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541.
by tootie 2y ago
20K people is a drop in the bucket.
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by tootie 2y ago
I seriously doubt it's cheaper than tariffs.
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by tootie 2y ago
Is it? Is that was Trump said? The US economy is driven by consumer spending and decreasing consumer spending is in nobody's interest.
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by tootie 2y ago
I have not seen anything resembling a revenue projection. I have not seen any projections on how much import substitution we can sustain. Trump has persistently insisted that exporters pay tariffs. He calls trade deficits subsidies. I have
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by tootie 2y ago
Was their remit to republish public data and then cancel medical research and foreign aid? Then no, they are not doing well.
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by tootie 2y ago
Sure hope they patched this site before publishing all this https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-...
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by tootie 2y ago
I'm reading docs and barely following what actual mechanism is involved to enable any of the stuff they are selling. Am I correct in reading that this is like a modern version of the JVM with WASM in place of bytecode? So I can compile
548.
by tootie 2y ago
They are ignoring the basic precepts of the constitution, have rendered Congress' authority to set budgets as moot, are threatening the judiciary and the press. I can't believe how sanguine this thread is. This is an absolute cris
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by tootie 2y ago
I think that's generous. He is chopping entire departments after scooping up all their data. He doesn't seem to be doing any analysis at all. And a lot of his public statements have been patently false.
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by tootie 2y ago
The Bankman-Fried arc?
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by tootie 2y ago
I cannot comprehend what point you're trying to make or how you derived it from me describing my own lived experience. I have lived elsewhere, even outside the US. I know nyc isn't the only way to live and I'm not telling any
552.
by tootie 2y ago
Everyone commenting doesn't live here. I'm well aware the crime happens in the city. What I think people don't quite appreciate is that the city is huge. The city hosts not only millions of residents but millions more visitor
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by tootie 2y ago
I've lived in NYC for 30 years and ridden the subway thousands of times going back to the last peak in crime in the 90s. I've never witnessed a real crime or seen someone brandish a weapon. I know a few people who have been near o
554.
by tootie 2y ago
They also couldn't envision women voting. The president has veto power over the budget. That is their check on spending. They absolutely positively do not have any authority to cancel a Congressional appropriation and they never have.
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by tootie 2y ago
There is no way in hell the founders thought a president could unilaterally disassemble an entire agency that was explicitly empowered by Congress. Thomas Jefferson didn't want to buy ships. He didn't try to disband the Navy. And
556.
by tootie 2y ago
They have separately promised $1T or even $2T in cuts and and laying off 200K won't even come close. Not to mention they are offering these as blanket buyouts seemingly without regard for job function so they will inevitably end up nee
557.
by tootie 2y ago
Does YT offer more revenue than something like Tubi?
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by tootie 2y ago
Click through to the Train decision. It has been firmly held that per the Article 1 separation of powers, Congress determines how money is spent. Impoundment is used (and it certainly is used routinely) only when the executive determines th
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by tootie 2y ago
RFK believes in things that are provably false and you seemingly believe things without evidence either. Our institutions cause obesity? Who keeps refusing protect the environment? Who refused to directly address the COVID crisis when it wa
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by tootie 2y ago
Not since the Magna Carta. Issue is that he is bypassing Congress on issues that are explicitly their purview per Article 1 of the Constitution.
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by tootie 2y ago
This is flatly false. He is running the Project 2025 playbook which he expressly disavowed. It is also reasonable to assume he meant to propose a smaller budget, not supercede Congress.
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by tootie 2y ago
Also, ignore judges affirming you can't do that due to point 1. No one will enforce their judgements. Next step is attacking enemies. They will start prosecuting political rivals.
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by tootie 2y ago
This wasn't a vendetta or a political maneuver. The IMF is intending to enforce stability on loan recipients but insisting on sensible policy. Per the article, the program was already unsuccessful and they wanted it removed as a risk f
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by tootie 2y ago
That's incredibly glib and pedantic. I do not have the resources and probably not the standing to bring a suit. And given that any punishment will be immediately pardoned makes it moot. State Attorney's General have successfully p
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by tootie 2y ago
Coups do not require troops. They simple require the existing regime to be removed. Months ago, the leader of Project 2025 said a second Trump term would be "a second American Revolution" and "bloodless if the left allows it
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by tootie 2y ago
Hell no it is not. That's like saying no crime has happened until there is a conviction. Trump and Musk's actions are very explicitly against the law. They won't be stopped or punished until action is taken, but it is still i
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by tootie 2y ago
This guy decided to get into politics like 5 months ago and is now the second most powerful person in the world purely by dint of being extremely wealthy. He bought the US government and it was apparently a bargain at $250M.
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by tootie 2y ago
This is beyond unconstitutional. Congress can reduce spending. It cannot be stolen in broad daylight by a private citizen. This is not a time to be sanguine. American democracy is dying before our eyes.
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by tootie 2y ago
Published just today: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/29/all-in-... Refers to a more recent meta analysis from 2023 of 12000 kids and basically found no substantial negative effects fro
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by tootie 2y ago
I have yet to see the finger pointed at the growing anti-education policies being pushed by the right but that seems like a worthy area of study. States that are now leaning on vouchers are starving public schools in favor of privates.

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