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For sure I can agree didn’t see musk coming. But I for sure saw them doing all the project 2025 things they said they weren’t going to do. You know how I knew they were lying? 🤦

yeah, i had a sense it would get like this, “they learned their lessons; there’s no more adults in the room; they are vengeful” but I won’t pretend I truly appreciated the full scope of the damage that would be attempted, no less accomplished. And as you said, not even 100 days. I have a lot of friends and colleagues who’s jobs have been impacted. Which also means I have some depressing insights into the impacts at some of the agency’s that will inevitably impact the services they provide. It ain’t gonna be pretty if there isn’t a “fix it” phase that follows the current “break things” phase.

Oh I think SpaceNoodle saw the humor as well. They just leaned into it with a sharp edge.

you nailed the difference.

Because before he was kicking out people who, while he might have ‘picked them’, weren’t really ‘his people’ and they stood up to him. Now he has sycophants who suck his orange hole and his only reason to get of them would be when there’s too much pressure and he’s forced to admit he was wrong for picking them.

Two VERY different sets of circumstances.

haha too true!

How long is that in Trusses?

With a huge side helping of mafia style blackmail. They stopped hiding it a long time ago.

I don’t believe you. PROVE IT!!!

You bet your ass it is!

Doesn’t matter. They are good enough to justify denial of clearance which means loss of job.

I have no faith that lawsuits will prevail here based on precedence supporting polygraphs as a credibility and suitability discriminator.

“But still [he] persisted!”

HA HA YOU FOOL!!! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! I knew the cheese was on the Nachos the whole time!

Fellow Vet here. Zero sympathy here. Vets who voted for Trump voted against their oath.

YOU’RE WRONG THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS!

wait?

heh heh

Good try buddy. I’m not falling for that old trick.

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Nuclear Winter. It is known.

Hell there are businesses already building a local stockpile of raw materials and part; been doing this for MONTHS. Other’s not accepting long-term contracts that might bankrupt them if they are caught having to fulfill them post-tariff.

This all adds to the cost of doing business even if the tariffs never happen. Guess who pays since most everyone has to do it (read: there’s no competition when all the players pay the vig!)

So here’s the thing, I am 99.99% with you on your sentiment.

But then I have to ask myself, “HOW TF is that even possible? Or was there more to it? Was that the plan ? Did he gain something bigger from doing it?”

I’m not saying he’s some genius we just can’t comprehend. I’m saying he’s a criminal and I wouldn’t put anything off the table.

But yeah, he’s probably just that shitty at business; but still? I hate this timeline.