(📢) This is an ASK ME ANYTHING (AMA) post—my first one in over a year, I think.
Ask me any question, on any topic, and I will answer it honestly.
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Ask me any question, on any topic, and I will answer it honestly.
(The only rule here is that you have to retweet this post before you ask your question, so that there will be at least _some_ audience for the answers.)
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#retweet. Sounds like retreat.
And it will definitely shut up some, if history is precedent, which is why it’s a gambit they will pursue
But many of us they will not silence
However, slowly but surely, the actions of Trump and Musk are destroying the lives of apolitical people too—and in time that will activate politically some identifiable percentage of them
The media is not showing protests in one state, but local media is each state is.
The message needs to be taken to the locals everywhere in order for them to actually hear the truth!
Good results!
Still need to do calls, emails and posts here to dems often!
How far do you think Elon will go...? What if any, is his "limit"?
They’re sociopaths; it requires empathy to have a bottom or limit, or frankly any scruples at all, and I believe neither man has any
I think both men are clearly capable of mass premeditated murder, for instance
The floor is an illusion.
They love their hate more than anything.
And I am afraid that I agree with you.
There’s the USDS, which is known in media as "DOGE," and it is a) legal, but also b) only legal as to modernizing government tech (every other function is not authorized)
As for the conflicts of interest, there is no controlling legal authority at present to police them, incredibly
yes
Men who are extremely unscrupulous and have no particular dedication to or interest in these programs are controlling them.
Musk, by comparison, is getting to do what he always wanted to and is extremely motivated to keep doing it—and he's paying Trump hundreds of millions for the privilege
It has been truly amazing to watch and I have tried to keep an open mind as to the capabilities. I think I do quite well with it compared to many my age.
I didn't think the idiot in the WH would be elected again either, so I wouldn't be at all surprised that there are far more developed AI models out there that are "not for public consumption" and they are using them
Way beyond a search engine: a massive lever for humanity.
My team & I say “AI gets you about halfway there“. But this example got 100%
Rarely gives a 100% working solution, but often can do 50%-90% of the up front work, and assist in refinements.
Musk handpicked him, so he would be fine with it
Every MAGA influencer and Trump Family member would immediately back Vance, helping keep the MAGA base together
The claim in court that he's not the USDS administrator is technically true but practically meaningless
It's a legal dodge
By which I mean, how much is Trump in debt to Putin?
Kompromat is unlikely to be the critical issue here rather than Trump being compromised by his own venal business interests and desired future business deals, as ever
I have read so many various viewpoints. Would appreciate your valuable input.
As Canadians 🇨🇦, we are a strong & INDEPENDENT country who will never submit 🇨🇦
We knew in 2016 where this was going. We all raised alarms. Nobody listened, and now here we are.
So as you continue to raise alarms, what are we actually supposed to DO with that information?
So really...
In an interview with Tucker Carlson (or Rogan), Musk knew four hours in advance the results of the election.
Our election systems are a bundle of vulnerabilities. Holes everywhere. The only reliable safeguard is paper ballots that can be recounted. 1/3
They only need to social engineer a handful of counties across seven states (not massive, at all) and then keep people saying what you’re saying. 2/3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaKFx5rxdmA
1-What won in 2024 was systematic rigging of our electoral process over many years.
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
...
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-gov-desantis-signs-florida-election-bill-law/story?id=77530271
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https://hartmannreport.com/p/exit-polling-around-the-world
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https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/2024-voter-suppression/
Which is really a tragedy in itself.
But I think the greater manipulation was R controlled states throwing out voter registrations.
And, of course, under-30 turnout was 42%. Young people who now may live a long time under a dictator didn't even bother.
I am aware of heavy speculation, but that has yet to prove a thing.
https://SMARTelections.us (nonpartisan & been around for years)
https://Electiontruthalliance.org
https://bsky.app/profile/susangreenhalgh.bsky.social/post/3lhoptiz4rs2q
Please look into the security breeches in our election systems & the data analysis being done by organizations like https://SMARTelections.us and https://electiontruthalliance.org
I’m sure you know the systems are not secure. The US people need to know if 2024 was a fair.
Mi~
By 2028 we may be seen as having, like Hungary, a broadly broken democracy that has major cosmetic remnants of that system of government but also significant elements of oligarchy, kleptocracy, technocracy, kakistocracy
I think my own music project, Hounds, is about as different from Korn as could be imagined!
And they know it
They don’t want their money-up funnel to collapse just yet, after all.
At least we are used to getting crumbs in exchange for them as it is, but what little that was has likely gone bye bye for the remainder of the Fall.
It was a fun lie, I guess.
It's a hagiography, for the most part
I do not think it is one reason only
But yes, getting primaried is clearly—more than anything else—what keeps them in line
They value keeping their power (empty as it is) more than their Oaths
In other words, the good news here is that if you are struggling to have hope you have found yourself in exactly the position in which hope in a meaningful way is finally truly possible
- Elrond
Putin ?
Evangelicals ?
Military ?
The Market?
Musk?
Abroad, his singular focus is on placating Putin and Xi Jinping in every way possible (while not seeming to do so in the latter case, as he knows it is politically sensitive)
Events at FAA are focusing attention on leadership and management.
2. Is there is there anything we as individuals can do to protect ourselves in view of the breech of our tax,medical and financial information?
He colors his face, wears makeup 💄.. Colors his hair
Biden did none of those things except a tad of botox... I don't know
He had a grueling schedule many trips overseas... Around the country....
Negotiated for Ukraine 🇺🇦, Israel 🇮🇱 etc...
dRump does none of those things
Never made a statement re Toronto crash... Went golfing instead... He's totally unfit.. Rides.. Doesn't walk
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He has the criminal instincts of a born mafia don, however, and those make up for it
The party needs a complete re-envisioning, and that takes (a) many years, (b) the courage—on the part of party elders—to step back and let others lead, which is a form of courage they definitionally (as politicians) do not have and do not even seem to value (or frankly understand?).
I could see Dems losing a lot of seats and Governorships. Is this risk overstated? What would we do if they change voting rights, mass de-naturalize, restrict voting access/give parents kids votes-JD
But I’m nervous about whether there’ll be elections, as I disagree with you and think more Americans will oppose MAGA—so Trump will want to avoid a vote
Depopulation comes first… Use of in-vitro to create an Aryan race, from sperm donors they consider to be highly intelligent men &
Women (probably in the works already) comes second…
All served by humanoid AI comes third.😜🤭
No needs 4 a poor workforce!
He has now what he really always wanted—political power on a global scale, and power that is growing and expanding rapidly, too—and he has sufficient mechanisms to corruptly get rich under the Trump administration that Tesla is no longer mission-critical for him (and he sure is acting like it)
Musk bought Tesla for opportunistic reasons.
20+%.
The old guard is playing by old rules… it’s not working.
Unclear what they do when they go home for vacations
If he does it, the economy would collapse, so it could not hurt to in a calm and orderly (not overdoing it) way stock up on a few basic essentials at home (canned stuff)
And now because of the psychopaths running (or ruining) the country.
Lentils can be made into anything.
Full protein, cheap, and not susceptible to the massive bird flu pandemic we may see.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are waging a literal war on our country using force with the aim of total destruction of the USA
Approximately 1% of the times I have seen someone use that word has it been even arguably applicable as a matter of criminal law
The way I personally experience this situation is war. What I see with my eyes is betrayal. And what I see unfolding is the intentional destruction of all our institutions, and all that we stand for as a nation, using force.
The U.S. in four years stands a good chance of not being a full democracy and not being an economic superpower
Like the ‘60’s old school sit ins at Tesla and government buildings?
The lack of curiosity in examining the election has been dumbfounding!
Biden came out & publicly stated the election was fair & free & that was that! 🤯
Greg Palast: What won in 2024 was systematic rigging of our electoral process over many years.
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
I don’t think it’s a blackmail thing mainly
Trump the salesman
Vance the product
Who’s buying ?
🙃
Also, since Canada (besides folks who can instantly boycott all US goods) can flip a switch and turn off all hydropower electricity to the US. Trump is a coward, so will try to save face in surrender.
Speaking only as a matter of personal opinion, I do not think money need yet be pulled from banks but it is not unreasonable to see the FDIC as potentially imperiled medium-term
The one thing I'd note is that what Trump and Musk are doing is going to dramatically affect the entire world economy, not just risk collapsing America's
If yes, will it be even remotely free and fair?
Best guess.
Thanks Seth for all the hard work and doing your utmost to spread accurate information.
What do you think the likelihood of seeing more ‘Khashoggi’ ‘disappearances’ is?
Putin, MBS, and Xi Jinping—Trump allies—do it all the time
I think Trump realizes that if he did it here, it would capture the attention of the nation—mainly media—for months and months and it would not be worth it (the juice would not be worth the squeeze, as they say)
Having a look at their respective ownership I have doubts that this is written in stone.
What are your backup plans if they fall in line like the others?
But will not
The thinking is mere due diligence
Democrats need to take one on the chin and show we're we are headed. This disruption will make everyone stand up and take notice of what is unfolding so we can highlight some of the things that are controllable to at least stop or slow down this downward spiral.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/17/citing-a-routine-update-us-removes-reference-to-taiwan-independence-on-website.html
I hate to say that, but I think it is true
The question is whether Trump and Musk run out of people even vaguely qualified to do these jobs, and I suspect they will
given the looks of his unqualified cabinet picks his pool started with no water and there’s no rain in the forecast. So it all just implodes? Seems dangerous AF
And not full of the best officers.
Slow, yes
Democrats have to be louder than the loudmouths.
...but so much damage before then.
Expect MAGA reps being targeted and family members kidnapped or killed
I recommend arming yourself. Gets guns and ammo now.
Get food staples that will keep in your pantry. Get propane.
I have guns to protect my property and family. If society breaks down you need to learn self defense.
Is the possession of nuclear weapons the singular bargaining power Putin's Russia has left over the west?
Over the EU Putin holds nuclear weapons but also a continued conventional invasion of that continent
Over the USA it is ostensibly nuclear weapons but also all the future business deals (direct and indirect) he can offer the Trumps
Max accumulation of wealth?
Sheer global domination and control as part of new axis of "evil"?
Merely keeping Putin happy due to whatever he has on all of them?
Does the balance of the world's militaries could match US/ Russia/China/SA/NK?
All of the above?
There is good mustard and bad mustard
And there are only a very small number of food items that require it and benefit from it
It is not that this downward spiral can never be arrested but that it probably cannot be in the medium term
It remains to be seen if he will be foolish enough to violate any state criminal statutes
How likely are mass arrests of Democrats and liberals?
How likely that the neurodivergent will be sent to "wellness camps?"
How likely is a Stalin-esque police state where everyone lives in fear of being rounded up?
How likely is Holocaust 2.0?
I think trans people, Muslims, children of undocumented persons, the unhoused, journalists, Jews, professors, and certain other groups will be facing elevated danger but of arrest or sustainrd harassment, not death
The dehumanizing of vulnerable or marginalized people may start with Trump, but Amazon McDonalds Boeing WestPoint NFL jumped on; then parents/family. So Suicide will increase exponentially; & be hidden.
That said, I can certainly see them declaring antifa a terrorist group, even though it is not a group at all, as a pretext for arresting activists
Congratulations, America.
Is it time for the U.S. Miltary to coup and remove Trump and has supporters from control of Congress and government institutions and set new elections?
What I’ll say is that I think Trump hasn’t yet taken any action (like ordering an invasion of Canada, or ordering the mass killing of U.S. protesters by the USAF following a declaration of martial law) that would cause the USAF to have that response
Image that!
Highly skilled specialists doing complex work.. Possibly some could go overseas... What a loss!
I have participated in about 20 studies in my life..
I find people want the benefits of studies/research but won't step up to participate.. Somebody else should do it all! A shame!
I asked you a number of years ago on Twitter during Trump’s last reign I asked, “What will it take to get through this?” You answered “I don’t know”.
My question this time is, what will it take to get through this seems as it is ten times worse?
Thank you for keeping us informed!
Either way if he needs congress it will pass since they're in the majority and they'll fall in line or be primaried out. Musk has the money to change outcomes.
I feel like we randomly discover he has new ones pretty often.
Surely he has others with more discreet women.
I would suspect there may be one or two more in the weeds who for some reason or another have asked for privacy from him, but I would not assume a large number, as he is actually proud of his brood size (as it is connected to his far-right, white supremacist “pro-natalist” ideology)
My question would have been why TF are you still on that apartheid Nazi X site?
Since I won't re-tweet this, I don't expect an answer.
If most of them left, so would I—I’m a writer and to do my work meaningfully I need an audience
If I had an audience of 250 on Twitter I’d have left long ago
But I’ve switched my main social media presence to here and have pulled way back on Twitter
That said.
Taylor Swift has 90+ million followers.
If she convinced most of them to migrate away from X with her, it would do a great deal toward bringing down musk; or, at least pissing him off.
I hope you can migrate most of yours with you to here.
I find the info you share, always useful—thanks.
Six months is torture, a year is a prison sentence, and all his term is our trip to hell.
Will You follow me?
1. Tell everyone
2. Help organize a day of not working for the entire country
https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?...
What won in 2024 was systematic rigging of our electoral process over many years.
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
The Democratic Party is a self-selected group whose self-selection processes militate against the sort of sustained unity you reference (because of the median psychosocial profile of a Democratic voter)
Not exactly a country-saving effort.
https://laslonline.weebly.com/censorship-toolkit.html
8 of 9 anti-library bills in Louisiana were defeated in 2024.
Whether or not you do that, I hope you keep up the good fight! You're not fighting alone!
He wants a new axis that includes Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Hungary, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil (if he can get the Bolsonaros back into power), China, North Korea, Italy, and a few others (certainly the UK if Musk can aid Reform UK enough)
If they wouldn't elect a woman of color what makes anyone think they'll elect a gay man ?
We've got a long way to go to eliminate this bias.
Let’s not constrain him by what we think others might or might not be ok with.
If *you* have a problem with it, say that.
Otherwise, like who you like.
My only point is that he easily inspires people who hear him to overcome any prejudices they might have
I have Republican family members who cite him as “the only Dem that seems to hear them” which bodes well for him electorally. He sells Progressive policies to moderate Republicans.
In a robust primary, data is that Pete did particularly well in Iowa's Obama-to-Trump precincts.
But also keep in mind Trump’s parents lived to their late 80s/early 90s, so there’s no reason to think he won’t be alive for another 10 to 15 years
He does—candidly—have good genes
We are truly screwed if there’s no way of stopping them!
Thanks for all of your hard work, by the way. You’re doing a great job keeping us all informed.
Putin wants the former Soviet republics back but knows it’ll take decades
Trump wants a bigger chunk of the Western hemisphere than the US now has and is seriously considering how fast he could move to get some of it
Steel your spine and fight back
https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/preview/865063/Taking%20Back%20Control%20FINAL%20SUBMISSION%2028%20April%202017.pdf
But that's one reason why I chose to not post under my own name. And I've been a registered independent voter for 35 years.
I never use that email other than to sign up for stuff like Bluesky.
I do try to protect my privacy, but your point is certainly taken.
If they're going to deny people benefits because they sent $10 to Kamala Harris, 1/
https://bsky.app/profile/theintercept.com/post/3lifxnzlr3r2a
Will anyone stop Musk?
If so, do you think the Trump/Musk administration will try to find a way to try stop the brain drain (e.g. Berlin Wall)
Though to be clear, those betrayals do not constitute a violation of the federal criminal statute known as Treason, which is extremely specific and narrow and has many preconditions that have not been met
The data shows _most_ persuadable voters were profoundly misinformed about the subjects they say inspired their vote
It seems we accepted the results of this last election too easily when there are so many red flags pointing towards fraud.
Since it worked this time, I’m afraid they will keep doing it. Thoughts?
Whether we will ever encounter any of them is another matter
I think he'll wait for or create a pretext to have a "case" for it
He is effectively above federal law and knows it
I might say the same for the scores of politicians who I know follow my work.
See my question too.
-Marion)
The majority of the country have elections in 2025.
The internet likely just nudged this
Anyone with sunshine and a cardboard box can grow something to eat. Boxes are cheap raised beds. Double or triple last for a season. Can also grow in bales of hay. Better to build raised beds from stone or wood, but everyone should grow food.
Circle economies are key.
I knew back then
The times were changing.
Sold condo. Bought a small farm for self sufficiency.
Unplug as much as possible from the capitalist system bc it's about to go through some things.
Lots of youtubes on small space/large yield gardens.
As an avid Abramson groupie for nearly a decade now, I have to think that your cornucopian compositions are raising eyebrows at @guinnessworldrecords.com.
It’s got to be record~setting—
Has anyone ever done an official “count”?
Thank you
https://bsky.app/profile/loquitur.bsky.social/post/3lgenvlfdik2u
One of my favorite Edward Gorey illustrations—
Europe may end up being the last hope for democracy, so any Americans who love democracy want the Europeans to get their act together and _fast_
sorry
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-undermine-voter-registration-all-americans
A girl can dream…