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Rhiannon12866

(233,049 posts)
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 04:33 AM Feb 17

'Federal government is not Twitter': Rep. Auchincloss blasts DOGE's federal firing blitz - MSNBC Reports



The Trump administration sent envoys to the Middle East to begin negotiations to end the Ukraine war. Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy says Ukraine hasn’t been invited to the peace talks yet.

Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., discusses the negotiations, reports the IRS will lay off thousands in the middle of tax season, Trump’s plans for Gaza, and more. - Aired on 02/16/2025.

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Rhiannon12866

(233,049 posts)
2. No one elected him, he's not qualified to be president, but he's calling all the shots
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 05:02 AM
Feb 17

I'm sure that there are lawsuits pending, but both he and TFG are doing whatever they want, legal or not. And he's dissolving the government as we know it, disregarding the other two co-equal branches.

Justice matters.

(8,324 posts)
3. That said, I like how Jake describes how the monster operates...
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 05:05 AM
Feb 17

THE (now on the brink of dying) GOVERNMENT of We The People is not twitter...

The only thing missing is to say twitter lost 80% of its purchased value since the fascist bought it, and tesla sales are actually crashing everywhere (China makes better EVs at 1/3rd of tesla's prices).

Rhiannon12866

(233,049 posts)
4. He's spread himself too thin, he should have concentrated on selling his cars
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 05:16 AM
Feb 17

Rather than buying and demolishing Twitter, let alone doing the same thing to the American government.

Walleye

(39,833 posts)
5. I want an answer on what he is getting out of this himself personally.
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 05:46 AM
Feb 17

He’s not doing all this shit just for his health. And he certainly doesn’t care about the United States.

Rhiannon12866

(233,049 posts)
6. It's got to be money, we've heard that he's already made more than his large donation to the TFG campaign
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 05:52 AM
Feb 17

Walleye

(39,833 posts)
7. I guess he just wants all the money in the world. They all want to be like Putin, I think.
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 05:57 AM
Feb 17

It’s definitely a version of the hoarding disease

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