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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts)
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 08:01 PM Dec 2024

Rachel Maddow: "Only the best."

Rachel Maddow
‪@maddow.bsky.social‬
31m
Only the best.

"Even Elon Musk’s mother, Maye, a media personality and a model, has been involved in the transition, saying in a recent television interview that 'I like to sit in on meetings'...”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Steering Trump’s Transition Team
The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.
www.nytimes.com

‪Rachel Maddow‬ ‪
@maddow.bsky.social‬
30m
"Jared Birchall, the head of Elon Musk’s family office, has interviewed a few candidates for jobs at the State Department.
Mr. Birchall has no experience in foreign affairs."

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...

Rachel Maddow
‪@maddow.bsky.social‬
"Another Musk friend, Sequoia Capital investor Shaun Maguire, has been interviewing potential candidates for senior Defense Department jobs..."

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
December 7, 2024 at 6:26 PM


Archived NYT article linked in her posts: https://archive.ph/7NBfq

"Another Musk friend, Sequoia Capital investor Shaun Maguire, has been interviewing potential candidates for senior Defense Department jobs..."

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...

Rachel Maddow (@maddow.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T23:26:21.349Z
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Irish_Dem

(81,299 posts)
2. They are putting all their friends and family in federal jobs.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 08:03 PM
Dec 2024

Good salary, perks, pension.
And they will do nothing but cause trouble.

allegorical oracle

(6,481 posts)
8. In the original Body Snatchers, the monsters start out as large seed pods and
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 08:38 PM
Dec 2024

the pods turn into regular-looking people who are heartless, incapable of love or empathy. Sorta musky, except that I don't think he looks like a regular person.

Irish_Dem

(81,299 posts)
9. In today's reality we can see the aliens have not perfected the humanoid disguise.
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 08:42 PM
Dec 2024

All the MAGAs look very off somehow. Not quite human.

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