Anonymous wrote: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.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for starting this thread OP

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Thank you
Great thread

op here. the next scam just dropped. i had it wrong. it wasn't sovereign fund (yet). crypto. it is absolutely OMG. obscure crypto assets which possibly trump family and cronies hold are going to be bought with tax payer money (from firing federal workers). the abuse of power is just breathtaking. Massive insider trading going on too. MAGA folks - you guys are useful idiots being taken for a royal ride. hope you realize it. don't just say the other guys did it so our king is doing it.

https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/ripple-xrp-news-xrp-announced-as-part-of-the-u-s-strategic-crypto-reserve
https://x.com/BTCTN/status/1896295046300786999?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/03/02/trump-announces-strategic-crypto-reserve-heres-what-to-know/

Anonymous wrote: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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Thank you
Great thread

Anonymous wrote: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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was unclear why Elon has been so focused on destroying CFPB— until X announced a partnership with Visa to create a payments platform called X Money. Then it became very obvious. Elon is destroying the exact regulator that would oversee that new venture. The plan is to illegally dismantle CFPB and turn the entire agency into “five men in a room with a phone.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/business/elon-musk-cfpb-x-money.html

Btw, Elon desperately needs this X Money platform to work out. It is projected that the payment platform could generate up to a billion dollars for X, and they won’t need to rely on advertisers anymore.

So know in the future if you use that payment platform (or any payment app!), and there’s any sort of problem, or you get hacked or scammed, or if you have any dispute with the company about it, there will be NO ONE to help you. The U.S. government will do nothing. The agency that could help will not exist.

Of course.

https://prospect.org/power/2025-02-26-cfpb-shutdown-entirely-about-payment-apps/

In other words, Republicans are primarily focused on boosting Elon Musk and other Big Tech CEOs as they enter digital payment markets, determined to make managing and transferring money a regulatory-free zone. The move to revoke the larger participant rule takes enforcement decisions out of McKernan’s hands, and reveals the degree to which congressional Republicans are doing Musk’s bidding, even when it angers their traditional allies at the big banks.

As Sen. Warren said at a field hearing on Tuesday, “Trump and Musk aren’t shutting down the CFPB because it’s good for consumers—they are doing it to advance their own financial interests.”

It’s no secret that Musk wants to build X into a payment app. The company announced a partnership with Visa in January to support peer-to-peer payment transactions and a digital wallet. X Money would be a candidate for the kind of supervision the CFPB set up for non-bank firms. Eliminating the CFPB “would leave him free to scam and steal however he wants,” Warren said at the hearing.

If anyone uses Zelle, Venmo, or PayPal, you should be worried. If you have a mortgage, you should be worried. If you have a bank account, you should be worried. CFPB is literally not being allowed to work, and if Elon gets his way, it never will again.

And this is all because Elon wants to get into digital payments (again), and he doesn’t want any regulation. That’s why. It has nothing to do with efficiency.

Sources told the NY Times Musk's end game was always about access to federal data and all of the trillions of dollars that run through payment systems.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politic...ucracy-takeover.html
Mr. Trump had announced the Department of Government Efficiency on Nov. 12 as an entity outside of government, but Mr. Musk quickly began to see problems with that — including the fact that it could be subject to public-record rules. He was also intent on getting access to federal data and payment systems. He felt that if he could not, the whole endeavor would be a waste of his time.

Several people involved in the talks were familiar with the White House digital office, including Mr. Smith, who had worked with the unit on a Covid database as a senior official in the first Trump administration. Mr. Musk was indifferent when the notion of taking it over was first floated, but warmed to the idea.

The operation would take over the U.S. Digital Service, which had been housed within the Office of Management and Budget, and would become a stand-alone entity in the executive office of the president. Mr. Musk would not be named the DOGE administrator, but rather an adviser to Mr. Trump in the White House.

An advantage of this complicated structure was secrecy. For all his talk about “transparency,” Mr. Musk was obsessed with confidentiality and fearful of leaks. If people filed lawsuits seeking disclosure of his emails or the operation’s records under the Freedom of Information Act, the arrangement would set the administration up to argue that such documents were exempt. In contrast with agencies like the Office of Management and Budget, FOIA does not apply to a president’s White House advisers or to White House entities that advise him but wield no formal power, like the National Security Council.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You mean Biden corruption?

Prove it
Oh wait you can not you have no evidence or receipts
We have them


Biden gave you low unemployment and kept the ACA

11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states. Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive. 43% of social welfare recipients are White.

Trumps gives you
Trump's face on a $250 bill
Trump's face on Mount Rushmore
Trump's birthday as a federal holiday
change the Constitution to allow a 3rd
Trump term
4 bills proposed by Republicans to kiss Trump's ass, and zero to lower grocery prices.
Cult culture doesn't help Americans.


Nazism and US loving Putin


Groceries are more expensive, air travel is less safe, infectious diseases are raging and inflation is higher than it’s been in months, but at least Trump was able to strong-arm a sovereign nation into releasing a couple of psychopathic sex traffickers. Andrew Tate is Trumps lover boy great values maga

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was unclear why Elon has been so focused on destroying CFPB— until X announced a partnership with Visa to create a payments platform called X Money. Then it became very obvious. Elon is destroying the exact regulator that would oversee that new venture. The plan is to illegally dismantle CFPB and turn the entire agency into “five men in a room with a phone.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/business/elon-musk-cfpb-x-money.html

Btw, Elon desperately needs this X Money platform to work out. It is projected that the payment platform could generate up to a billion dollars for X, and they won’t need to rely on advertisers anymore.

So know in the future if you use that payment platform (or any payment app!), and there’s any sort of problem, or you get hacked or scammed, or if you have any dispute with the company about it, there will be NO ONE to help you. The U.S. government will do nothing. The agency that could help will not exist.

Of course.

https://prospect.org/power/2025-02-26-cfpb-shutdown-entirely-about-payment-apps/

In other words, Republicans are primarily focused on boosting Elon Musk and other Big Tech CEOs as they enter digital payment markets, determined to make managing and transferring money a regulatory-free zone. The move to revoke the larger participant rule takes enforcement decisions out of McKernan’s hands, and reveals the degree to which congressional Republicans are doing Musk’s bidding, even when it angers their traditional allies at the big banks.

As Sen. Warren said at a field hearing on Tuesday, “Trump and Musk aren’t shutting down the CFPB because it’s good for consumers—they are doing it to advance their own financial interests.”

It’s no secret that Musk wants to build X into a payment app. The company announced a partnership with Visa in January to support peer-to-peer payment transactions and a digital wallet. X Money would be a candidate for the kind of supervision the CFPB set up for non-bank firms. Eliminating the CFPB “would leave him free to scam and steal however he wants,” Warren said at the hearing.

If anyone uses Zelle, Venmo, or PayPal, you should be worried. If you have a mortgage, you should be worried. If you have a bank account, you should be worried. CFPB is literally not being allowed to work, and if Elon gets his way, it never will again.

And this is all because Elon wants to get into digital payments (again), and he doesn’t want any regulation. That’s why. It has nothing to do with efficiency.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You mean Biden corruption?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

All these tech bros were Democrats, until they weren't. I didn't like them then, and I don't like them now. They're only here to try to protect visas. All things being equal we get a better deal with Trump and the tech bros vs Democrats and the Tech bros. Democrats were going to give the Tech bros everything they wanted. Everything.

Don't forget Democrats paid way more to try to elect Kamala, you could easily do the same analysis there had they won.

No Russian bot, that's not correct. They're not just here to protect visas. They are here to fire any policy makers or regulators and privatize everything. We are witnessing kleptocracy. We would not be in this mess had Trump not been elected. Silicon Valley had too much power before, but now there are no guardrails at all.

The point is that these tech bros are monsters that Democrats made, by making giant tech plantations where they employed thousands of indentured servants, they were able to accumulate billions of dollars. They just had enough sense and data (from their social media platforms) to know the Democrat platform was cratering and got off, they aren't especially welcome in the Republican party. Least ways that's my read. They probably donated as much if not more to Kamala/Biden.

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-journey-obama-trump-aligns-americans-2004490

LOL what a troll.👿 There is a difference between supporting industry versus industry dismantling the country.