how did we get a bozo like this in such a position, and what gives them the authority to do such things, let alone with no resistance from the senate majority leader;

The unelected Senate Parliamentarian has once again proven the D.C. swamp is alive and well.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough—first appointed by Democrat swamp king Harry Reid and known for advising Al Gore during the 2000 election debacle—has just gutted key America First reforms from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB).

However, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has flatly refused to overrule MacDonough’s rulings.

MacDonough’s controversial rulings stripped out major reforms Republicans had promised voters—ranging from bans on abortion funding, illegal immigrant benefits, and taxpayer-subsidized sex-change operations for minors.

She also struck down measures to end “silver loading” under Obamacare, a policy that has ballooned health insurance premiums and handed more taxpayer cash to insurance companies.

While millions of voters supported President Trump’s legislative agenda, MacDonough shredded those promises using the opaque and unaccountable “Byrd Rule,” a Senate procedure that’s increasingly being wielded like a sword by unelected bureaucrats and weaponized to dismantle the conservative agenda.

GOP lawmakers didn’t hold back. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted MacDonough in a scorched-earth statement:........more.........