There's still time to die a hero Elon. All you have to do is commit hari-kari and I will build you a statue.
Will the statue look like this?
Will the statue be a dual flush model?
I will make sure it's very attractive to pigeons. It's what Elon would have wanted RIP
The fall-out between Trump and Musk is going to be explosive! And it will come. Sooner than we think, I'd guess.
If Canadian and European movie theatres want to boost attendance, they might want to think about screening the whole thing.
When Trump inevitably threatens to have him deported, it's going to be the comedy event of the year. Oscar worthy.
This would make my year. I hope you’re right
With limited time before their tenure ends, DOGE officials are desperate to show results.
Uh first I'm hearing of this
What is this limited time thing?
When they were selling DOGE during the campaign, the pitch was they’d have a year or something to do their thing. The EO might have it spelled out can’t recall. But they also said they would just be an advisory group? Not insider threat hackers and political commissars at the top of every agency. Not sure why they are sweating a time limit since they dont care about any other law, regulation or protocol. I guess if they don’t deliver enough, Trump won’t do another EO extending their presence? They’re literally reworking agency stuff so that the DOGE staff have to sign off on commissioners actions, hiring etc so are they just going to revert that once the clock strikes midnight for DOGE?
I suppose the idea is that the admin wants to lock in all the creepy shit from project 2025 prior to mid terms since they know that all of it will end up being wildly unpopular and will result in republican losses in congress and potentially gridlock from that point forward… but again, their playbook essentially calls for the end of democracy, so why are they sweating something like the midterms…
Next: Elon Musk will try to fake one and will pull a full on Eric-Cartman-style "screw you guys, I'm going home" when his incompetence is inevitably revealed..
I don't think it will even matter if it's fake. They keep talking about that $8 billion cut they made when it was immediately uncovered that it was actually $8 million. Like a week later they're still saying it was billions.
Seriously, Musk is fit... Fit for a short tour of the inside of a whicker basket.
Switch that to the wicker man, and I'm listening...
They'll make something up. If they actually care about corruption, and I don't believe they do, that shit takes a lot of time to uncover. You need subject matter experts, forensic accountants and a bunch of lawyers, not a handful of 20 year old tech bros
Yes where are the weapons of mass corruption?
Maybe Saddam Husein can help?
Oh no they hung him!
oh no they hung him!
Hanged*
Sorry, not usually that person but this one drives me nuts because literally everyone gets it wrong, including TV, movies, news.
I guess at this point, it's gotten the "literally" treatment, and "hung" has become valid since it's used so much.
Thank you, I am literate and opinionated but not educated 😀.
Part of me wonders whether the whole thing is just a set up so Trump can look good for shutting them down...
No, that would require planning and forethought.
DOGE was always just an excuse to fire a bunch of government workers, cancel contracts (except for Musk), and run the government into the ground. If trump did fire Musk for overreach it would be afger the damage is done and trump will just proclaim mission accomplished.
You’re giving too much forethought for a plan, but Trump thinks that way about everyone. He’s not just a bully but a toxic boss who always has someone lined up to be the fall guy.
The goal was always to fire a bunch of workers and replace them with sycophants: people actually trying to do their job inhibited the damage in trumps first term, so nope the priority is sycophants. Sycophants. everywhere. But every action needs a fall guy
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