Trump is doing as he said, being a “dictator on day one.” He doesn’t care about what is legal or illegal. He thinks he has the authority to do anything he pleases, and that extends to his loyal henchmen of which Musk is but one.
Scrupulously documented piece. 👏
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I keep thinking it’s insane that we had the presidency, senate supermajority, and house in 2008 and couldn’t even get the public option. These guys get a slight majority and can… apparently ignore all laws.
The running theme of this political era is that checks and balances are completely toothless in the face of shameless power grabs. The only hope left is the fact that a Cybertruck's rear hatch probably makes a pretty good makeshift guillotine.
Excellent article! And as if my feelings towards Musk hadn't soured enough already from *that* so-called "Roman salute" (we all know was something completely different). Reading this article makes me hate him equal to my feelings on n*zies and their actions from the Holocaust. i.e. gut-wrenching
banger. small correction: the AFL-CIO isn’t a union, and both AFGE and SEIU are affiliated with it, so the article should say AFGE and SEIU are suing the Treasury not the AFL-CIO and the SEIU (h/t @wendycolborne.bsky.social)
Great Article. He should not have the authority and I keep wondering why we don't send in people to arrest them all. But then I guess I know the why it's the guy in the Whitehouse along with the GOP allowing it all happen.
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I would say no. He has no legal authority to enter secure federal buildings, access secure and private data on federal employees, as well as who knows what else he is digging his nose in. This is clearly illegal. Why repugnicans are allowing this, idk.
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For the many times Real Rules could’ve arrested/contained Musk before he metastasized, partial list here. Ping @niedermeyer.online for one-stop shopping. 👍
https://bsky.app/profile/klippenstein.bsky.social/post/3lgc3cl742k2p
Just wait until states like Mississippi, Kentucky, and Louisiana have to close their school doors because the feds stop sending money their way.