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“In terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future,” he said in a video interview at the Qatar Economic Forum. “I think I’ve done enough.”

“If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it,” he added. “I do not currently see a reason.”

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (5 children)

We are now at the final stages of Rudy Giuliani for Musk. They used musk for his power to walk in to any space and are now discarding him.

In the shower this morning, I realized that they did DOGE to not only take over large swathes of the government, but to also distract from how much they're spending on deportations. Hey journalists, how much are they spending on:

  • detention centers, private or otherwise
  • ICE (the difference between last year and this year)
  • border patrols (the difference between last year and this year)
  • flights, private or otherwise
  • state funding to help ICE or police departments
  • El Salvador to take our kidnapped people that never leave their prisons
  • Guantanamo
  • etc.
[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I keep telling : if trump waves his left hand, look what his right hand is doing! All the stupid and extreme things he shouts are to draw attention from what he really does/want to accomplish

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

if trump waves his left hand, look what his right hand is doing!

This but all the time from everyone. Every large business, every government, every wealthy person uses this tactic. Any time you see something obviously strange or wrong, you should be asking what they're covering.

That said a lot of shit is happening with the mask off entirely now that algorithms are targetting gullible people and they just lap it up.

All of this isn't exclusive to rightoids, it goes for lefties too: how many of you reading this get roped into the latest fight over who can use which bathroom or racial representation at elite universities, while not lifting a finger to support the homeless, striking workers, or underperforming schools?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

They are taking over and dismantling large parts of the government through Doge and hiding how much they're spending on kidnapping and deporting people, sometimes US citizens, in amazing time. He has some super evil and smart people working for him. It's only been 4 months and he's being doing king like things this whole time. Our law has failed us, we're in trouble guys.

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