"After Musk spent the day telling Republicans not to support the bill [to keep government going], Trump weighed in against it, too.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Remember 'governing by tweet?' This time it was Elon Musk's tweets. He 'posted dozens of times, dozens,' against the bipartisan funding bill, and Republicans in Congress 'answered Elon's call.'"
~ Brian Stelter
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Uber and its CEO have donated $1m each to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a growing list of firms seeking to garner favor with the administration. Meta also gave $1m, with Amazon and OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, reportedly planning similar donations."
~ Jem Bartholomew
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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First Thing: 51 men found guilty in Pelicot mass rape trial
French man jailed for 20 years over abuse of ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot. Plus, Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of genocide for restricting Gaza water supply
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"Driving the right-wing backlash against House Republicans over the now-abandoned continuing resolution to fund the federal government through mid-March was the erratic and impetuous richest man in the world, posting furiously on the social media platform he owns."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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Republicans Turn Eating Their Own Into A Spectator Sport
INSIDE: Elon Musk ... Mike Johnson ... Matt Gaetz
(morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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@wdlindsy What power does he have over them?
Musk is beginning to seem like Trump’s Rasputin.
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@wdlindsy He bought Twitter and made it his toy. Then he destroyed it. This is his plan for our government. He has no allegiance to the United States, and he can live anywhere. The question is, are we going to let him do it?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Trump has brought Musk into the central circle of power. He’s not only de facto Vice President. When was the last time you saw JD Vance? He’s practically co-president. Musk is erratic, volatile, impulsive, mercurial. He introduces a huge source of unpredictability and chaos into the presidency that for once Trump doesn’t control."
~ Josh Marshall
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Musk did this. Trump thrives on chaos, but his chaos. Not someone else’s chaos.
Trump is following. He’s trying to pretend otherwise but he’s following. ...
Trump has sewn himself into a sack with Elon Musk, a few billion dollars, a cat and a snake, and had the sack tossed into the Tiber. That’s the story here. And it will go on for a while."
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In the same way that they should be called rapers, not rapist.
Its not the ART of Rape, you dont become a rapist.
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James Wellsreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
Rumor has it that Vance has been talking about invoking article 25 and Chump was made aware of it. Because Musk is not qualified to become President, Chump feels Musk is a safer person to use for various VP duties. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Trump is staffing his cabinet with billionaires, who will break the government out of incompetence, spite, or avarice. So why not just go for class politics, and forget about everything else? As the country reaches unprecedented levels of inequality, why not just tear off the oligarchs' masks? Why not present them as merchants of death?"
~ Timothy Snyder
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"We should all know who they [the oligarchs] are, how wealthy they are, from what sources, and how they profit from holding power. ...
The most powerful form of identity politics is Trump's, and it goes something like this: 'I am a rich white guy who breaks all the rules and who therefore gets to make them, and so you should enjoy the feel of my hand in your pocket as I pick it.'"
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Trump succeeded because of his identity politics, which brings race and class together in a certain way. By connecting the desire for change with emotions that make it impossible, he (and many others) generate, in the end, sadopopulism: a politics that works not because all benefit but because some learn to take pleasure in the greater suffering of others."
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@wdlindsy I think the whole purpose of spending $44 billion to buy Twitter is crystal clear to everyone now.
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Really appreciate how you pull important quotes from works, cite, and provide the link to the full article. Thought you should know your efforts are appreciated. -
Piousunynreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Will this screw up Social Security?
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@wdlindsy but this must lead to revolution.
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@Nazani It's all given as discretionary fund money — he can do whatever he wants with it, is my understanding.
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@zenmorph Absolutely. Fascism playing the long game.
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EarthMommareplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
JD Vance is waiting in the wings with the Project 2025 folks so that after Trump literally DESTROYS EVERYTHING and the US population is reeling with hurt and starving to death, JD Vance comes in with the 25th AMENDMENT and DUMPS TRUMP with everyone's permission because Trump literally will fuck up everything...
Once JD Vance gets Trump OUT with the 25th, PROJECT 2025 comes in with Vance, THEY DECLARE MARTIAL LAW because Trump has LITERALLY DESTROYED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, and Vance, martial law, and PROJECT 2025 HANDMAIDS TALE OUR ASSES.
Trump walks away with all the money and we become a christian nationalist state with AMERICAN SHARIA LAW.
