Weāre so cooked. I honestly donāt think this country will recover from the damage from this administration and thereās absolutely no off ramp in sight. Rule of law, fucked. Ability to fight terrorists at home and abroad, fucked. Alienate allies and destabilize the economy, double fucked. US President pledging to support genocide.
Ignore for a moment that these still arenāt buyouts and the atrocious framing of the headline as if itās a new haircut and not permanent damage - something very bad is happening in this country. Elon Musk and Trump are going down Putinās wish list and destroying this country from the inside
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/two-plus-two-equals-four/
I think this article is a wordy, but I agree with the point. We need to all recognize the stakes of this moment.
This is the most insane thing Iāve read this morning. Theyāre not industry targeted- just blanket on every single thing imported, right? And China hasnāt begun retaliating. Does anyone remember the last Trump trade war with China? Ag industry needed a massive bailout. And that had an end game in some trade deal ostensibly about protecting American IP - but where is the off ramp this time?
Yeah amazing so many people are distracted by 200+ years of Constitutional order being steamrolled by an unelected billionaire. If GOP doesnāt like it- theyāve got both houses of Congress.
Never mind the costs to privacy, national security and literal human lives. *waves hands* itās just so unimportant
he needs an act of Congress for this- there is a whole popular musical about it and everything. he canāt appropriate taxpayer dollars into a slush fund by decree. Honestly the press is failing at showing the weaknesses of attempting to govern by lawless EOs and doing little more than repeating verbatim the press releases from the White House
Iām not clicking through but the headline is some bull shit framing. GOP controls the House, Senate, and Presidency. If the government shuts down, itās because Republicans couldnāt get the funding bill passed with their own votes.
Iāll take any action in opposition to this lawless dictatorship bullshit than inaction fueled by cynicism. āWhen have protests or civil unrest ever changed anything in government?ā See how dumb that sounds?
Ever since Bin Ladin was killed (at least) foreign actors have accused the government from using USAID as a front for intelligence operations- I donāt think itās a coincidence that this is the first agency Musk and Trump are trying to close down. I donāt believe for a minute this is about illegally stopping funding for things like supplies and education programs to combat Ebola in Africa