Well he's just an unelected advisor so he can't call for shit
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I call for him to be deported! Trump too!
How ironic that the guy who was never elected for anything is whining about democracy. And "corrupt"? Corrupt might as well be Elon's middle name.
Fortunately, there seems to be a growing resentment about that with the GOP electorate for this very issue. We’ll have to see if it’s enough to help tip the scales.
We’ll have to see if it’s enough to help tip the scales.
If Trump and Musk have their way, November 2024 was the last time they will be using scales.
It’s debatable whether scales were used even then. But I get what you’re saying.
Trump straight up admitted that they rigged the election like 2 days ago.
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What about a big, upright scale, with a heavy blade at the top? Ask the French about it.
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My local magats are still behind him, they think it’s criminal that people are protesting at our local Tesla dealership. I think at least one of them—who’s extremely anti EV, is considering a fucking Tesla. And he’s a car guy who has had multiple luxury cars, and knows Tesla build quality is garbage.
Then, he's a moron and he deserves to be bilked out of his money. Fuck him.
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Respect the judiciary or leave the country.
We’ve been asking him to for a while but he won’t listen and he keeps giving money to the people who should be making him leave
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I didn't think I'd ever say this in earnest but I wish he would get deported back to where he came from.
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Elon Musk is mad there's a process in place to protect workers from being fired without reason? Color me shocked.
He was already pissed when they built the Tesla plant in Germany. Strong unions and worker rights and environmental protections. All the things he so heavily dislikes, the Muppet.
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Small note for the summary: "probationary" in terms of government employees does not necessarily mean new, it means new in that role.
So, someone who has been working for the government for 20 years and was just promoted to a senior position is a probationary employee.
Yeah this makes it just so much fucking dumber. That they would try to claim that it's due to poor performance, when they are literally firing people who just got promoted.
I have a bunch of coworkers who were contractors in a position for about a decade, then transitioned over to GS employees doing the same job. They were classified as probationary due to being "new" to their positions and were put on notice.
Why isn’t he in jail yet?
Because he's a billionaire. Rules for thee but not for me.
I guarantee you he has signed no papers. His name won't be in anything. In a court of law you'll have trouble proving he actually ordered anything at all. He is welding all this power completely outside of literally any accountability and Trump , Congress, and Trump's supporters are all fine with that.
So he says, "fire these people" and they just do it? If that's how it's been going that's even worse than the madness I thought it was.
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Probably can't find anyone with the balls to enforce the judgement
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That's not how that works.
It kinda is now.
However, impeachment of judges requires 2/3rd in the senate. That's the more important thing to note
Fetterman just took over Manchin's position as Senate DINO. Schumer left his entire party high and dry at the last minute and out of nowhere to vote with Trump. That 2/3 vote may be a lot closer than you think.
2/3 is 67 senators. Republicans have 53 in the senate. You need 14 Fettermans
Given that we're seeing Democrats in both the House and Senate rolling over and playing dead, getting there may not be as difficult as one would expect. Last week, if you'd have said 10 democrats would join with Republicans to censure one of their own, or that Schumer would bail on his own party on a crucial vote at the last minute with no warning, people would have been skeptical. But here we are.
And remember, it's 2/3 of all members present. If a couple of these cowards just stay home, they make the GOP's efforts significantly easier. And I could easily see a few of these cowards sit it out.
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Sure it is, if they can get 2/3 of the Senate to vote to impeach. And if they manage that, I think it's time to cut off some heads
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I call for Trump and Musk to be jailed
What happened to the musk hate from the right? They're suddenly taking his word as gospel and sending death threats to Judges.
He kissed Trump’s ring to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Then he came out explicitly endorsing Trump. Plus, he’s a neo-Nazi shit bag.
That’s what happened
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Tar/feather and quarter
Whatever happened to that Pence gallows they set up?
Drawn and quartered, with Tesla vehicles.
Very much so
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Musk = POS Nazi.
Stop listening to an African Nazi who has no power over the country.
For the strongest country in the world, Americas fucking weak.
Send Musk back to Africa. Fuck sakes America.
They don't have the votes to convict unless Schumer caves on that too.
Musk has no legal right to call for such. Just blowing hot air if it were any other legislature
That’s why he bought the president.
The power of the purse is in the hands of the democratically elected congress.
So to get on the same page as Elon, a government agency, formed through an executive order, being run by an unelected official, thinks that they have the power to to eliminate programs, jobs and funding from congressionally approved organizations. Got it.
I think it's about time this stuff is called out for being thinly veiled attempts at intimidation.
The problem is that they're not trying to hide it. They openly say this is how it's going to work now.
Look at Columbia. They refused to cooperate. Then they got 400 million yanked out from under them. And then they fell right in line.
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If we cannot get rid of Musk how does Musk think he is gonna get rid of the judges?
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