Anonymous wrote:Get a hobby. Seriously.

OP's hobby is probably one of the most important ones there can be right now.

Anonymous wrote:Bumping because this cannot be buried

Thank you. There are no excuses for this kind of corruption while claiming quite the opposite. Way worse than any so called "third world country". I am sure well meaning patriots in both parties will stand up to oppose this.

Anonymous wrote:Get a hobby. Seriously.

Our hobby is going to be to rub your face in the stink of corruption that you’ve enabled.

Get a hobby. Seriously.

Anonymous wrote:What is the MAGA argument for why this is okay!

They will claim that this is always how it worked, it’s just now in the open something something Biden.

Basically, lower and middle class people have much more visibility of how they are behind with social media, young men can’t afford homes, and they see the Dems are promoting opportunity and rights for DEI and leaving them behind and in fact calling them deplorables. I’m

Bumping because this cannot be buried

https://x.com/MaxwellFrostFL/status/1894567123894051246

This guy is onto something but needs to do the research

Anonymous wrote:What is the MAGA argument for why this is okay!

yep. how can you justify this? I voted for Hogan.

trumps-meme-coin-made-nearly-100-million-trading-fees-small-traders-lost-money!!!

https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/tr...st-money-2025-02-03/

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Anonymous wrote:Don't forget the contract for the State dept. to purchase Teslas

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5305269/tesla-state-department-elon-musk-trump

Oh wow! let's keep a running list.

OP here. for me bezos paying off melania was shocking. what have be become as a country

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-family-election-cash-bonanza-2f5f8714

Tiktok another shock.

I am not a federal employee. Government waste and fraud, if any, needs to be addressed. But the way it has been done is essentially taking money from government for themselves. The Silicon Valley folks are all over this. Such a let down. I was such a fan!

I am not for DEI that way it was being pushed. but all this is basically DEI for Musk Trump and rich folks. utterly shameful.

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget the contract for the State dept. to purchase Teslas

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5305269/tesla-state-department-elon-musk-trump

Oh wow! let's keep a running list.

Don't forget the contract for the State dept. to purchase Teslas

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5305269/tesla-state-department-elon-musk-trump

It’s really really troubling. Both Putin and Mysk are, I think, very pleased with their purchase. Excellent value for the money.

What is the MAGA argument for why this is okay!

He should be banned from contracting forever. This is such a violation. This should be the Democrats’ condition for signing onto ANYTHING for the next four years.

So here's following the money.

Elon put in $270M for the campaign.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-giveaways-musk-spent-270m-election/story?id=116529486

Fired the FDA folks regulating his company Neuralink. Some were hired back after a stink was raised.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-fda-asks-fired-scientists-return-including-some-reviewing-musks-neuralink-2025-02-22/

Fired the NHTSA folks regulating Tesla and its many accidents. Tesla stock initially went up.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/23/elon-musk-doge-nhtsa-layoffs-safety-tesla-self-driving/

Fired FAA folks regulating SpaceX and actually got himself a contract.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-spacex-faa-contract-conflict-of-interest-1235279656/

SpaceX is not one of the new players in the Military Industrial Complex. SpaceX, Anduril, Palantir.
Also, Vance was pushed by Thiel and along with him is an investor in Anduril.

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/anduril-military-industrial-complex-drones/

Trump.

trumps-meme-coin-made-nearly-100-million-trading-fees-small-traders-lost-money!!!

https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/trumps-meme-coin-made-nearly-100-million-trading-fees-small-traders-lost-money-2025-02-03/

Saved Tiktok for his friend Yass.
https://fortune.com/2024/12/09/trump-jeff-yass-tiktok-avoid-ban/

Even Bezos joined in.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-family-election-cash-bonanza-2f5f8714

And this is just public information. No conflict. No interest.

Next step (?): Form US sovereign fund that Thrive or one of Trump relatives/friends can run.

I do not dispute that the federal government - like any other business - can be optimized. But it seems to be a transfer of money here rather than generating efficiency. Please correct me with some facts if I am wrong. And don't argue that the other party did it and so we are doing it too.