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[–] 19 points 1 year ago
[–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

They both have too many skeletons to want to actually try anything.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    I think it's just a WWE match at this point. They'll have a dramatic fight with some fake blows, and then go pick up their paychecks. They might even go hang out if there's not actually any bad blood between them. They're pretty much coworkers at this point. They might have real personal conflicts, but I doubt they'll actually air those grievances with their customers. Too many skeletons, as others have said.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    In this day and age skeletons in the closet are a plus.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Political theater. It won’t happen.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    IMO, one of the worst parts of the article is this quote:

    […] "We might have to put DOGE on Elon," [Trump] said. […] "If DOGE looks at Musk, we're going to save a fortune,[sic]" […] ^[1]^

    To me, this reads as an admission of guilt from Trump that he instructs DOGE to withhold its scrutiny from entities favorable to him, and that he biases it towards entities unfavorable to him.

    References

    1. Type: Article. Title: "Trump says he'll 'look' at deporting Musk as feud reignites". Author: "Rachel Scott", "Fritz Farrow", "Lalee Ibssa", "Ivan Pereira". Publisher: "ABC News Network". Published: 2025-07-01T08:07. Accessed: 2025-07-04T05:11Z. URI: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-deporting-musk-feud-reignites/story?id=123372908.
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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The man has more money than anyone and owns X/Twitter. His reach is global. It doesn't matter what country he is in. He could fund primaries for every sitting member of the Senate and House and not put a dent in his wealth. Isn't this what all his fans a wanted?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Even if Taco really doesn't like fElon, I don't see him doing this since it won't "own the libs".

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    [–] 241 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Proper headline:

    “Theater Distractions Begin Anew As Republicans Vote to Kill Millions of Disabled Kids and Seniors”

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Don’t forget about defunding rural hospitals.

    Hospital income is 30-60% Medicare & Medicaid. Urban leans towards 30%. Rural and critical access lean heavily to the 60% side of things.

    As such, the expectation should be cuts in medical service availability.

    The biggest loss leader in the medical hospital line up is mother/baby & NICU. This is why not every hospital has these services. Or why a corporate chain in an area has 1 between their hospitals. The expectation here needs to be that less mother/baby services will be available going forward.

    Don’t think for one second that hospitals cannot shut down.

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  • I hope rural people like home births. That's how my mom's great aunt died: in the farm house living room with a stalled labor in the dead of winter. Her oldest son had to drop out of middle school to help raise his 10 siblings until he got drafted into WW2. My mom was only born in a hospital because her mom was going into kidney failure before her due date. Her next child was deprived of oxygen at birth, and since the nearest NICU was hours away he has severe intellectual disabilities and has been a ward of the state for decades. He was physically abused by paid family caretakers while waiting for a facility with an opening to accept him.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Rural hospitals? Well, are they Christian? And are you a Christian? If so, you're all set. If not, what's wrong with you, Jeebus will provide after all!

    The Heritage Foundation Christofascist types want to see all "public" services transitioned to non-governmental (in claim, if not in fact) Christian "charity" orgs. Preferably white-controlled, evangelical ones of course. If you're a person with medical needs, really bad ones, and can't get medical help, then why haven't you signed on the line and pledged your vote, tithes, and soul to Jeebus? That's the MAGA Jeebus mind you, not that old-fashioned Socialist one. MAGA wants these rural hospitals to go out of business. That will provide them with millions of new, suffering, desperate people and a situation where MAGA can blame their suffering on the "mismanagement" and "inefficiency" of the government-supported hospitals, now defunct, and will provide their Christofascist friends with a fire-sale on facilities and medical specialists with which to start their Xian "charity" services.

    You the individual will either do as you're told by MAGA in government (because they're terrorist thugs) or by MAGA in "churches" (because they'll (maybe) provide some kind of "charity" aid that's no longer available elsewhere), or you'll die. Either way, MAGA wins.

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    [–] 81 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Underscores the fact that "deportation" is just a political tool to punish the people that Trump doesn't like.

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    [–] 34 points 1 year ago
    [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Elon has armed security guards... things won't go well if masked men with no ID try to kidnap him...

    Should be a spectacle.

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    This should illustrated to every single military and law enforcement person that trump does not care about you. Even his most trusted allies are fodder for him

    You law enforcement guys are the same as the rest of those he oppresses. Remember you oath and remember trump will hurt anyone he wants with no thought

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Elon should play his trump card he keeps hinting at.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    What. He is a fascist.

    If a fascist threatens a fascist, let them fight.

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    Waaa! He said something mean to me! Waaa!

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    It win-win for the US! Musk gets kicked out of the country, his stocks get kicked in the nuts, and he goes on the rampage funding Democrats.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Wow. My two least favourite people are fighting. I don't know who I want to win.

    Time for popcorn memes!

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