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Fiendish Thingy

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2. It wasn't the War Powers act

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 09:32 AM

11 hrs ago

I believe it’s called the Defense Production Act, a separate set of laws that allows a president to skirt existing laws and regulations to ramp up various industries on short notice.

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