President Trump: Making America Great Again...

[myboynoah]

So what is the over/under on Elon getting kicked to the curb and Trump echoing this earlier opinion?

Frankly, one of Trump's more lucid tweets.

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[Northwestcoug]

Oh hey look, more billionaires know how to cozy up to Trump to get what they want:

In the same day Jeff Bezos sat in the front row of the inauguration (that Amazon helped finance), the retail giant sent nine letters pressing the Trump administration to let the company block votes on initiatives from its own shareholders. These include proposals to disclose more information about Amazon’s treatment of warehouse workers, handling of private medical data, lobbying activities, AI-related energy use, and employee pay gaps.

UnitedHealth also called in some favors. A day after Amazon’s move, UnitedHealth asked Trump’s Securities and Exchange Commission to allow it to block votes on shareholder proposals requiring the company to 1) audit previous customer denial claims to see if they were inaccurate and 2) disclose “how often prior authorization requirements or denials of coverage lead to delay or abandonment of medical treatment.” UnitedHealth has among the highest claim denial rates in the country.

https://www.levernews.com/amazon-and...-demands-post/

Like I know similar things have happened since time immemorial, but when was the last time we've had such an easily persuadable president?

[USUC]

As a libertarian, I would think you'd have a lot more concern about Musk's amalgamation of relatively unchecked power. Just out of principle

Out of principle, I am against the unchecked power of the administrative state. But the process of rooting out corruption definitely needs to be done with transparency within the law.

[Northwestcoug]

So what is the over/under on Elon getting kicked to the curb and Trump echoing this earlier opinion?

Frankly, one of Trump's more lucid tweets.

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whoa whoa whoa, is this real? Is this twitter or Truth Social?

If it is, imagine how orgasmic Trump must feel to be able thoroughly debase the world's richest man after he's done so much for him.

[Jeff Lebowski]

whoa whoa whoa, is this real? Is this twitter or Truth Social?

If it is, imagine how orgasmic Trump must feel to be able thoroughly debase the world's richest man after he's done so much for him.

That's been around for a long time. Pretty sure it is real. It is definitely accurate.

[Northwestcoug]

That's been around for a long time. Pretty sure it is real. It is definitely accurate.

I think I've seen similar tweets, but if this one is recent then that seems like an insult after all the bidding Musk has done for him.

[myboynoah]

I think I've seen similar tweets, but if this one is recent then that seems like an insult after all the bidding Musk has done for him.

I think it's from years ago. But very accurate. Trump wasn't so old and tired back then.

[BlueK]

Out of principle, I am against the unchecked power of the administrative state. But the process of rooting out corruption definitely needs to be done with transparency within the law.

And none of those conditions are being met right now.

[BlueK]

I haven't watched that yet--will when I get a few minutes. But I'll just say I'm shocked there haven't been more injunctions issued. No doubt some of that is a function of the quantity EO's being issued. Still, go file a suit and get an emergency injunction doesn't seem like that would be so hard.

And here's another one. I think the 4th thing blocked by the courts so far.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/polit...ump/index.html

[myboynoah]

Insanity. We're flying blind, folks.

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[myboynoah]

Someone put a star on Little Marco's forehead!

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[Bo Diddley]

And here's another one. I think the 4th thing blocked by the courts so far.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/polit...ump/index.html

Yep. Saw that. I expect several more before this is all said and done.

[myboynoah]

At least the WSJ is doing background checks.

Kid never should have been let inside the building.

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[frank ryan]

At least the WSJ is doing background checks.

Kid never should have been let inside the building.

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These are the kind of people we are dealing with. I hope people stop giving Musk an increasingly unwarranted benefit of the doubt.

[frank ryan]

Out of principle, I am against the unchecked power of the administrative state. But the process of rooting out corruption definitely needs to be done with transparency within the law.

That's a respectable position. I think he agree that power needs criticism and oversight, regardless of its incarnation. With the current dynamics, it is a hydra of bureaucracies running amok, but rather MAGA using their political power to claim more for itself, under the guise of hard-to-shallow, but thought out and well-indented austerity. Trump and his cronies have shown consistently that they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. And auditing, budgeting cutting etc requires real planning and intellect. It needs a computer not a sloppy abacas to use. That's not what is happening.

If you were part of the crowd that was (somewhat justifiably) concerned about Hillary and her sloppy infosec, what is happening now with DOGE should render you apoplectic