dashundchen

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by dashundchen 2y ago
They don't seem to be yet. Two people with cult followers willing to contort themselves to the dear leader's position at any moment.
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Again, this is so easily disproven. How are you buying this at all? Musk and Trump are not concerned about debt or spending. If they were, Trump and Republicans wouldn't be rushing a billionaire tax cut bill that will add tens of trill
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by dashundchen 2y ago
It's not surprising, maybe even coordinated. Reddit has a similar problem of Musk fanboys brigading threads about Tesla, coming from Discord chats. And look at the bottom of the page. YC is advertising an "AI Startup School"
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by dashundchen 2y ago
China has so much leverage over Musk having subsidized some of Teslas biggest factories, and being one of Teslas biggest markets. In fact Tesla was the only foreign automaker to commit sign a letter affirming the CCP's "core socia
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by dashundchen 2y ago
What a clown show. After they made the same fuck up firing the inspectors of our nuclear weapons. > The layoffs concerned a number of Republican lawmakers, who privately warned the Trump administration that such cuts could hamper the gov
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by dashundchen 2y ago
And even after that we'll still have to raise the debt ceiling and issue trillions in new debt to pay for those tax cuts. And after that, the destroyed government will bid out replacements of the destroyed agencies to contractors owned
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by dashundchen 2y ago
I'd really like someone to justify this to me. This is weaponizing government against freedom of the press. Do we have to add that Musk is now calling for CBS's 60 Minutes journalists to be imprisoned because he didn't like w
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Trump, Musk and co don't care. If it doesn't benefit them and they can't profit from it, it doesn't matter. What are the odds there's chaos in the parks this summer with short staffing, and the admin decides to blam
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by dashundchen 2y ago
That's incorrect. The DOJ and SSA regularly prosecute social security fraud. Take a look at the website of the Social Security Administration's Inspector General site and look through the news releases. https://oig.ssa.
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Why are we taking Musk at his word when his current MO is to cast doubt and mistrust on government spending? Musk, Trump and the admin have already been pushing so many outright lies via their propaganda channels. Despite being deunked the
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Trump and Musk are not truly worried about debt. Their current top goal is to commit to trillions in future debt to cut taxes for the top 0.1% of earners. The current Treasury estimate is these tax cuts will cost $4.5 trillion and accumulat
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Did DOGE reveal anything, or did Musk just make an unverified claim? If the claim is true and it's really a case of fraud, isn't that a case for the courts and DOJ to handle? Or he is really trying to undermine trust in the gover
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Insane timeline. Jimmy Carter had to sell his unprofitable peanut farm to avoid the appearance of conflict of interests, but the current president did a shitcoin pump and dump and his supporters eat it up and ask him for more.
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by dashundchen 2y ago
He did a rugpull in a shitcoin right before his inauguration and likely pulled megaprofit out of some bag holders. https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/trumps-meme-coin-... Any other administration this woul
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by dashundchen 2y ago
The charges are not fully dropped. They can be brought up again at any time. AG Pam Bondi and Emil Bobe are openly admitting they are using this to pressure Eric Adams for political loyalty. It's straight up weaponization of the DOJ, d
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Why are you downplaying it? Musk and Trump wrecklessly terminated employees responsible for the maintenance and inspection of nuclear weapons. This isn't just a social media team. The loss of institutional knowledge for managing an ars
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by dashundchen 2y ago
The current government has shown they're more than willing to weaponize the DOJ and other departments against people and speech they don't like. See the AP News incident this week where the White House banned AP from the WH press
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Conspiracy to me but it seems like coordinated flagging. I've noticed on a local US subreddit any political action or protest is immediately swarmed by people criticizing it or calling it useless. The comments might end up down voted b
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by dashundchen 2y ago
How is this propaganda? Please explain. The story is factual about what the government is doing and comes from a reputable source, corroborated by other journalists.
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by dashundchen 2y ago
I find it very interesting that oversight of nuclear power and weapons was gutted without thought. That's a serious public interest story. Try letting go of partisan emotions and viewing it in a non partisan light.
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by dashundchen 2y ago
On top of the $8 trillion in debt needed for the last round of billionaire tax cuts and unaccountable PPP helicopter money Trump spent last time around.
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by dashundchen 2y ago
I'm sure this is going to get flagged off the front page. But this is bonkers level of corruption. This is what actual weaponization of government looks like. The plan is for the Trump administration and department of Justice to hold t
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by dashundchen 2y ago
> Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. Subsequent waivers from the State
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by dashundchen 2y ago
I will repeat this because the party line you are repeating is so tired and debunked. If the debt and spending are so important, why is the first priority of the GOP Congress to renew and expand the Trump tax cuts, which the government is e
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by dashundchen 2y ago
A good very argument for a taxing the value of the land instead of the improvements/building.
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Falling for their propaganda again, maybe intentionally. This is congressionally appropriated money for FEMA to administer a program, by DHS. Congress and the Supreme Court have ruled impoundment is illegal. You are supporting a sprint into
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Republicans feigning concern about deficit or debt is fucking rich. The top GOP priority in Congress right now, outside of ceding their constitutional responsibility, is searching for anyway to pass $4 trillion in tax cuts that will largely
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by dashundchen 2y ago
If there is waste, then the proper channel to address is through Congress which controls the budget. The executive is not a dictator and cannot impound or dissolve congressionally appropriated funds. The GOP controls both houses and could e
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by dashundchen 2y ago
Orders can be given that are unconstitutional or unlawful. Congress appropriates and designates funds, it is illegal for the executive to impound funds Congress appropriate. Unfortunately the GOP is happy to hand over their power in Congres
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by dashundchen 2y ago
If the debt and spending are so important, why focus on cutting random programs and throwing tens of thousands of people in chaos? You really haven't seen reporting defending PEPFAR, for example, as a program of USAID? The same org tha

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