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"DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."

My message to Zuck

He got game, the Dark Knight.

It’s been great!! Thanks for doing it!!

You’re a hero man!! Been looking for the threads community!

I spent four years referring to Trump as an uncertainty engine, as any new tweet could remake US foreign policy.

This time, more uncertainty about most things but:

Finding places to send the massive deportees will be consistent focus on US foreign policy

The tariffs will happen

#catastrophic

Most U.S. Americans have little to no experience with authoritarian systems, and will be surprised by how it may work. Consider this letter from Chile from October 1973: it's not just the state that acts, it can also be neighbors who feel empowered by the authorities to be their worst selves

This is what Canadian RW social media looks like.

Fingers crossed! This election will have big impacts for us Canadians.

picture illustrating polarization 2012 stick figure slightly to the right of cneter 2016 right wing goes further, so stick figure is now left of center 2024 right wing is now authoritarian fascist so stick figure is now quite left of center

this is the best illustration of "polarization" I have seen

Do you think those things matter for trump as much as they’d matter for Dems? I feel like it’s more “trump being trump” nothing else.

Andrew Leyden @PenguinSix Workers are installing anti-scale riot fences at the @VP residence tonight in preparation for Tuesday's election. 21:20 • 11/2/24

American democracy is so healthy it needs anti-scale fencing and military readiness for when it votes. America is Backsliding so fast we don't even realize what we have already lost.

The fact you can bet on an election is….sketchy. People have an irrational thought that betting markets show the truth, when it’s nothing to do with truth and everything to do with what you said, making money.

Yes for sure!

He’s 5. He’s giving insults like he’s 5.

Tomorrow’s P1.

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So want to try that one!

Woo hoo thank you for the list!

Tim Pool tweet: "This is silly BBC is state funded media from a state in clear opposition to Russia Tucker is a private citizen Of course there is going to be bias in who is allowed to interview Putin from the West but to act shocked is just theater"

Just impossibly funny that Tim was cashing Kremlin cheques just before hitting send on this big brain tweet

Whoa. Powerful blue helmets are out in full force in….Nova Scotia?

@cbcpitchbot.bsky.social did you write this for your competition the globe and mail?

Editors shouldn't even allow op-eds the centre on questions of fact. Whether a coup occurred isn't a matter of opinion, it's a question of fact. When an op-ed writer is objectively wrong, and you decide to publish their nonsense, you've published misinformation.

I mean isn’t that their job? Maintaining an online image? I think this would be a great opportunity to show them how an organizations values need to align to who they associate with and therefore….

Blake Masters: A couple years ago, out of the blue, I get a call from my friend JD Vance: “Hey, how you doing? How you been? Okay. So I got this guy I need you to meet, his name is Saurabh, and he's really cool.” I say: “Okay, great. What's he working on?” And JD told me. And there was a long silence. And JD said: “I know, man, that sounds crazy.” And I'm like: “Yeah, it sounds crazy. Read it back to me again. They want to take over the government by training up an army of young staffers to go and throw them into all these Capitol Hill positions?” And JD said: “Precisely, but trust me on this.”

JD Vance helped arrange support and financing for American Moment, a Project 2025-linked group run by some hard-right young MAGAites who are pitching straight-up Christian Nationalism. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-americ...

I’m assuming you can use it to monitor a buttload of health information. Not just infectious diseases. Do people have concern with impacts to black, poor, indigenous people and that’s why it’s rolling back? Or is it more the climate isn’t ready for that type of monitoring?

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I'd Like to See Ol Donny Trump Wriggle His Way Out of THIS 34 guilty verdicts of falsifying business records