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any other country would have had to endure election monitoring on pain of losing their IMF credit limit already.
USA is not a democracy. This is not a 'constitutional crisis'. The Constitution is written down, and quite recently, in plain language by clever foresighted people. It's not the fucking Magna Carta.
MAGA and SCOTUS killed that.
It's not blood in the water. It's dead Jim. #Coup
"What’s clear is that autocrats everywhere are becoming more emboldened because they know that they will encounter no real consequences from the Trump-Musk administration for their aggressions. They know that the #UnitedStates government is trying to destroy #democracy at home and around the #world."👀 😢
-Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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#Trump #Coup #Corruption #Fascism #Authoritarianism #GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #News #RuthBenGhiat #US #USA
Erdogan Arrests Top Opposition Politician
On CNN Int at 2:30pmET to talk about Turkey; My WIRED Video on DictatorsRuth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)
A poster has been attracting attention since Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Tottenham, a London neighborhood (United Kingdom). Activists crowdfunded an anti-Elon Musk billboard.
This panel is titled "The Fast and The Führer." On the right, "winner of the Nuremberg Festival."
Other initiatives against the Tesla boss even appear to have flourished in London.
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#Coup
"The Fast and the Fuhrer": the controversial poster against Elon Musk in London - Interview
A poster has been attracting attention since Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Tottenham, a district of London (United Kingdom). Far-left activists financed it.Entrevue (entrevue.fr)
The Tesla protests are working. I'm going to one Saturday if there aren't tornados. Gift article.
Yesterday’s White House stunt had all the hallmarks of Trump corruption, but there was something else, too—an air of desperation. It was a tacit admission that the protests are working and that Musk and Trump are rattled enough by current sentiment that they’re willing to turn the South Lawn into a showroom. Watching Musk clam up on Fox Business or quietly idle next to Trump in front of the White House, it’s even easier than normal to see past Musk’s trademark bullshitting and bluster. These moments make clear that this time, Musk has wagered the only thing he can’t easily buy back—the very myth he created for himself.
#DOGE #Coup #Tesla #TeslaTakedown
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Elon Musk Looks Desperate
How to lose $148 billion in less than two monthsCharlie Warzel (The Atlantic)
BIG: DOGE Firings Found Unlawful by Office of Special Counsel
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"another executive branch lawyer tells me that under civil service #law this finding that the terminations were unlawful can create serious jeopardy for the #government employees who executed (i.e., signed) the terminations, including fines, debarment from government employment and other serious civil sanctions."
#ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
BIG: DOGE Firings Found Unlawful by Office of Special Counsel
There was a very important development today, still only little-noted in the national press. Government Executive magazine has a good piece on it.Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
"DOGE has asserted control over payments systems across the federal government, giving Musk’s team a window into [perhaps control over?] the flows of #money that keep the govt running...
IRS employees are being told to provide information about their work directly to an outside entity."
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Here begins the 8th Elon Musk thread.
List with links to previous threads:
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IRS Employees Told To Comply With DOGE ‘Accomplishments’ Demand
IRS employees must comply with Elon Musk’s demand for five “accomplishments” by tonight, the Treasury Department told employees in a Monday email obtained by…Josh Kovensky (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
“‘“Move fast and break things” may be acceptable to someone who owns a business and owns the risk. And if things don’t go well, the damage is compartmentalized. But when you break things in government, you’re breaking things that belong to people who didn’t sign up for that,’ said Cordell Schachter, who until last month was the chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation.”
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h/t @anniebergin
#USpol #coup #infosec #government
DOGE staffers resign en mass to protest Musk's slashing of federal government
Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.Brian Slodysko (AP News)
"US sides with Russia to vote against a UN resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine war. Washington’s shift on the conflict marks a major break with Europe and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with Moscow."
Will GOP MOC continue to appease Trump?
Edit: I personally do not use Amazon, but thought other people might be interested in sharing this with family and friends. I got a lot of judgey replies here like oh if you were really on our side you wouldn't be using Amazon in the first place. Yes, cancelling Prime would be ideal and I mention that to my friends who still use it, but I try not to be a jerk. If you are trying to persuade people to your side--don't be a jerk.
