that was clever. what if we call it the what was it? desantis. desantis. actually like he took one from column a and another thing from column b and he put it together and thought that s really edgy and then you have the dumb broad from the morning doing the same thing. can t remember her name. and also, will, as soon as you heard annie from the new york times protecting celebrities from any scorn saying they re sophisticated. sophisticated crowd. not like those people that went on a motorcycle ride in sturgis. right. let s be clear who we re talking about, these are sophisticated people, vaccinated people. the only thing is i m happy president obama is living his
the emergency but wants to take funds marked within the defense budget for other purposes and realign them to this. can t do it. the constitution is very clear. no money can be spent from the federal treasury. but that which has been expressly authorized by the congress. can he take money from column a, approved by congress, and put it into column b and issue that just arose, congress didn t think of when it approved column a, no. would a court enjoin that, probably yes. he has a tough road, has to make a difficult case. he has to justify why he s willing to keep half the government shut down over the issue of the wall. because, remember, both houses passed continuing resolutions to keep the government running until the wall issue was injected. then he has to make the wall case so compelling that the american public decides he s correct and a judge decides, yeah, there s enough evidence to justify this. neil: incredible. and in eight minutes, he
the white house is going to do they are looking at because they are going to say it s a national emergency. they are looking at money that the pentagon already has been approved and granted by congress and they are going to reprogram some of the money that has not been designated and apparently, according to the the washington post, 10 u.s. code 2808 the president could do that and then apparently they have $10 billion in there that he could use and $13 billion that has rolled over through the years. well, it depends on what that money was originally marked for. question. can he take money from column a and put it in column b when column a was authorized by congress and column b wasn t? answer, no. there has to be a connection between the two. steve: judge, i was reading apparently in the past the pentagon has done that. sometimes the congress has looked the other way when presidents have done. this it doesn t make it lawful but makes it easier for the political forces to accept
are. and b, litigate donald trump. donald trump is going to make that easy by talk ago lot and doing a lot of things, the media won t be able to not cover. then you re going to have to have a successful litigation. litigation on policy. that s the key thing. he s the guy that tried to take health care away. that s actually both as a strategy, but also for the country, we should be debating those things. you said this, brian, a nominee best situated to be able to ignore trump is one who commands a media ecosystem apart. there s two choices democratic primary voters can pick from in a primary that s about to begin. a no nonsense bland in most cases it happens to be white male candidates that the media is thinking about. in column b, more stridently progressive. the theory is if democratic voters flock to column b, they ll be less strategic. that person may turn off voters in wisconsin and michigan. the bland inoffensive candidate
voters flock to column b, they ll be less strategic. that person may turn off voters in wisconsin and michigan. the bland inoffensive candidate is more likely to be sucked into the vortex, they re not a center of gravity themselves. remember who your base is, younger, people of color, you better have a personality. brian fallon and joy reid, thanks for joining us. up next, maxine waters responds to trump s threats against house democrats.