Ho. ly. shit.

I guess, whatever? Let’s fucking do this.

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    “The people who elected us are listening to Elon Musk.”

    Fucking kill me now. Someone. Please.

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    This is the best thing we can hope for this administration. Complete and utter chaos. Hopefully they’ll be so busy in fighting and firing and rehiring and sexually assaulting people that they can’t fuck shit up too bad.

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      The sound of Musk is music to my ears. He is an incompetent and overconfident. A great way to get nothing done. Of course voters do not hold politicians to their promises, but if they did hiring Musk would be a great way to ensure failure.

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        You can say a lot about Musk but he sure as shit gets things done.

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            The man has a talent like no one else I’ve ever seen for having absolutely everything he touches crumble instantly into dogshit. A Mierdas Touch, one might say.

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                Tesla 100% is and could not have been squandered more effectively if you showed up wanting to do so. They were THE EV marketplace powerhouse, now they’re a laughing stock and the stock price is only held up by Musk’s political interference.

                SpaceX isn’t actively managed by Musk at all and it shows. Legend says they have a team of employees specifically dedicated to running interference when he shows up, which I believe, because they don’t actively shoot themselves in the foot constantly.

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                  What on earth are you talking about?

                  Tesla is about the only company that actually makes money selling EVs.

                  The stock price has increased about 100% over the last year.

                  The all time high of the stock was literally 4 days ago…

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            Like being the CEO of one of the only companies that’s managed to make electric cars profitable while also being the CEO of the first company to ever reuse space rockets and boosters…

            I don’t like him as a person but I can recognise that he’s a pretty remarkable CEO.

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    Two of the stupidest people on the planet marching to Putin’s orders - WCGW?

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    “Stop the steal of your tax dollars!”

    Notice something? They are not his tax dollars. Most likely because he personally does not really contribute to them.

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    Jeffries is correct that it will be the Republicans fault but none of them will acknowledge it nor care. They will lap up whatever lies Trump and company come up with and we’ll all be screwed.

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    I wonder how many attempts on Musk’s life there have been that the public hasn’t heard about. I imagine being among the wealthiest people alive makes you a target even without all of the meddling in politics Musk has done.

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    the richest man in the world and an unpopular congress just gave you $10 eggs and milk as a christmas present by killing the farm bill. congrats.

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    I really look forward to running both of these turds out on rails. This is something we should bring back from the past just for them.

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      It will affect their paychecks. Same with the military and other essential services. Generally, they can’t shut down those offices, but they also can’t pay them except in cases where the money was already put into accounts for paying those things.

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        Airport security checkpoints etc. will slow to a crawl. The TSA agents may be forced to show up, but they can’t be forced to work at their normal pace.

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          I remember this from 2019. It took about a month for the pilot/flight attendant/ATC unions to put ‘urge’ and end to the shutdown for safety concerns, this is part of their statement:

          Due to the shutdown, air traffic controllers, transportation security officers, safety inspectors, air marshals, federal law enforcement officers, FBI agents, and many other critical workers have been working without pay for over a month. Staffing in our air traffic control facilities is already at a 30-year low and controllers are only able to maintain the system’s efficiency and capacity by working overtime, including 10-hour days and 6-day workweeks at many of our nation’s busiest facilities. source

          I’m afraid I’m team TSA-is-pageantry. However, TSA should not go without pay regardless and ATC being stressed about finances concerns me.