Days after winning majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are setting sharp priorities. They are zeroing in on Apple, Meta and the companies led by Elon Musk as early targets for congressional investigations, according to two people familiar with the plans.

https://archive.ph/20261106195249/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/11/06/after-courting-trump-corporate-america-faces-democratic-reckoning/

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[–] 6 points 4 hours ago

This is honestly a lot more worthwhile than going after Trump.

The courts have already essentially declared Trump to be above the law, and there aren't enough votes to go through the Senate, so the only way anything could happen to him is after he's out of office, and he'll be 82 at that point, and his cult has already started to fracture. Even in the wildest scenarios, he'd be living out his days under house arrest.

But the corporations that helped him into power and accommodated his every request and bent over backwards to appease him, they'll still be there. Organizations aren't limited by mortal lifespans. And as for the individuals, many of them are much younger and will continue wielding political and economic influence long after Trump's gone. While they're powerful and can afford the best lawyers money can buy, they do not have the same formal immunity SCOTUS gave the president. It's still not exactly likely to go anywhere, since they are the ruling class after all. But the legal pathway exists and they're a more worthwhile target, being the real core of the problem.

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