Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> wants businesses to run <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> services ‘as much as possible’<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s effort is pushing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> — a longtime goal for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> & for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> alike — across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mail</span></a> delivery. Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> grants. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is moving to privatize a sweeping number of govt functions & assets….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RichGetRicher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichGetRicher</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/30/doge-privatize-government-usps-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/technology/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/30/doge-privatize-government-usps-trump/</span></a></p>
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>The Trump Administration: Government by Billionaires, for Billionaires<br><a href="https://cepr.net/publications/the-trump-administration-government-by-billionaires-for-billionaires/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cepr.net/publications/the-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-administration-government-by-billionaires-for-billionaires/</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiCenter_for_Economic_and_Policy_Research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wikiCenter_fo</span><span class="invisible">r_Economic_and_Policy_Research</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis "Surrendering to Authoritarianism"</p><p>"Elite universities were created to train & perpetuate the plutocracy.</p><p>"They have never been centers of cutting-edge intellectual thought or hospitable to dissidents.</p><p>"They cloak themselves in the veneer of moral probity & intellectualism but cravenly serve political & economic power.</p><p>"This is their nature. Don’t expect it to change, even as we fall headlong into authoritarianism."</p><p><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/surrendering-to-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/sur</span><span class="invisible">rendering-to-authoritarianism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbiauni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbiauni</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis "Surrendering to Authoritarianism"</p><p>"Elite universities were created to train & perpetuate the plutocracy.</p><p>"They have never been centers of cutting-edge intellectual thought or hospitable to dissidents.</p><p>"They cloak themselves in the veneer of moral probity & intellectualism but cravenly serve political & economic power.</p><p>"This is their nature. Don’t expect it to change, even as we fall headlong into authoritarianism."</p><p><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/surrendering-to-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/sur</span><span class="invisible">rendering-to-authoritarianism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbiauni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbiauni</span></a> .</p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>[<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwoWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoWords</span></a> : Elon Musk] Palantir suggests 'common operating system' for UK govt data<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/palantir_covid_inquiry_comments" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/25/pal</span><span class="invisible">antir_covid_inquiry_comments</span></a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43470010" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3470010</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwoWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoWords</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRights</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis "Surrendering to Authoritarianism"</p><p>"Elite universities were created to train & perpetuate the plutocracy.</p><p>"They have never been centers of cutting-edge intellectual thought or hospitable to dissidents.</p><p>"They cloak themselves in the veneer of moral probity & intellectualism but cravenly serve political & economic power.</p><p>"This is their nature. Don’t expect it to change, even as we fall headlong into authoritarianism."</p><p><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/surrendering-to-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/sur</span><span class="invisible">rendering-to-authoritarianism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbiauni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbiauni</span></a> .</p>
Michael Fenichel<p>In case you haven't noticed, or paid attention, or maybe been in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> induced coma....</p><p>>> The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/mar/22/trump-administration-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int</span><span class="invisible">eractive/2025/mar/22/trump-administration-authoritarianism</span></a> </p><p>> From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we’re nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muskville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muskville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> - Full-tilt war on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
GhostOnTheHalfShell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@ajaykaul10" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ajaykaul10</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> is more precise.</p>
Nonilex<p>It would also bring into sharp relief the questions about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictsOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictsOfInterest</span></a> as he ranges widely across the federal bureaucracy while continuing to run businesses that are major government contractors. In this case, Musk, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> chief executive of both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>, is a leading supplier to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> & has EXTENSIVE FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CHINA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHINA</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Providing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> secrets would be a dramatic expansion of his already extensive role as an adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & leader of his effort to slash spending & purge the government of people & policies they oppose.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"People say The Great Gatsby is “no longer relevant,” but careless people have never been more brazen, or more prominent."<br>-Owl at the Library</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods<br><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250318175014.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/250318175014.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The man behind <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>'s "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>-first" strategy, the 28 year-old ex-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> engineer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThomasShedd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThomasShedd</span></a>, has quietly—& possibly illegally—become the head of technology for the Department of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>.</p><p>- Brian Merchant<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brianmerchant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brianmerchant</span></a></span><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoReactionary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRx</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/doges-ai-first-strategist-is-now" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloodinthemachine.com/p/doges-</span><span class="invisible">ai-first-strategist-is-now</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>I agree with Maya Sen who said, “The fact that the world’s richest man works at the behest of the executive & can buy out the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislature</span></a> is massively outside the scope of what the framers could have imagined. there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> Donates to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> Members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> Who Support Impeaching <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a></p><p>Amid a controversy over whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> will abide by court rulings, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> gave the maximum to the campaigns of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> who back ousting judges who impede the administration.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/musk-donations-congress-judges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=29AF8158-73AC-450D-83DA-4EC2BA1F079B" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/musk-donations-congress-judges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=29AF8158-73AC-450D-83DA-4EC2BA1F079B</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americans</span></a> are fucking stupid</p><p>they treat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> as a joke</p><p>americans are removed from the consequences of living under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>, unlike other places that understand the stakes</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alienated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alienated</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entitled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entitled</span></a> on a topic that will *personally* harm them, no need for glorious appeals to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a></p><p>they need to learn to fucking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a></p><p>or not vote for their own impoverishment and rights removal under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p><p>they will learn</p><p>the hard way</p><p>fucking morons</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@tshirtman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tshirtman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mloxton</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@tarheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tarheel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> </p><p>agreed. in this regard, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> can be a force multiplier for good as well as what it is now: a force multiplier for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p><p>but that makes our communities a target</p><p>so we need something like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> where we can squash the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trolls</span></a> without the "fReEzEpEaCh!" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigoted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigoted</span></a> morons and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> social media indifference or tacit support for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a></p><p>we need the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> to grow</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@rhodriplewiskc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rhodriplewiskc</span></a></span> </p><p>the problem is not that a demented <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrat</span></a> should be full of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> and stupidity. that's almost a given</p><p>the tragedy, which we really need to get a handle on, is why his moronic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> appeals to so many</p><p>"lol! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> is new to you?"</p><p>no it's not new. but how it is goosed on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> for power so brazenly in cahoots with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> is a new and terrible wrinkle</p><p>yes, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a>-plutocrat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> axis is also not new</p><p>but it is supercharged now</p>
Nonilex<p>On Friday, several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> employees arrived at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USIP</span></a>], accompanied by 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> agents, according to Gonzo Gallegos, the institute's communications director. They left after a brief discussion about the institute's status.</p><p>The institute is not part of the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a>, but is instead an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> agency that was established by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> in 1984.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> said those agencies should eliminate all operations not codified in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/statute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statute</span></a> as well as "reduce the performance of their statutory functions & associated personnel to the minimum presence & function required by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>."</p><p>So far, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has produced potential cuts of >100k <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> across the 2.3M-member federal civilian workforce, the freezing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>, & the cancellation of thousands of programs & contracts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
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