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Any one still calling this pudgy Nazi a genius, please let me know. You are in the tribe of “stupid”.

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I prefer "Nazi pig", but you use your own words.

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I hate to insult pigs.

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The Porcine Antidefamation League thanks you for your support

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Aww... That's so sweet! Tell them "oink oink" from me, would you?

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I can't believe we're only weeks into this. My previous 45 years seemed much quicker.

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The federal workers and their bosses aren’t the only ones having meeting after time wasting meeting to deal with the insanity of Musk/Trump. Drill down to your local level. The community college I work for has had to convene a high level committee (and probably more) to deal with Trumps executive orders surrounding the “Dear Colleague” email that went out to all educational institutions about DEI.

Multiple emails have come out to employees addressing all the changes that are happening as we scrub DEI from our culture for fear of losing federal funding. Then we have to waste time reading the emails and think about how it affects the way in which we carry out our jobs. It’s ridiculous.

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I retired from education two years ago, just in time to avoid what you are going through. I am so sorry this has become a distraction for you et al.

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It’s an ongoing shit show. The disastrous presidency is only outdone by the clown car maker.

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The strength to keep going so we stay informed is Hurculean... Thank you

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Won't someone on camera ask him why he goes to the White House dressed worse than Zelensky?

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better yet does he ever change his clothes?

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His wardrobe influencer is Steve Bannon.

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Laughed outloud... thank you

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I bet he stinks from being high and sweaty all the time.

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I don’t think Zelensky was dressed badly, but yes, you make a good point.

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Zelensky dresses appropriately for a leader in the midst of a war all throughout his country. [See old photos and films of Churchill--he was not criticized for wearing battlle ready clothing.]

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Totally agree he was dressed appropriately. I just wish he had had this snappy comeback: "I was only honouring how Elon Musk dressed on camera in the Oval Office, Mr. President Sir!"

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Thank you for Musk Watch!

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“Tesla Fires a Manager Who Criticized Elon Musk on Social Media” yet Mush says he’s a free speech absolutist. But any normal person knew that was BS.

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I have NO idea how you gather all of this information so quickly, and then organize it so beautifully. I'm truly impressed with your work!

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Love the shades of McCarthyism here:

"Musk has repeatedly called for Bates to be impeached, describing him as an “evil judge.” Andy Ogles, a House Republican from Tennessee, heeded Musk’s request, introducing articles of impeachment last month against Bates, whom he described as a “radical LGBTQ activist.”

In other words: if you do your job, you're a communist

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The very last sentence caught me:

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has launched a probe into X’s use of personal data to train AI models. (Reuters)

X is vacuuming up all of the personal/public/private data for its own use in AI? Do the 400 million subscribers know they are being probed and abused? Or do they just not care? Has X become their god and word?

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Trump reportedly told cabinet members that they, not Musk, are in charge of their agencies. How does that jive with what DOGE has already done, seemingly without cabinet approval?

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If the cabinet is in charge than say NO to Musk!

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Thank you for the work

that went into this

report.

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Reading through this summary, it's very unclear to me if Musk, an otherwise formidably able man, has a unified strategy of how to use the power he's accruing. There is an improvisatory flavor here and he's making a lot of missteps. What's his hurry?

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Mania?

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Good work. I am wanting to upgrade to paid and can’t seem to find the way to do that. Just FYI

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