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This lot has amassed a very large amount of political power and is part of the same group that's currently deconstructing the very mechanisms that were used to

by culi 2y ago

This lot has amassed a very large amount of political power and is part of the same group that's currently deconstructing the very mechanisms that were used to capture and imprison YOUR lot

johnnyanmac 2y ago
Yes. But will they dismantle enough to beat the courts? Musk might, but I feel these kids will be thrown under the bus in the long term.
- wordofx 2y ago
  There is nothing to beat. Nothing illegal has been done. But sure as hell a lot of people seem to not understand how the government works are beating the drums of what is happening being illegal.
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    Musk has tried multiple times to alter the spending. Trump couldn't even do that. There is definitely illegal activity. But no need to argue this. IANAL, and Musks', like, 8 lawsuits (I've lost count on how many people sued him this month alone) will get to the bottom of that.
    - culi 2y ago
      You don't have to be a lawyer to listen to one > “So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School, said of Musk’s machinations https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk-government-legal-doge/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk...
      - Integrape 2y ago
        So it's a DoS attack?
  - culi 2y ago
    DOGE has put large numbers of civil servants on administrative leave in violation of congressionally mandated civil service protections. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-... > “So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School, said of Musk’s machinations https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk-government-legal-doge/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk...

by culi 2y ago

This lot has amassed a very large amount of political power and is part of the same group that's currently deconstructing the very mechanisms that were used to capture and imprison YOUR lot

johnnyanmac 2y ago

Yes. But will they dismantle enough to beat the courts? Musk might, but I feel these kids will be thrown under the bus in the long term.

wordofx 2y ago
There is nothing to beat. Nothing illegal has been done. But sure as hell a lot of people seem to not understand how the government works are beating the drums of what is happening being illegal.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  Musk has tried multiple times to alter the spending. Trump couldn't even do that. There is definitely illegal activity. But no need to argue this. IANAL, and Musks', like, 8 lawsuits (I've lost count on how many people sued him this month alone) will get to the bottom of that.
  - culi 2y ago
    You don't have to be a lawyer to listen to one > “So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School, said of Musk’s machinations https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk-government-legal-doge/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk...
    - Integrape 2y ago
      So it's a DoS attack?
- culi 2y ago
  DOGE has put large numbers of civil servants on administrative leave in violation of congressionally mandated civil service protections. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-... > “So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School, said of Musk’s machinations https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk-government-legal-doge/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk...