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bolverk

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  1. Nothing to see here other than billionaire co-POTUS pumping millions into a state Supreme Court campaign to influence the outcome of legislation that affects his own company. I seem to recall a venerable old conservative president who praised our federalist system as empowering individual states to devise their own paths forward and calling them "laboratories of democracy." You know, the whole "local rule" principle. It used to be important to conservatives. Today's so-called "conservatives" bend over backward to accommodate a corrupt regime's intent to further entrench an oligarch who holds the levers of power over the whole fucking system. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/politics/elon-musk-tesla-wisconsin.html Elon Musk is far and away the biggest spender in this year’s race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, throwing his fortune behind a conservative candidate aiming to topple the court’s 4-to-3 liberal majority. The deluge of cash — $20 million and counting from Mr. Musk and groups tied to him — comes as his electric car company, Tesla, is suing Wisconsin over its law prohibiting vehicle manufacturers from selling cars directly to consumers. The law requires a franchisee to act as a middleman. Tesla filed the lawsuit in January, days before Mr. Musk began spending on the race. He has not publicly mentioned the litigation, but for weeks it has served as a backdrop of the April 1 election. The case is now before a court in Milwaukee County, but it could proceed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the coming months. The conservative candidate, Brad Schimel, a Waukesha County judge who has declined to discuss the Tesla case, appeared with Mr. Musk on a social media livestream on Saturday and drew President Trump’s endorsement late last week. He faces Susan Crawford, a liberal Dane County judge backed by Wisconsin Democrats. Since Mr. Musk began spending to help Judge Schimel, Judge Crawford and Wisconsin Democrats have built their public messaging around the idea that she is in a battle with the billionaire leading Mr. Trump’s destruction of the federal government. “It is no coincidence that Elon Musk started spending that money within days of Tesla filing a lawsuit in Wisconsin,” Judge Crawford said during a televised debate this month.
  2. I completely agree. Just click the link I provided in the follow-up.
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/trump-state-health-grants-cuts.html
  4. I can hear it now.
  5. We also shouldn't lose focus that she was taken into custody for voicing her thoughts in an op/ed of a fucking student-run newspaper. FREE SPEECH!!! unless I don't agree with you, so we've decided to deport your sorry brown ass. We live among weaselly authoritarian cowards.
  6. Reminds me of an expression I heard 35 years ago that has stuck with me, "Behind every great fortune, a great crime was committed."
  7. "THEY'RE WEARING MASKS!!! WHY ARE THEY HIDING THEY'RE IDENTITIES!?!?!" questions absolutely none of the bootlickers.
  8. Fixed for accuracy.
  9. Wait, what's the background on this? He's a convicted felon; that's a factual statement. When/how did I miss that particular violation of the First Amendment on the floor of the People's House?
  10. It was just kind of a weird, out-of-the-blue meltdown so far as I could tell since I wasn't on the site when it happened. He said something about handing out flowers with a buddy in some public locale. It felt like he questioned whether anyone else was trying to be nice to strangers and spread kindness, but I think it was a slow day and he didn't get much of an immediate response, so he basically said he was taking his toys and going home. If you really want to know, here's the link if you'd like: https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/38862-trump’s-america/page/283/#comment-6960092 I guess he just felt like everything here is all just a waste of time, which I can't really argue with.
  11. Inka inexplicably quit the site last Saturday.
  12. It's a power flex. I'm lying. You know I'm lying. I know you know I'm lying. You swallow it anyway. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
  13. I said what I said.
  14. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/usaid-cuts-gavi-bird-flu.html
  15. I hate to be the wet blanket: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/maine-governor-janet-mills-did-not-threaten-stop-paying-federal-taxes-2025-02-27/ Social media posts shared a graphic featuring photographs of Trump and Mills with a quote attributed to Mills that read: “If Donald Trump stops federal funding to Maine, we the people of Maine will take out federal taxes from all paychecks and no taxes will be paid to the federal government.” There are no credible reports of Mills making this statement. Her Press Secretary, Ben Goodman, said in an email that the statement attributed to Mills is entirely false. “Further, the action described in the false statement is illegal, per the Internal Revenue Code. The Governor respects the rule of law,” Goodman added.
  16. The NYTimes has put together the infamous Signal chat thread and has added multiple annotations throughout, translating their meanings and adding context. It's really useful and easy to follow. Here's a gift link to get past the paywall: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/25/us/signal-group-chat-text-annotations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.604.uRUz.xZc2208w3tmU&smid=url-share
  17. I'm going to turn off my brain and ignore the cognitive dissonance I'm experiencing because I'm in a cult. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go make fun of another cult that also happens to share my worldview.
  18. What some people don't get is that corruption and incompetence *is* Trumpism. That's why a lot of evil morons joined the Trump train; it's their vehicle for getting us to fucking Auschwitz. Edit: I'm keeping the above but would like to modify/clarify. What some people don't get is that corruption and incompetence *is* Trumpism. That's why a lot of evil oligarchs joined the Trump train; it's their vehicle for getting us to Yarvin's cybermonarchy.
  19. I thought the over-the-top, celebratory lyrics in the style of a treacly "praise hymn" were on point. Also, I want her t-shirt.
  20. Have you ever heard of the German political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), and do you know their history? Are you aware of Musk's activities in support of that party? Are you aware of how Musk reinvited neo-Nazis back to Xitter and how the site actually boosts and promotes their tweets? Did you know that several Jewish groups have announced they're leaving the site in response to all Musk's Scheiß? https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/jewish-groups-leaving-x-musk-antisemitism
  21. Yeah, that's what I'm getting at with these questions, and I'm just some schmo living out in the wastelands. I don't watch cable news, so this next question is less rhetorical: Why isn't the question "Who the fuck is in charge?" being hammered?
  22. Okay, so we have Trump's malevolent sidekick, Ren Höek, telling the group that he *thinks* this is what POTUS wants while there's some disagreement among the principals on the call. Did POTUS even know about this attack? Did he authorize it? Who exactly was in charge?
  23. I'll ask again: Why was POTUS not in on this call? He's the fucking CiC. Why wasn't he "commanding" instead of leaving it all up to these goofballs to gossip about the attack like they were in a FB private group? Whatever happened to gathering in the Situation Room or War Room or whatever they call it? We were bombing another country for Pete's sake.
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