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Dude already stole all our data and destroyed every bureau of federal government that was in his way.
And helped destroy most of the others as well. He doesn't need to be there in person.
I want to see these fucking traitors hang.
There's a very good chance we see justice now that the neoliberals are out of the DNC. They didn't want to hold Republicans accountable because then people would expect neoliberals to be held accountable as well.
The people want them held accountable, and they'll vote accordingly. With a fair DNC that's the candidate we'll get. And without a neoliberals being shoved down America's throats, winning elections are easy.
People don't blame Biden's admin enough for refusing to hold trump accountable for all the shit from his first term. It wasn't just bad then, it depressed turnout and let trump back in.
Thankfully rational people control the DNC again.
Since when did the neoliberals leave the Democratic party?
The voting members?
It's been a slow shift back to the left for a while.
I feel like you're talking about elected politicians, they're not "the party"
Democratic voters are the party's hostages, not the base
What do they have to do with voting members of the DNC?
It feels like you don't really understand the American political system
Love your optimism
The only rational way to be an optimist is prepare for the worst.
Never put all your eggs in one basket, it costs less than a grand to get kitted out with a rifle and plates, and it's undeniable that it's an effective visual deterrent from police violence at protests
Ran out of eggs a while back.
Even if it's misplaced a bit I feel.
Thankfully rational people control the DNC again
Is there a link or story or something about the DNC being changed out? Because afaik the DNC is the same as it ever was, funded by billionaires and PACs to push austerity, market economics and funding for Israel.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Martin
That's the new chair, his track record is winning elections, not raising a bunch of money and still losing like prior chairs.
He ran Minnesota's state party for years and it's a progressive stronghold because he didn't stand in progressive candidates way.
But you want a great sign the DNC isn't in billionaires pockets anymore?
Look at how mainstream media is treating the DNC now, there's all types of talk about how voters don't like the DNC, ignoring that a fresh guard took over in February.
When neoliberals held control of the party, the big news media channels were never critical
I guess we will see. Since feb I've still gotten a bunch of fundraising txts for shitty candidates that have lost repeatedly in hopeless districts from the DNC. Example: Fl-6 and Fl-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_6th_congressional_district
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district
Or Texts from Corey Booker, who has been shitty since before 2016 and yet the DNC keep trying to turn him into the next Obama.
On Mar31 I got a fundraising text from "kamala," yea, no comment needed there.
If you want to win you need to back candidates that are more then just centrist dems who want to be bipartisan.
If you truly believe the GoP are fascists, then you cannot work with them at all and that isn't something I see from many of the current Dems. I guess the crop of candidates for 2026 will be revealing, but looking at Fl-1, the only dem candidate is the same one that has lost the previous 5 times, often by >10% of the vote.
If you want to win you need to back candidates that are more then just centrist dems who want to be bipartisan.
Welp, again I'd recommend reading up on Martin:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Martin
And I'd be surprised if those texts were really from the DNC, if so it's probably the zombie vestiges of the "victory fund" nonsense still running bots. That's the only plausible reason anyways, for a decade the prior DNC was robbing local/state parties with that stuff, they don't care about the candidates chances because none of it was going to be used for that race anyways
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“Instead of meeting with him in person, I’m talking to him on the phone, but it’s the same net effect,” White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told the New York Post
So he's still doing what he's doing, just working remotely. Despite no other federal employees getting to work remotely.
There's a reason he installed Starlink at the Whitehouse and several other federal buildings
you mean that wasn't to get around any security systems in place so he could upload data to 'remote' servers 'somewhere' outside of the government's control?
¿Por qué no los dos?
Outside of the US Government's control, you mean....
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Well, he's special! It's right there in his title! He's the specialest little employee. Yes he is! Yes he is!
Exactly. I’ve written my Senators asking who will be keeping track of his communications. Every day he sends an email, message, or makes a call should count as another day worked.
I’d urge you all to do the same until we have a confirmed way to keep tabs on him.
I'd write my House reps, but...
My House rep (left). The other one is just as awful, but not in the spotlight as much.
My senators are old money + age and coal baron who doesn't pay his bills.
My Representative is trash. I’m stuck in a red district now and it’s rough.
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If you're "working" remotely, you're a lazy piece of shit and should be fired.
You used a funny word there working. What can a person that's the COE of multiple companies do enough for any of them to be called working?
Barking orders, destroying their reputation and demanding his ass be wiped with silk before jumping on his private jet to do the same thing at the next office in his rotation?
He walked in
stole what he wanted
& walked out.
Fuck this whole timeline.
Tesla is still fucked. Never forgive never forget
yup. starlink might be tanking, too. they're having to give away hardware and discount monthly rates these days.
I thought he works 120 hours per week as he expects from his employees. Loser.
He could do 40 hours for Tesla, 40 hours for DOGE, and 40 hours for SPACEX. I don't see any problem with that schedule. Lazy wimp.
You forgot about Neuralink, xAI, The Boring Company...
He doesn't need to be there in person to tug on Trump's strings
He can puppeteer him remotely now that he has done the fundamental damage
America, you guys are so fucked
I don't know how this shit will end, but I can't see anything other than it getting a whole lot worse in the immediate future, and probably for a generation
we're probably going to have a civil war of some variety. that's my prediction at least
I don’t know how this shit will end, but I can’t see anything other than it getting a whole lot worse in the immediate future, and probably for a generation
Historically what comes next is a FDR style candidate and a huge progressive movement...
Then 30-40 years later people will forget neoliberlaism was the root cause and the wealthy will buy off both parties again.
Shit is fucked at the moment, but there's reasons to be optimistic for the future
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Elon finally found out about the Trump "touch" and how everything Trump touches turns to shit. Elon is not an innocent in this though.
Elon has the same magical touch.
It’s incredible just how dumb he is. Like, dude, just throw daddy’s blood money at these startups and let them do their thing. But no, he has to get involved for ego reasons and absolutely wrecks them in the cringiest way possible.
I think you could draw some correlation ratio between his companies' times of success and his involvement. An inverse ratio.
That’s what happens when you have exceptionally low self esteem and endless amount of money.
The Mierdas Touch
I’ve been waiting for this to happen for months. That’s how it always goes with t.
Ripped the country apart, now proceeding to fuck up twitter some more.
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Elon walks into a china shop, destroys everything in sight. Says "oops, better do that over the phone from now on", walks out again.
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