The goddamn Trump Administration (Part 2)

A preemptive soda. Be my guest if you already post it before.

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Ooh, I love those!

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Trump’s cyber czar pick grilled over CISA cuts: ā€˜If we have a cyber 9/11, you’re the guy’

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I’m a little on the fence about this idea - on the one hand, both Musk and Trump wanted some distance between them (Musk being the most unpopular part of the administration, and Musk seemingly believing that if he stopped being openly involved in DOGE, his businesses might bounce back). On the other hand, Musk and Trump are wounded narcissists with very poor impulse control, who routinely air their grievances with public attacks, and who said some things that can’t be taken back.

I rather suspect, however, whatever the reality here, it’s not going to amount to much. As much as I’m hoping to see Musk get deported and SpaceX nationalized, I don’t remotely think either will happen. Hell, I’m not convinced that Musk will stop giving money to MAGA candidates and causes. And the feud, if real, may be over - Musk already is indicating he’s regretting the blow-up in tweets this morning.

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The whole story is quite interesting/appalling:

Don’t mind if I do!

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Dems must use this moment to their advantage, build on this to gain momentum.

And let’s see the Dems are . . . thinking about how to get Musk on their side?

Sad Let Down GIF by Maudit

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Are they? Or is that a push request from Elno that’s been sent to the spam folder?

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Yes, but if the tiff is real and continues into next week, it could scuttle the Big Billionaires Bill in the senate. I’d take that as a win.

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Oh, Leon, everyone saw you all whacked out on ketamine at the White House the other day. You are so out of control, you have about 5 years left and then 12-15 women will fight over the remains of your fortune for decades. Lawyers are currently salivating at the thought.

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Oh, FFS…

Yeah, the Democrats should build a progressive majority by (checks notes) embracing anti-science hucksters and fascists who want to destroy the government… yep, that’ll really make the party better!

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So would I, but I don’t even know that we can even expect that much out of it.

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I think that the fall out is probably real, but there is likely an element of kayfabe at play…

also, could be that Trump knows that they don’t have to votes in the Senate to get the bill through, and now if it does fail, he has someone to blame that isn’t him. :woman_shrugging:

Yeah, probably not. It’s all posturing, as that’s how these dumbasses believe ā€œreal menā€ act…

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If any state could withstand it, it’d probably be California… But it would still be a blow.

I wonder how Newsom will contort himself to try and win Trump over… Rounding up all the brown people and trans people maybe? :rage:

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