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The instant the news broke, the political implications triggered long-standing, meticulously crafted contingency plans designed for precisely such moments of existential leadership crisis. Under the sacred procedures outlined in the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, authority and crucial decision-making responsibilities were immediately expected to have been temporarily delegated to Vice President Kamala Harris. The expectation, now becoming a terrifying reality, is that she will assume the formidable role of Acting President during this period of Biden’s incapacitation, an urgent measure to ensure that the executive functions of the world’s most powerful nation continue seamlessly, without a single moment of pause. While the White House has not yet released a formal, written declaration explicitly invoking the amendment – a move that would send another jolt through the global community – administration insiders are confirming, sotto voce, that the intricate mechanisms of government are already fully operational, with Harris effectively, silently, at the helm. Officials insist, with a forced calm, that despite these extraordinary and deeply unsettling circumstances, federal operations, critical security coordination, and vital policy continuity are proceeding without interruption, but the true scope of this unprecedented power shift remains to be fully grasped.
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