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She has also been accused of cultural appropriation for recording straight-ahead salsa tunes — an unfair accusation to this writer, considering that she is a dedicated student and collector of Afro-Caribbean music.

Despite her creeping cynicism toward politics and its appropriation of movie style, Didion hadn’t lost her ardor for film.

“Sometimes as much as 40 to 50% comes out of the federal appropriation. And so we argue for this money specifically because those stations clearly would not exist.”

While a few bills slipped through the cracks, with Senate Democrats getting crafty in budget appropriations packages that require a simple majority to legislate, McConnell’s party blocked most of the Biden agenda.

But, as courts have now held, it is at best questionable whether the president can undo the appropriations passed by Congress, contravening the power given Congress under the Constitution.