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Passages

(4,488 posts)
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:33 AM Nov 2024

Jeff Stein @JStein_WaPo : By leading a commission *outside* government, as announced today,

To state something very obvious to people following this closely (but maybe less obvious to others?):

By leading a commission *outside* government, as announced today, Musk does not have to divest his personal financial holdings when making recommendations to the White House on the federal spending and regulations he wants cut
11:18 PM · Nov 12, 2024
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Always scheming, always.

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Happy Hoosier

(9,614 posts)
1. Yeah, we KNEW this was coming. This is just the way the world is going to work.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:35 AM
Nov 2024

We wanted Star Trek, They voted in Blade Runner.

Irish_Dem

(82,267 posts)
2. The whole point is for Trump and Musk to get richer.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:36 AM
Nov 2024

To take money from the US government for themselves.

And of course have the fun of being cruel and hurting people.

mopinko

(73,909 posts)
4. that's the real call for these authoritarians- the looting.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:50 AM
Nov 2024

that’s rly the point in the end. govt to line their pockets, not serve the ppl.

Irish_Dem

(82,267 posts)
6. Public service and the common good mean nothing to them.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:58 AM
Nov 2024

In fact they loathe the concepts.

 

jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)
9. It's called Looting Democracy. They need to be stopped. You must stop them, POTUS Joe Biden.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 10:49 AM
Nov 2024

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
10. And with the ridiculous excuse of "we don't want to look like them", there will be no investigation before January.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 10:53 AM
Nov 2024
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