All of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds
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The bit that stood out to me was that she was working the Kit Kat Klub. How apropos.
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Understood. Then again that's definitely why the judge would challenge it since "must" is very restrictive.
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No, no, you don't understand! That was just a harmless but of tourist fun, no money changed hands.
That you or the IRS know of.
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While I disagree with DOGE and their methodologies, technically, did Musk actually fire anyone or close any government organization?
Or did Musk/DOGE recommend the firing of people and closing of government organizations to someone who did have the legal authority to fire/close (aka POTUS?
I wonder if that will be an unfortunate loophole for Musk?
Or did Musk/DOGE recommend the firing of people and closing of government organizations to someone who did have the legal authority to fire/close (aka POTUS?
I wonder if that will be an unfortunate loophole for Musk?
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They didn't do any 'work' that needs to be undone. Just chaos and destruction that needs to be fixed.
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I wouldn't do that until we've seen for ourselves the conditions in those places. Rape is being committed, but to what extent? Best to always assume the worst until you personally rule out the worst. There is no other option - government agencies cannot be trusted and you cannot just tell yourself it's someone else's problem. There is no one else.
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Um, yeah, I think crepuscularbrolly intends for Musk to be subjected to inhumane treatment. Do you mean, "don't send him until it is verified that he will be assaulted"?
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No, I mean don't send him into a child sex trafficking operation.
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OK, yeah, he's still salty that he missed out on another one because he hadn't quite reached that class level while it was active!
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As shown when Elon's kid was talking shit to Trump about things Elon obviously bragged about to the kid.
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I make a point of never interacting with Twitter and never calling it "X". If whatever gov't or media organization wants to use it - then they won't get a visit from me to see the rest of their article or their media. I know I'm only one person so it prob doesn't make a single big of difference but at this point I'd rather use FOSS software and European hosted media b/c I don't trust anything the Republicans have laid hands on at this point.
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And the SCOTUS will lose their friggin' minds when a liberal president does anything similar to what DumpTrump has done, having already set precedence with SCOTUS' blessing.
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Man, that must really suck to be the person they couldn't stand when they willingly associated with Trump!
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By all accounts, they didn't like him much, either, but they were willing to put up with him in return for other stuff.
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That’s great to know. I had never heard of reforms made about watergate until just recently
I think we’re learning that hose reforms didn’t go far enough. We’re seeing how they were corrupted. And we can learn from that and do better next time
From what I’m reading, the biggest issue is that unlimited corporate donations have been allowed in elections due to the Citizens United decision and all the Super PACS that were created afterward
That took a leak of corruption and turned it into a firehose. That’s why the amount of corruption feels so overwhelming and every day is a new fresh hell
So fixing that should be priority 1
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Corporate and foreign donations to political parties/campaigns should be strictly forbidden on pain of both giver and receiver being thrown in a dark, damp hole, locked up and the key lost. They're the best way to fuck up a democracy. Also, PACs are an abomination that should be eradicated with flamethrowers.
All other donations above some limit—I don't know, $1000 per donor per year?—should be a matter of public record. It's supposed to be a republic, dammit. The US has been oligarchy for all practical purposes since ... well, frankly I don't know how long, but it has been many decades.
If you want to fix your country, having full transparency over how money flows into politics is the first essential step. The second is probably making any kind of non-public lobbying a hanging offence.
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I think transparency is important but I don’t know if it’s really going to help that much in this situation. Ultimately, money shouldn’t be playing a role in politics, period.
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That's not really realistic given the nature of both money and politics.
Transparency at least seems realistic by establishing that although a corporation may have the legal rights to enter into contracts, etc, as a purely legal entity it is NOT afforded the rights extended to a human. We require disclosures and other "breaches" of privacy, and requiring all corporate donations and relationships with political parties and various proxies for such (PACs, et al), to be fully disclosed at the time of the transaction should be feasible without any Constitutional adjustments on the same rationale.
People have a greater right to know with whom they are doing business than the business does to exist.
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