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Elon Musk dismantles USAID

Valcazar

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If it's a process, it may be the first time he's actually followed a process, but the question still remains, how long until he sends in the troops. It's a rhetorical question, so I'm expecting an actual answer with a time frame. It's more of a statement that if push comes to shove that is what he'll do. He won't hesitate.
Oh, of course.

The new guy in charge of OMB has said the military should be available to deploy against US citizens and Trump repeatedly asked for that in the first term.
At some point, it will happen, even if there aren't protests. Trump is going to want to show off that power at some point regardless.

If I had to bet, I would think a protest in DC was the most likely place it would happen first, with second place being at the border.
 
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Let Musk prove what he's doing. It's HIS responsibility to justify with proof that he's doing what he says, not Valcazar or anyone else.

Keep tDSing.
But proving things and so on is a tool of the "deep state", shack!
"Move fast and break things" is proper disruptor talk.

Go quickly, break the law, and make facts on the ground before the legal system can catch up to you.

Remember, Musk believes there should be no regulations until it becomes obvious there needs to be one.
Regulations get in the way of the powerful abusing and taking advantage of the general public, or the powerful doing whatever they want.

Why do you think he is so gleeful about taking out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

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Are you okay? We don't cover every topic in politics and government. Why would anyone think that. Is that really how you come at this on social media?

Please realize you're on a sex forum proclaiming somehow you know or should know what everyone's political thoughts have been on every topic the last decade. If I posted something, that's always fair game. However to imply that you know something about me because of the absence of posts is extreme arrogance on your part.
So my statement stands that you were never concerned about USAID until trump was. I can understand why that would bother you.
 
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Chastising Bishopess Raked $53 Million taxpayers money from USAIDS
 

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shack is center left. Don't you know he told us so.
I am anti-woke.
I do not support trans in women's athletics
I am pro-Israel
I support the police

Evidently that makes me radical loonie left.

We're also suffering Trump Devotee Syndrome or something to that effect because we're questioning U.S. expenditures abroad. And hey he's on to us. We never thought about this until Musk raised this issue.
Very wrong.

You are suffering from tDS because of your classic cult behaviour:
1)trump is never wrong
2)it is treasonous to criticize anything he does (Jan.6 was an insurrection)
3)you will defend everything he says and does even if your arguments make you look silly (swallow disinfectant for covid, nuke a hurricane)
4)you have slavish devotion to him which makes you blind to reality
...and many more.

What makes you identifiable as having trump Devotee Syndrome, tDS, is not any particular issue, as you seem to think. It is your consistent behaviour (much of it irrational) in relation to trump himself. I am continually and consistently able to point out things you guys say that fit in perfectly and support the list of symptoms I'd previously provided. I am able to point out how you help me support my claims that you are in a cult.

He is your god and saviour. It is not healthy.
 

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I am anti-woke.
I do not support trans in women's athletics
I am pro-Israel
I support the police

Evidently that makes me radical loonie left.


Very wrong.

You are suffering from tDS because of your classic cult behaviour:
1)trump is never wrong
2)it is treasonous to criticize anything he does (Jan.6 was an insurrection)
3)you will defend everything he says and does even if your arguments make you look silly (swallow disinfectant for covid, nuke a hurricane)
4)you have slavish devotion to him which makes you blind to reality
...and many more.

What makes you identifiable as having trump Devotee Syndrome, tDS, is not any particular issue, as you seem to think. It is your consistent behaviour (much of it irrational) in relation to trump himself. I am continually and consistently able to point out things you guys say that fit in perfectly and support the list of symptoms I'd previously provided. I am able to point out how you help me support my claims that you are in a cult.

He is your god and saviour. It is not healthy.
Nobody thinks Trump IA God shack...but we do believe he's pro American interests... is it bad to review USAID funding to stop ridiculous programs? Or it's bad to freeze funding because it's Trump doing it?
 
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Oh, of course.

The new guy in charge of OMB has said the military should be available to deploy against US citizens and Trump repeatedly asked for that in the first term.
At some point, it will happen, even if there aren't protests. Trump is going to want to show off that power at some point regardless.

If I had to bet, I would think a protest in DC was the most likely place it would happen first, with second place being at the border.
A big question after last year is whether we will see mass student protests again.
After Biden came down hard and with physical force on students protesting Palestine, the worry is they will be scared to protest against someone like Trump, who will come down with even more force.
 

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A big question after last year is whether we will see mass student protests again.
After Biden came down hard and with physical force on students protesting Palestine, the worry is they will be scared to protest against someone like Trump, who will come down with even more force.
Biden didn't come down hard and with physical force on students protesting Palestine.
No Federal troops were involved anywhere, unless you have an example I'm unaware of.

Trump will happily use federal troops and has, as you know, already threatened deportation.
 

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Nobody thinks Trump IA God shack...but we do believe he's pro American interests... is it bad to review USAID funding to stop ridiculous programs? Or it's bad to freeze funding because it's Trump doing it?
That's one of my points, rich. You revere him, he can do no wrong, you believe everything he says, you unfailingly support and defend and on and on. That IS treating him like a god and because of that blind devotion you have you are unable to see that reality. It is Blind Faith (Clapton, Winwood, Baker).

And believing he cares about Americans is another common symptom. We all, including tDSers, know that he's a narcissist. By definition all he cares about is himself. The only thing that he is "pro" is pro-trump, not pro-American. As I'd said earlier, it's not the things he does, like the USAID, it's how the tDSers unfailingly support every single thing he does even as the judges are stopping him because they are unconstitutional. That is what my comments are about. It's about the supporters, not trump.

As I said, a post like yours reaffirms so many of the symptoms I listed. I actually don't care personally about the vast majority of his policies/actions because they don't affect me. What I am fascinated with and utterly flabbergasted with is the support the tDSers give him in spite of all the evidence presented to them. This must be the biggest cult in the history of the world. It's truly phenomenal to watch how seemingly normal people can allow themselves to be subjugated by him. You say that "nobody thinks he's a god" but then you all treat him like a god. Actions talk louder than words, rich.

I don't say any of this with any ill intent and I know that I'm not going to change anybody's mind. I am just simply in awe of what I'm seeing. It is the cultural phenomenon of our lifetimes.
 

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Biden didn't come down hard and with physical force on students protesting Palestine.
No Federal troops were involved anywhere, unless you have an example I'm unaware of.

Trump will happily use federal troops and has, as you know, already threatened deportation.
Sure, Biden didn't use feds on student protesters, but he also didn't support their right to protest his own policy.
The question is still whether students will protest again against a more repressive government.
 

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That's one of my points, rich. You revere him, he can do no wrong, you believe everything he says, you unfailingly support and defend and on and on. That IS treating him like a god and because of that blind devotion you have you are unable to see that reality. It is Blind Faith (Clapton, Winwood, Baker).

And believing he cares about Americans is another common symptom. We all, including tDSers, know that he's a narcissist. By definition all he cares about is himself. The only thing that he is "pro" is pro-trump, not pro-American. As I'd said earlier, it's not the things he does, like the USAID, it's how the tDSers unfailingly support every single thing he does even as the judges are stopping him because they are unconstitutional. That is what my comments are about. It's about the supporters, not trump.

As I said, a post like yours reaffirms so many of the symptoms I listed. I actually don't care personally about the vast majority of his policies/actions because they don't affect me. What I am fascinated with and utterly flabbergasted with is the support the tDSers give him in spite of all the evidence presented to them. This must be the biggest cult in the history of the world. It's truly phenomenal to watch how seemingly normal people can allow themselves to be subjugated by him. You say that "nobody thinks he's a god" but then you all treat him like a god. Actions talk louder than words, rich.

I don't say any of this with any ill intent and I know that I'm not going to change anybody's mind. I am just simply in awe of what I'm seeing. It is the cultural phenomenon of our lifetimes.
This^^^^^^^^^^^ describes Democrats perfectly as well.

Unless once again:

all Republicans are stupid and part of a cult
all Democrats are intellectuals and part of a brilliant government

Hypocrites much
 
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This^^^^^^^^^^^ describes Democrats perfectly as well.

Unless once again:

all Republicans are stupid and part of a cult
all Democrats are intellectuals and part of a brilliant government

Hypocrites much
87 posts since you joined at the end of January!!!

So many rightie posters joining in the last week or two, I can't keep track!!
 

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This^^^^^^^^^^^ describes Democrats perfectly as well.
Wrong. The reality is that Democrats are not part of a cult. If they were, there wouldn't be so many factions all wanting to move in different directions and have different loyalties.

Almost the entire Repug party are staunch supporters of the supreme being, trump and devoted to him and his welfare. People in a cult, with blind devotion, are unable to view reality with clarity. You cannot see that there is a vast difference between Dems and GoP in terms of their loyalties.

One of the prime symptoms of tDS, trump Devotee Syndrome, is the inability to see the reality that is staring them in the face. That is why you posted what you did.
 
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