Unelected Elon Musk & President Krasnov Trump are literally selling our country and its parts to the highest bidder.
06.03.2025 21:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:
27.02.2025 15:21 — 👍 2919 🔁 1206 💬 70 📌 89
A very good read.
"When Musk gains control of Treasury systems while simultaneously developing AI, when tech companies build surveillance infrastructure while weakening privacy protections, they're creating the preconditions for permanent despotism."
17.02.2025 23:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What if there were a coup, the US government fell to a drug-addled oligarch who seized control of our money, secrets, and levers of power, and Corporate media did not report on it?
03.02.2025 14:06 — 👍 16994 🔁 4439 💬 673 📌 381
crows hold grudges for 17 years. amateurs.
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