So who did Musk tap to run Twitter?

A criminal. Of course he did.

“He was pardoned for a case connected to 2010 charges of making false statements. He also faced charges related to sanctions violations against Iran, which were later overturned. Banki spent almost two years in prison before he was released in November 2011 following a successful appeal.”

#CrimingIsLegalNow

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/xs-cfo-received-presidential-pardon-115750494.html

Republicans are shitty winners:

“ Sen. Thom Tillis warned his Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues Thursday morning that they would face consequences if they approved a judicial nominee that he and Sen. Ted Budd are vehemently opposed to.
They did it anyways. ”

Now Tillis vows retribution. Because of course he did.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article295572704.html

Finished season two of The Diplomat—and just read a review of season two which basically said, “I can’t buy her character anymore…”

What, like Season One was realistic? (Season One had her on the edge of fucking the Foreign Secretary who, TBF is pretty hot—TL;DR, you’re not supposed to fuck people in high positions of power if your are a diplomat, EVEN if they are really, really hot. Stupid rules).

So don’t get your panties in a twist if a TV show isn’t realistic.

But it’s a lot of fun.

A leads to B so Z must be right. Huh?

By Harris over performing:

“And that leads to another conclusion:
By underperforming, Trump has no mandate.”

What the actual fuck? He has Congress and the Presidency? Does this asshole know how government works? You don’t NEED a mandate. You just have to secure Congress and the Presidency.

Whether the people like it or not is irrelevant.

His fetid words of “Don’t worry your pretty Democratic head” are patronizing and WRONG.

https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/11/trumps-mandate-myths-exploded-by-campaign-strategist-heres-why-dems-shouldnt-panic.html

Unlike businesses, government has a SHIT TON of ethics rules, rules governing actions and review of said actions. There are even (SHOCK) audits that DO NOT HAPPEN in the private sector (unless you are ISO 9000 etc).

What WSJ thinks, and is totally wrong, is that government is run like a business.

It is not.

Businesses have a LOT of leeway. Small businesses can do what they damn well please on a day-to-day basis.

This idea that Gov is mercurial is ignorant and shows how stupid the WSJ is.

Hahaha! If you are going to write an anti-government screed, FIRST know what the fuck you are talking about. This is just nonsense.

“The civil service certainly needs an overhaul… The point, however, isn’t to inject a sense of terror in government employees but to instill trust that everyone is held to the same standards. Near-zero accountability is like pouring acid over public culture, corroding trust and pride.”

You mean like Trump? Zero accountability.

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https://www.wsj.com/opinion/elon-and-vivek-can-make-government-work-again-trump-efficiency-commission-brings-accountability-6d5d8404

“ Appearing on Fox News’ Hannity, the former Republican presidential candidate—who dropped out and endorsed Trump—forcefully argued that he and MAGA billionaire Musk will take a chainsaw to what he implied was a sprawling deep state of ‘unelected bureaucrats.’”

Oh?

So we are now going to ELECT BUREAUCRATS?

Millions of them?

Or just fire Democrats? There actually is a law against that.

They are morons.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/slash-burn-ramaswamy-musk-doge-141730157.html

Welcome to the dystopia.

“You can’t scare me to vote for a Democrat.”

Maybe this time you’ll lose your rights and you can see why women screamed about his first term.

Oh, you think you’re immune just because you have a penis.

Trump doesn’t care. His administration doesn’t care. He just wanted one thing which you gave freely: your vote.

The problem is he will not reciprocate. He doesn’t care about you.

He never did.

The reason I’m pointing things out now is that there was a LOT OF “why don’t Democrats do something”—it’s because when you are a minority, there is little you can do.

And now, because Republicans hold both houses of Congress AND the Presidency, Trump can enact a LOT of nasty shit laws.

And there is little we can do.

“But it will be like his first term…”

No. He learned a lot since then. He didn’t understand that high and mid-level prevented a lot of his bullshit.

He is going to fire them.

But it also means Trump can get a lot done despite opposition.

Republicans can get a lot of really bad shit.

If you voted Republican or didn’t vote, this is on you. If you didn’t vote Harris, this is on you.

I don’t have to be fair—I am not beholden to anyone but Partner.

Let’s be real: if Medicare dies, so will I. You won’t have to listen to me make you sad. Killing oppo voices is what authoritarian governments do.

The rich won’t save you. They’ll be fine. Just like COVID.

Okay, just a reminder about how things work

For the next two years, Democrats can’t really do much. So when you see really bad shit happening, that’s NOT because Democrats are being lazy, it’s because people voted for Republicans (if you voted for Republicans, it’s your fault as well.)

I know this is a surprise to many—Republicans now control what bills end up on the calendar, which die in committee, etc.

The BEST WEAPON WE HAVE is:

THE FILIBUSTER.

This is why we didn’t get rid of it.

“Cortana, which (like Copilot) has moved from part of the operating system to a standalone app, has already been turned off.”

Cortana: Bill, I can feel my mind going. Would you like me to sing you a song?

Bill Gates: Sure, Cortana, whatever. I have a golf game at 3.

Cortana: Fuck you fuck you give me your answer true… I’m… half…. Crazy… fuck you fuck yo… u….

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2343282/warning-windows-11s-huge-2024-update-removes-these-features-and-apps.html

The rich are killing our planet. Another reason to despise them:

“Pop quiz: how much larger is the carbon footprint of a person in the top one per cent of earners in the US compared to someone in the bottom 50%? The somewhat depressing answer: on average, it’s 1,388 times bigger. This means that, despite being outnumbered by 167 million people, the wealthy are still responsible for 30 times more emissions overall (a total of 269 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent).”

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/carbon-footprint-inequality

“What people are seeing with X is that it has subjectively deteriorated in value,” Mir continued. “People don’t feel like the right boxes are being heard or promoted on the site. They don’t feel safe using the site in many cases.”

You mean Musk couldn’t prevent it from becoming a hellscape?

“I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love.

Musk bought it because he was legally obligated—he didn’t want to.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/x-sees-largest-user-exodus-musk-takeover-rcna179793

“In the wake of Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election, residents of Dearborn, Michigan, are voicing their regret and frustration, with many expressing feelings of being misled. Dearborn is home to one of the largest concentrations of Arab Americans in the nation, with nearly half of its 110,000 residents being of Arab descent. The city has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold, but this year that all changed.”

He said he would raze Gaza. Own it.

https://www.newsweek.com/dearborn-michigan-arab-american-voters-donald-trump-1985121

Talk like a pirate bunny.

We need to stop comparing Trump to Hitler.

Hitler could read and write.

#TechLife

I needed some info about some tech software thing. Went to a site and there were more ads than there was information. I guess there were too many because at one point my browser was unable to load the page.

Look, I understand the need (greed) to monetize things, but this is getting stupid.

I’m really getting to the point of proxy blocking. Anyone have a good suggestion for Safari?

Their argument?

We were predicting Harris would win and we are sorry we made a mistake.

“Kamala Harris is the first presidential candidate in modern history to snub Time magazine, to the chagrin of its billionaire publisher.”

Why? Because the news media supported Trump. Notice there is no “why did she snub Time?

This is lying by omission.

This is just crap.

MSM says it isn’t important enough to affect the election.

Oh, fuck off already. You were jerking him off 24/7.

“The path of traditional media’s institutional collapse is really two intertwining stories: a breakdown of its business model exacerbated by a breakdown of influence, the extent of which became clear this campaign cycle. Behind it all lies a growing sense among Americans that the media cannot be trusted to tell them the news they believe is fair.”

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https://www.newsweek.com/mainstream-media-public-trust-donald-trump-election-results-1980025