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It’s a revenue problem more than it’s a spending problem. No tax cuts for the rich.

Under the Biden admin federal money was awarded to possible competitors to Starlink. Giving the govt options other than Musk. Why? Because … waves hands around wildly. Same with universal charging network.

A huge frustration I have with the media during the campaign is not constantly pressuring Trump on how he was going to deliver campaign promises. They constantly do this to Dems, but Trump can just promises literally anything and everyone just nods.

It's crazy how the new US foreign policy is increasing the national pride of the countries they are putting pressure on, while inevitably, eroding patriotism at home.

BRO. Does he know he isn't an Alpha? Should we settle this with a bareknuckle fist fight out in the street?

SCOOP: The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE Service—has resigned from her position. “I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” she said.

Sean Hannity’s interview with Donald Trump and Elon Musk was “an hour of conversation among three men who have no idea how American democracy works,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/1ZbiqPfz

Yes, this. He hides behind the President's "agenda" as his mandate, but it's not thoughtful and strategic nor clear how that even relates to a lot of this.

Meanwhile, how many political opponents has Putin had murdered... what. are. we. doing.

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

The point here is Trump does not recognize order, laws, defined terms, accountability. It never mattered to him. And for that reason the Constitution is just a bunch of words to him as well. “I have an Article II that says I can do whatever I want.” That’s why these suits are so important.

https://wapo.st/4gKs5FY

This among how she has handled herself since all of this started is why she should have gotten a more prominent position on her committee.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Musk and his army of dipshits on Twitter keep pointing to Bill Clinton’s federal worker reduction in the 1990s to defend Trump. The difference? Congress passed a law that Clinton signed, he didn’t just get the nearest billionaire to illegally start dismantling the government based on his whims.

Elon Musk paid less for the United States government than he did for Twitter. Remarkable how low the bidding was.

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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Government is not a start-up