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The Trump administration has made fatal error after fatal error regarding our nuclear arsenal, classified information, personnel information. And one has to ask, is it an error? Is it a mistake? Or is this malicious and wanton? Take a look at this headline. Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing that that they oversee the country's weapon stockpile.
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Sources say that's right. What happened this past week is the Trump officials fired hundreds of people at the National Nuclear Security Administration. And then Friday, they scrambled to try to hire back the people they fired because they didn't realize that this was the team that oversaw America's nuclear weapons.
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I just want to read from you a little bit from this story. Then I want to talk about the classified information that's not supposed to be revealed to foreign sources that was just posted on the Doge website. We could talk about how hackers access the Doge website. We'll talk about all of this.

Trump “Accidentally” Fires Nuke Weapons Team?!!

While Elon Musk posts classified intel on the DOGE website that was already hacked

You have got to be kidding me.

We are getting news that Donald Trump accidentally fired staff in charge of overseeing the safety of the United States’ nuclear arsenal. You read that correctly.

In his mad purge of the federal government, delicate genius Trump fired 300 staffers from the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) on Thursday whose job it is to make sure our nuclear weapons stockpile remains secure. Then on Friday, once they realized what they had done, the administration scrambled to hire back the people they had just fired.

Of course, an Energy Department spokesperson claimed that only 50 people had been let go, and those were mostly administrative positions.

Sure.

And it gets even worse. The Trump administration is now struggling to even reach the recently fired employees because they can’t find their personal contact information.

“The termination letters for some NNSA probationary employees are being rescinded, but we do not have a good way to get in touch with those personnel,” read an email sent to employees at the NNSA.

This is a mistake so brazen it almost makes you wonder if it was actually a mistake at all, and not something more malicious.

Meanwhile Defense Secretary and former Fox News host with a history of drinking on the job, Pete Hegseth spoke to a NATO conference in Brussels while sipping from a lowball glass that had the Internet abuzz. All this while Donald Trump is doing everything he can to appease Vladimir Putin in the run up to Ukrainian peace talks. These are really the guys that have the nuclear codes? What are we even doing here?

Then as if that wasn’t enough, top secret information was posted to the DOGE website making it available for hackers to steal. Hackers were reportedly calling the DOGE site “a joke of a .gov,” and even left a message on the site saying, “these ‘experts’ left their database open - roro.”

After a Newsweek headline stated that Elon Musk is “bemoaning” that too much information at the federal level is being classified, top intelligence officials were outraged as the DOGE website posted federal personnel data such as head counts and salary details for various departments, including classified data for military and intelligence agencies. Fatal mistake? Malicious intent? I’ll let you decide, MeidasMighty.

And in the midst of the chaos, China calls for U.S. disarmament due to utter incompetence as Donald Trump in a press conference can’t even identify China as part of the BRICS block. Foreign policy 101. Here’s a hint Donald: its the alliance the world’s powers are turning to, with China at the center, because they no longer have any faith in the United States. After only three weeks with Trump at the helm.

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Ms Ryan's avatar

This is f’ing treason!

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Sharon Horton's avatar

That nuclear team should agree to be rehired IF their support staff is also brought back. The support staff shall consist of all the other federal employees that have been fired. Every. One. Of. Them.

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RW Taylor's avatar

And double the pay, lol

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

For having to work under a tyranny of assholes.

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Guy Trevor's avatar

I was just going to say that.

They can’t even get hold of most of them now.

If I was one I’d say “ sure I’ll come back if you double my salary “

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Melissa's avatar

They probably deleted all their Info which is what they did with USAID or so they said. Could've just been their excuse for the judge. Musk did same thing when he bought Twitter fired alot of employees & was bragging about it after the first week then the next week he was asking for some of them to come back to work. They made alot more cuts to the FFA when they were shorthanded to begin with. Where are all their Maga Cult members they've supposedly been recruiting & training for the last couple years to take all their places of those Dems they're firing?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

reported. spam.

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

Further, the still not fired rest of the nuclear team should demand that ALL federal employees should be rehired or they will walk out till their demand is granted. How about that Sharon?

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Guy Trevor's avatar

Yeh I think this is a better idea than mine.

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

We are on the same page Guy.

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

You know you can hit those 3 dots to the right of your comment an just edit.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

and there's no time limit. Not like on the Post.

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

I just made the correction!!!!🫡

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

Thanks a lot for the advice.

I'm quite illiterate regarding this "secrets" and also a little dyslexic. Writing before my first cup of coffee make situation worse. You made my day despite trump. 😁

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Sam's avatar

Wait was it him or was it Elon? I heard about this earlier that Trump was trying to get them back but did not know how?

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ramona j's avatar

Who the eff is ELON in all of this! He has to be stopped. WHO VOTED FOR ELON MUSK. He is more incompetent and unsuitable for President, and he should not be anywhere near any government business.

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Sam's avatar

Unfortunately Trump is all to willing to let Elon run the show.

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Patricia Williamson's avatar

I don't think Trump is willing; it almost seems like he has to let him run wild for some reason. Maybe Musk has something on him or someone else is pulling the strings.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

"he has to let him run wild for some reason."

277 million reasons - and more to come if he wants them. . .

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Lois Gertz's avatar

Trump has had ongoing 0phone contact with putin. Is musk also talking to putin?

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Sam's avatar

Saudis have money in Twitter.

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Susan Paulo's avatar

Trump/Musk/Vance/Johnson/Smith ALL incompetent; putting US at risk with our enemies and ending necessary alliances either our partners. GOSH WHERE ARE THE B—LS ATO IMPEACH AND FIRE.

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kathyw.'s avatar

Elon is Putins watchdog over trump. Basically trumps handler

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Ms Ryan's avatar

I understand from this it was Elon, through his lackeys I’m sure.

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Sam's avatar

Just a thought but Trump has been mad about all the glory Elon is getting but if Trump is trying to get these people back then I am hoping Trump at least understands the importance of their position and if we goad Trump a little into doing the right thing and saying Elon is foolish blah blah blah. He can quickly fire Elon.

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Ms Ryan's avatar

Find it hard to give donnie credit. Maybe Susie wiles. The problem is any protected info being there in the 1st place. That’s the treasonous part.

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Ed Garland's avatar

Trump is owned by Elon and Putrid just as Trump now owns New York's crooked mayor Adams.

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Sam's avatar

It wasn’t long ago when they did not like the crooked Dem Adams. I guess he will use NYPD as ICE. Christ almighty NYC is not exactly lacking in crime and believe me it ain’t the immigrants committing crimes. It’s the CEOs in healthcare that are going on a mass killing spree denying care to save money.

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Espresso Aficionada's avatar

Elon needs drug testing -he’s working under the influence & essentially has access to nukes codes

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Sam's avatar

I know I do as well but he didn’t pull the trigger the first time around. I am wondering if he knows them at least. Maybe they were conversing with him when he was calling Kim Jung Un rocket man. Who knows but if anything Trump getting them back deserves a reward sticker on a chart.

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

He only knows how to fire people.

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Sam's avatar

Well he hired Elon and JD..he knows how to hire them..he just does not know how to vet them. He lets Stephen Miller do his vetting.

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

Sam, Elon bought trump and his job in the administration for close to 300 million dollars, he was not hired. As for Vance, he was the Manchurian Candidate , groomed and planted as vice president by Peter Thiel. Funny how two immigrants, one from South Africa and the other from Germany infiltrated the government in such a way that they are the real puppeteer. Thanks for your reply 👍

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Sam's avatar

Peter Thiel is not a member of the Heritage Foundation. They are in charge of Project 2025 and the hiring of Vance. Elon bought himself a seat. And funded everything but Trump already had the GOP nomination. Let’s be real. He did not buy the election as much as we wish that were true. This Election was about Sexism and Racism . Jill Stein and staying home was apparently the better option.

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

Peter Thiel has his own agenda Sam, that's why Vance said what he said in Munich.

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Sam's avatar

That Theil…that is one hell of a rabbit hole. Someone else posted about Nerd Reich. Yarvin? Thing is that has always been the Republican Agenda. Smaller government government overreach, distrust,FBI.. . Shit we saw glimpses of this with Waco, McVeigh, Bundy, Ruby Ridge. Musk may want to go back to 1930’s Germany but his Supporters want to go back to Antebellum. I think there maybe another American Revolution. Forget Civil War. Dems have to figure out what our play is.

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Sam's avatar

This is a weird as George Soros.

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Patrice La Belle, M.D.'s avatar

It was also about successful voter suppression bills, last minute poll purges, and lots of Trump lies.

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Sam's avatar

Yeah voter suppression happened in mostly 14 states while 23 states expanded their voting laws. The problem is illegals actually voted in this election and they voted for Trump.

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Ms Ryan's avatar

Agree on the racism and sexism. It was sold to maga by donnie, and his old, rich, evil!, white men’s club.

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Sam's avatar

No just the usual old white republican man. You are not including the “Cubans for Papi Trump,” the ones who are being deported as we speak. Some are light skinned so yeah they side with whites and some are dark but deny they are African descendants even though they and the world know the history of their people. Yeah Hispanics are included in the sexist and racist category. Same with the Palestinians who refused to vote for Kamala even though their people in Palestine wanted them to vote. Rashida Tlaib. She led that charge loudly. She all quiet now. 92% of blacks voted for Kamala. They toed the line. How many white voted for Kamala? The least. Yet the never Trumpers are no where to be found.

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Damn Jill Stein. Again. Friend of Putin?

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Sam's avatar

Possibility but maybe unwitting?

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Dunno. She certainly has aided the criminal twice.

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

More like, he knows how to hire mirrored images of himself (so to speak). Total ignorant, incompetent, illiterate POS that haven’t a clue about running a country.

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Sam's avatar

You forgot about the vapid women with too much filler and the loyalty thing.

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Moon Cat's avatar

Remember the Apprentice "You're Fired" is the only line he remembers.

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

I only hope that in his deepening dementia he fires himself .😄

Thanks for your reply Moon Cat.

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Rusty (Woke/DEI Commenter)'s avatar

He apparently doesn’t know how to fire the right people… uses a chainsaw instead of a scalpel. Quite the stable genius.

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Susan Raquel's avatar

Yes, you heard right. When they were fired their work e-mails were closed so that they could no longer use them. Sooooo when it was decided that they should be rehired they couldn't email them. They asked those that were not fired to try to contact them and tell them they were re hired. Seems that current information was not available on many of those that were fired.

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DG's avatar

Yup. Evidently the idiots who did the firing are having trouble locating the contact info for the fired employees.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5298190/nuclear-agency-trump-firings-nnsa

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Sam's avatar

Holy shit I did not want to read that. We are now sitting ducks because Elon is dumber then a stump.

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kathyw.'s avatar

musk fired his people then realized he needed them. Admitted he saved money but he needed them to come back.

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Didn’t he do that either Twitter, too?

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Sam's avatar

Oh right lol that was when he pretended to run Tesla. Tesla seems to be doing much better since he became preoccupied with Twitter.

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Espresso Aficionada's avatar

Tesla is a great car - I just figured how to remove the emblems in my Tesla with a heat gun- I’m going to replace with something subtle like a black dot -a first I designed a sticker with a dog peeping in his name but it was too big & I’m your face - I think a black dot will do

You wouldn’t believe the hate I get for not being psychic enough 4 years ago to know that the venture capitalist Elon would go political and help the guy who will cause irreversible climate change

Why punish the engineers for Elon becoming a fascist -how would they have known? I’m sure they have mixed feelings of disgust, embarrassment & happiness to be rich

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Sam's avatar

Like I said. Much better without Musk. Sorry you did not figure out that he was a douchebag sooner. I knew instantly but I know billionaires are soulless no matter what do-good company they head. They often get rich by stepping on somebody’s neck. A whole lot of them. He has always shut down people who critique his cars even if they are fans. That is sick. Your supposed learn how to handle criticism to become better. Then that Apple Engineer who died driving his car because it was not yet ready for rollout? And his boasting of its greatness. Irresponsible.. sure shit happens but it’s what you do with that is what really matters. Most people I talk to about that do not recall any of this. Buried.

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Espresso Aficionada's avatar

I don’t know - I’m terrified - what a waste of day -sitting paralyzed in fear of losing my job

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Gray Zebra's avatar

I pray that peace eases your fears and that you continue in your job.

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Oaktown's avatar

Mos def is treason. There's nothing accidental going on; the Muskrats are executing the original Silicon Valley philosophy: move fast and break things. Remember, Elon said he had to pull up "weeds" at the root. It goes back several years, as explained in this Nerd Reich video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC629l-wZBQ

Know your enemy.

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Marc-Paul Daoud's avatar

Thanks for the link. My contention has always been the drumpf is just a figurehead/fall guy -- but for WHO(M)? The Yarvin connection speaks volumes, but P 2025 has much deeper roots. Yarvin, however, does place the roots where I would have thought, given that some 800 unrepentant card-carrying nah zees were imported into the US post ww 2 with paper clip, and many of them ended up around what has become called Si valley. P 2025 was first iterated around 1979, got some ink by 1982, and the rest y'all can read on line. But these Nerd Reich vids point toward my deepest question: WHO is behind it? and confirm that I'm not alone in my thoughts.

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Oaktown's avatar

I don't think it's just one person. It's a group of uber rich reactionaries such as the Mercer family, which was behind the Brexit movement and far right U.S. political campaigns, along with other like-minded organizations such as the Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society. They've been playing a long game since the '70s, closing down local newspapers and replacing them with media propaganda, i.e., the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which now parrots the same nationwide Trumpist propaganda on 40% of formerly independent locally-owned newspapers and news stations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group). They've also been working on defunding and dismantling public education and stacking the Supreme Court with loyalists to their cause because they know they are now in the minority of public sentiment.

Highly recommended book for a peek into where our CIA could be headed if Musk succeeds in dismantling oversight of our FBI and CIA: Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control. This book illustrates the importance of oversight and accountability in govt. organizations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoner_in_Chief

"Operation paper clip" is discussed in the book, a well-researched and deeply disturbing account of gruesome crimes our government committed in the years following WWII.

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Burke's avatar

And this:

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/bonneville-power-administration-bpa-trump-layoffs-resignations/283-ea712091-e019-463d-b9ba-961711968675

Indiscriminate job losses at Bonneville risk power outages for millions. With zero impact on the federal budget. Insane idiocy. This is all Elon's and Donnie's fault.

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RW Taylor's avatar

I can’t believe the stupidity if it’s true these layoffs save the government nothing! Not one penny. I think all of this is to make room for billionaire business opportunities. That’s why they want to burn it all down. It’s just more Gaza-like takeover exploitation dreams.

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Sam's avatar

I was watching NewsNation “Trump: McMahon will her job” referring to the ending of departed education under DOGE. So they had a white teacher who was unsure how she should feel or worry about her job teaching urban kids and special needs. (You can see and here the subtle racism, not coincidental).

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Sarah Smythe's avatar

It’s time for the House and the Senate to come together and REMOVE THIS FOOL !!!!! LOCK HIM IN A RUBBER ROOM ! AND SEND HIS PAL ELON BACK TO WHEREVER HE CAME FROM !!! ENOUGH ALREADY !

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Chohni Baird's avatar

And his idiot cabinet of criminals as well. Eliminate them all.

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

Just wipe the whole slate clean from top to bottom and all the BS in between. Get this country back under new management. WITHOUT Chump..

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Michelle's avatar

That moves J.D.Vance into the role of President, the co-author of Project 2025, and the plan will continue. His incompetent cabinet picks will remain in place because our elected leaders didn’t have what it takes to do the right thing and protect our Country. We’re screwed left, right and center! It was the perfect set up.

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Sarah Smythe's avatar

Vance can become Donny’s rubber room mate!!

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Sandra George's avatar

Jd vance is an ass kisser only.

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P A Williams's avatar

Even ass kissers Hillbillies can have a disastrous effect on foreign relations considering his idiotic fascist performance in the Munich Security talks!

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Joyce's avatar

Yes but I’d call that performance in Munich more aggressive and purposely provocative in a “FU” way. He’s feeling very empowered and emboldened to bully our allies. Beyond embarrassing because the participants did not appear shaken by his threats. Zero applause but for Vance’’s small team in the audience. Loud applause from one person.

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SusanB's avatar

I'm thinking he and trump were showing their neo-nazi cohorts in Germany that the US is on their side while shaking up Europe's leaders with the same rhetoric. Haven't seen any reactions from anyone but surprised leaders.

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Upbeatred1951's avatar

There is an emergency EU meeting vis-a-vis Ukraine. And today Germany had a huge protest that was pro-USA and anti-Trump.

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Sharlene Stephens's avatar

Just listened to a video I believe you tube, Michael Cohen stated he could possibly fire, he can’t Vance is elected, Vance. He said let’s wait and see, but very possible.

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

And he has a personality that is almost a loathsome as Elon. How many senators might be ready to throw JD a verbal blanket party? I doubt he made many friends in thr Senate

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Stacie Carlson's avatar

I'm all in on that blanket party! Haven't done one of those since Basic Training!

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Patrice La Belle, M.D.'s avatar

JD has powerful backers pulling his strings. They want permanent control, not democracy.

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Sandra George's avatar

I know

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

By doing so, he is risking to mess up his makeup Sandra.

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Stacie Carlson's avatar

Yeah, his eyeliner!

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ramona j's avatar

Impeach Vance ASAP TOO. He has probably already broken enough rules.

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Upbeatred1951's avatar

Rules or laws.

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Erika Fultz's avatar

The difference is that few people really like Vance so he wouldn't likely be given the leeway that dumpty is

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Oaktown's avatar

The line of succession is locked up with Nazis: 1. VP Vance 2. Speaker of the House, Johnson (president of Gilead) 3. President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 91-year-old Chuck Grassley ... and it doesn't get better after that: https://www.usa.gov/presidential-succession

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bettievanoverbeke's avatar

Why Vance and Johnson need eliminating first like Agnew and Nixon

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Teri Gelini's avatar

My thoughts exactly!!Enough already!

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Jeananne Hawking's avatar

Seriously.

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Patrice La Belle, M.D.'s avatar

Agreed, except that by now, Musk and his band have accessed enough classified information to be really dangerous to the US.

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Sarah Smythe's avatar

Ok Lock “Leon “ up too

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

I can give you a hint Sarah.....South Africa. 🤫

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Kat Anderson's avatar

This is actually very scary!

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Minelisa Seneriz's avatar

I’m terrified

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Ricardo Grinbank's avatar

It's scary since 2016 and getting worse.

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Kirsten Hockaday's avatar

There is no accidental in the "functioning" of the Orange Traitor Felon's lawlessness. He has been getting his marching orders from Putin daily. This is exactly what Putin has been salivating over for decades: the destruction of the US. Putin is getting every thing he wants. I can not believe that I spent 23 years protecting this country against the Soviet Union. I wasted my life when it is obvious the office holder is giving away the entire country. God help us because no one else will.

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Joyce's avatar

My dad spent his USAF career doing the same. Protecting the US and Europe through NATO and at NSA in DC. WWII and Korean War vet. I’m glad he’s no longer here to see what’s happening to our country. It’s killing me, aging me faster every day.

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Ed Garland's avatar

@Joyce ... We honor your father's service. Thank you for sharing.

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Ed Garland's avatar

@ Sue L. ... Your parents are true heroes. Grateful for their service. Thank you for sharing.

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Krista Schultz's avatar

You didn’t waste 23 years, you just didn’t expect to be sold out by a traitor. Nor should you have expected it to. It’s taken decades to undermine education and intellect in the US by republicans in red states. That was by design. Be proud of what you stood for and accomplished. Be angry about who sold you out.

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Krista Schultz's avatar

I would encourage you to watch EUdebates.tv. Your new administration has t just sold out the US, he has completely spit on his allies and they are reacting and planning accordingly. How does the US ever recover from this Fascist turn they’ve taken you in? Trump is devastating to your country in so many ways. It’s the most amazing train wreck I never unabridged g witness to and there is no end in sight. He’s a clear and present threat to my country, our economy and our sovereignty. It’s impossible to express my indignation. Just incomprehensible. That doesn’t mean I don’t feel for Americans who didn’t ask for this bullshit.

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Patrice La Belle, M.D.'s avatar

If Trump and Vance were impeached today it would still take generations to undo the harm they have done to the reputation of the US.

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Krista Schultz's avatar

Yes. I was going to say the same. But who’s going to impeach them? You need to overthrow the traitors. I mean, Trump wants to help Putin be dictator of Europe and Trump wants North and Central America for himself. At least, that’s how I see it.

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Amanda Chapman's avatar

Do you have a link to EUdebates.tv that shows anything more recent than 2022?

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RW Taylor's avatar

Thank you for your service and dedication. Not a moment was wasted!

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Ed Garland's avatar

Amen!

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Ed Garland's avatar

@Kirsten Hockaday ... Thank you for your service.

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Pam Abernathy's avatar

It just keeps getting worse.

WE STAND STRONG.

WE STAND UNITED.

Keep your courage.

We shall resist.

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William gibbs's avatar

This son of a bitch HAS to GO now and I mean right now, enough already!!

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fill triplett's avatar

I hope he finally has his heart attack that his dementia is gearing up for! Pressure him, pressure him! 😹🤣😂

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Pam Masterson's avatar

I’ve been hoping he would just have titanic stroke end up on a ventilator, aphasia and just aware enough to know he was never coming back to upright life. an Ariiel Sharon kinda stroke event. Just wishful

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

Let’s just hope that some kind of demise for chump comes sooner than later. Can’t nobody stand his azz.

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Espresso Aficionada's avatar

Not on ventilator- just gone & cremated

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Rusty (Woke/DEI Commenter)'s avatar

Devine intervention is clearly not working. I forget… what was plan B again?

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Espresso Aficionada's avatar

Well he likely has a lot of cerebrovascular disease -hope he has a hemorrhagic stroke & heart attack today

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Ed Garland's avatar

@William gibbs ... I agree. I suspect he will self-destruct at the rate he's going. The missteps he and others are making will cost them dearly.

When the loved ones of folks hired to protect them begin to suffer the atmosphere will be electric with anger, rage, and resentment. "Et Tu, Brutus?"

This power-hungry regime of hate is on a trajectory to nowhere. There will be no safe place for these miscreants. Even their families will not be safe. "... And the rocks cried out, 'No hiding place!'"

Note: I suspect Zookerbug is building his underground bugout mansion because he fears society is going to collapse. He isn't the only one. The problem he and others like him may face is the Earth vomiting them out.

Despite the technology and the assurances that underground hideaways and fortresses are "earthquake, nuclear and bomb proof" Mother Nature doesn't GAD about their crazy claims and assertions.

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Tamara Gerkin's avatar

When young hackers with no clue as to how the government runs, I am not surprised that these young men would make major screw ups. As for Elon, he knew better and knew full well who was fired. I heard there were 350 + that were fired.

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Seth Michael s.'s avatar

Another lawsuit coming his way

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Amy Horowitch's avatar

I’m so pissed. Trump is so fucking stupid. His entire team is being run by morons.. I feel every level of our govt is open for a hostile takeover and Insecure.

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

This is all brazen and blatant treason. Musk should be arrested and charged.

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Mickey's avatar

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!! Where is BATMAN when you call for him??

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Mickey's avatar

All the Heroes lost their jobs when cellphones came in to use. The Heroes lost their telephone ☎️ booths to change in to their spandex costumes and Capes!!

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Jean Conley's avatar

......and Superman, and all the other heroes.......

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Mickey's avatar

Let’s send out the Bat signal tonight!!

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Tamara Gerkin's avatar

It looked like Scotch on the rocks to me, or maybe Whiskey…heck who knows? What ever it was, it was two shots.

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Jen's avatar

Didn't he say he wouldn't drink on the job if he was confirmed as SecDef?

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ramona j's avatar

He wouldn't lie, would he now. Who stops drinking so heavily so fast. No one that's who

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Jen's avatar

Exactly.

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

Maybe vodka. I'm waiting for the inevitable embarrassing public display of drunkenness, the slurring and the falling-down-drunk incident.

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Jean Conley's avatar

ONLY two????

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Kimberley Williams's avatar

It’s a treasonous nightmare! Wtf happened to USA?! I feel sick daily now because of this traitorous treasonous regime

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Jean Conley's avatar

You're not alone. When I read watched this clip a few moments ago, I honestly DID become nauseous. That feeling hasn't gone away yet. I'm a chocolate addict--and it hardly ever happens that I don't want it. Now is one of those rare times.

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Marc Klein's avatar

And this is Making America Great Again how?

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Kimberley Williams's avatar

It’s MAWA now! Making America Worse Again. He screwed things up his first term and here we go again!

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Rusty (Woke/DEI Commenter)'s avatar

I’ve asked that same question on so many forums and nobody seems to have an answer. Just show me ONE egg he has reduced the price on… but NO.

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Ed Garland's avatar

How? It's the uprising of The Robber Barons 2.0. America (and the World, for that matter) are supposed to be the plaything(s) of the wealthy. Every time "Make America Great Again" was uttered we heard it from a member of the "Haves." The "Have Nots" are the rest of us!

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P A Williams's avatar

As a memory.

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Nikki 💙's avatar

Oh this was not a mistake! I think he wants us to be vulnerable. Truly scary!

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Jean Conley's avatar

Yes, he does because he loves Putin, Xi, and Kim. He wants to show just how much of a friend he can be. Therefore, if he reduces our (military?) defenses to THEIR levels, then he will think they're his best friends...........

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Irma Alcala's avatar

This mistake is representative of these maggots; they can’t see past their money and racism!🙄

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fill triplett's avatar

They are like the old saying goes, "They will cut off their nose, just to spite their own face"!

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David Howard's avatar

I doubt that China or any enemy could inflict such damage on the US in a few weeks as an aging mentally challenged wannabe and a demented immigrant have done

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Ed Garland's avatar

@ David Howard ... Yup. Aided and abetted by the dummies who stayed home thinking they'd "hurt the Dems" when all they did was boost Dumpty into the WH for round two of JAN6!!! Stupid lazy SOB's who didn't bother to pay attention or look up the word "tariff." Suddenly all the Trump flags are gone from front lawns, flagpoles and backyard BBQ "headquarters."

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Michele Iaia's avatar

Agree w you Ed, except the flags are still flying high (they’re everywhere in So. FLA). They’d rather cut off their nose to spite their face than admit they’ve been conned by Dumb & Dummer aka Dumpty and Muskolini.

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pika81chu's avatar

Trump is isolating the US to likely sell off the country to the highest bidder in the future, but they're going to manipulate Trump so that they can rip him off, and he won't even realize it

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PW's avatar

I don’t think it was accidental. When they hire back, they require fealty to The Felon above all else. He had a general blocking him from control of the Nukes last time. This is his way to weed them out and only have sycophants. It’s all part of him taking complete control.

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Ed Garland's avatar

That's the likely plan but, I've got a feeling we're going to see another Sammy The Bull vs The Teflon Don scenario in short order.

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Todd Hitch's avatar

Fuck Elon !!!!!!

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Jean Conley's avatar

And the Psycho in the Oval Office, and the VP in his office, and any and all republiCRAPS who support them.

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Donna R.'s avatar

Well, the CIA just gotta be stoked about sensitive information making it's way around the globe.

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Douglas Harp's avatar

Wonder if the CIA could respond.....in some way???

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Ed Garland's avatar

Just wait until "something" happens to them personally or professionally. The response is likely not in the training manual(s).

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RW Taylor's avatar

Not THIS CIA!

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P A Williams's avatar

The CIA cannot operate in the USA

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Ed Garland's avatar

Dallas, 1963. A trifecta of agencies pulled that off.

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Debbie A's avatar

And this is what republicans and maga supports!🤷‍♀️

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P A Williams's avatar

Yes, they support because they're cowards

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Pamela Beckford's avatar

Incompetence and just plain ignorance.

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Lynn's avatar

I don’t believe it was an accident. Trump/Musk does stupid stuff to advertise for what’s really going on?

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christopher wilson's avatar

Holy shit. That really looked like Hegseth had a large Scotch in his hand! Firing nuclear technicians? Thinking BRICS is over (and China isn’t part of it!) DOGE site being hacked? A drunk as Sec Def, A cosplay puppy killer as head of DHS,a mentally ill animal vivisectionist/ vaccine denier head of HHS? This place is turning into the weirdest most fucked up running debacle fucking place on earth.

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Rusty (Woke/DEI Commenter)'s avatar

Quite the summary, but I think you nailed it.

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Dave Cassenti's avatar

Didn’t Hegseth promise to stop drinking if he became SecDef?

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Baby420's avatar

Yes, he did. I heard him say it. But like all the rest of them it was a LIE!!!

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Dave Cassenti's avatar

That’s perjury. Let’s rescind his appointment and remove him.

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ramona j's avatar

Nobody who drinks so heavily just stops one day. Give me a break. Effin liar

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fill triplett's avatar

Did he say that or tweet it?

If he VERBALLY said it, you KNOW he's lying, his damned lips were flapping!

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Baby420's avatar

He said it in his confirmation meeting.

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Steve's avatar

He meant water.

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Ed Garland's avatar

LOL 😂

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Ed Garland's avatar

He's an alcoholic who'll likely go into DT's if he stops. His liver is probably in terrible shape--which matches his pickled brain. He'll spectacularly fall off the wagon and we'll hear Speaker Johnson announce his prayer session and reaffirmation of his "Christian" faith, blah, blah, blah.

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Rusty (Woke/DEI Commenter)'s avatar

Well… you know you can never trust an addict. Especially one that says he doesn’t need treatment.

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Mr. D.'s avatar

Nothing to see here…trump’s diversions ultimately catch the light of day but not before real damage is done.

WATCH WHAT HE DOES, NOT WHAT HE SAYS. Or his minions but if you happen to hear what the idiots, Vance & Hedghog, say you will know how incredibly stupid they are. And now Trump wants 50% of rare minerals from Ukraine then deny NATO membership plus give up their territory.

THESE ARE THE GOOD OLD DAYS?

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mary M keymer's avatar

This is completely insane.. I read the Republicans were calling the WH and yelling that they have to get NNSA employees back. This is way too much for any of us to have to deal with. Dumpty saying he is going to leave Zelinski out of the talks with polonium Putin... Can't all these Trump voters see how sick he is.

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Ms Ryan's avatar

Right wing media doesn’t tell them or spins it in some absurd way, and they suck it up. Personal experience.

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Steve's avatar

To them it's all fake news.

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fill triplett's avatar

They are slowly, but only when they are PERSONALLY injured, like a woman in Alabama, she couldn't get her medication and either she died, our nearly did.... FAFO is coming full circle, karma is a BEEATCH!

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Ed Garland's avatar

@ mary M Keymer ... To your question--no. Trump voters worship the devil's manservant. They're willfully blind.

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Krista Schultz's avatar

Well now, this is the same government whose VP & Secretary of Defence just gave away their game plan with Ukraine in front of the entire European Union, so…? Thankfully, the two made an absolute monkey’s balls of themselves in their first international outing.

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Ryan Urie's avatar

In the future, could you please not start headlines with "Trump Accidentally Fires Nuke"? That scared the shit out of me!

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RW Taylor's avatar

Yes! That word “team” was way too far from “nukes” 🫣🤯😱

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Larry Schmidt's avatar

What is the most disturbing, is how the G.O.P. Has become totally CORRUPT MAGA CULT! The Sick, LIAR, Convict, Traitor Deranged, Putin supporter is Destroying America! We MTM are one of the most powerful Guardrails for Democracy!

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Denise Chavez's avatar

All I can say is - Please dear God help us - please!

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Crissy Bellon's avatar

tRump thinks the word 'tariff', if HE speaks it, is like an instant jar of Boogeyman that he has popped open on them ('them' being any country that he knows absolutely nothing about, which is about 180 of them🤦🏽‍♀️). Good God man, we will soon be invaded by the North Pole, and we will lose, because our country is being governed (I use that word loosely) by the most incompetent twits ever put in the same cabinet together.🙄😒🙂‍↔️

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Rosemary Smekal's avatar

Does Musk have access to the Witness Protection Program?

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fill triplett's avatar

Everything that's electronic on the government's "secure" Server! EVERYTHING!

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Rosemary Smekal's avatar

Very scary

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RW Taylor's avatar

What? Say more

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RobinW's avatar

I thought about that & under cover federal agents in & out of the country & military/ships movements safety when Musk got into the government systems with zero restrictions. He is a self serving narcissist ass hat just like Trump is. They could care less who they hurt or get killed as long as they get theirs. Ukraine is Trumps little play toy just like the USA is & as long as Putin gets what Putin wants he could care less about what happens to any of the people.

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Terry Tilmon's avatar

Anybody that stands before the American people and talk about a fictional character like "Hannibal Lecter" should be in an insane asylum and not the Oval Office. Anybody that voted for the person that does the above should be roommates.

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Marilyn Nosal's avatar

For some reason I believe they are mocking us… tRump and Vance are psychopaths and we are being played. I remember after he won he taunted saying something about the election machines in PA being rigged, with a jeer on his face. PIG

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fill triplett's avatar

That's because THEY were! For HIM! Why does EVERYONE forget that he said at 2 of his hate festivals... "You don't have to vote for me. I have all the votes I need!"

"You can stay home if you don't want to go out!"

_*Election Fraud Proof_*

https://youtu.be/8NfY2I75fdI?si=fQT9W49hSWuOGSfz

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RobinW's avatar

Yep.. Elon fixed it for him. The multiple bomb threats called into multiple swing states & vote tabulation centers from Russia. They had plenty of maga running the sites, malware could have been installed to activate at a certain time to mess with votes & election results.

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Crissy Bellon's avatar

And what are Faux and other fascist networks saying about this???? 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

Or.... Praising tRump for 'catching' the mistakes of incompetent Biden leftovers..... And the cult nods and claps.... Like the wind-up brainwashed cymbal monkeys that they are 🙈🙉🧟‍♀️

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SueJ's avatar

Who could have foreseen the DOGEbag Clusterphuque? Uh, everyone with working brain cells?

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Landon's avatar

Alright we gotta figure out a different headline, for a split second I read ‘Trump accidentally fires nuke weapons’ 😂😂

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fill triplett's avatar

😹🤣😂 I did also! I nearly had a heart attack! I just knew I must have read it wrong... Please Lord?

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RW Taylor's avatar

I guess we probably wouldn’t have had time to read it

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Donna R.'s avatar

😂😂😂

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RW Taylor's avatar

Me too 🤯😱

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Teri Gelini's avatar

How far does this have to go before someone stops the insanity?? We average Americans arrears also having our info hacked if they are into social security and medicare/medicaid and probably the IRS! At 73 never expected to have the last years of life with so much chaos and hate in America.

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Jean Conley's avatar

And this Dictator Criminal Orange Buffoon Orange Doofus Incompetent Insane Bimbo thinks Biden "lost it"????????????????????? OMG! How stupid can THIS JERKS supporters be??? And the Goon doesn't even know what BRICS is? Isn't this incompetent ignorant idiot supposed to know since he is the president? Bet Biden knows what BRICS is................. He sounds so stupid it's embarrassing and shameful--should be to all of us. But of course, not his beloved republiCRAPS. Bet they're cheering thinking he's so wonderful. (sarc.)

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Dore Richard's avatar

Someone mentioned this is treason and it is blatant high crimes and misdemeanors as they say I’ve sent this thread and associated news from other sources to every Republican senator. I can find an email !! do the same flood them with facts flood them with our outrage. They may not be our senators, but they’re gonna hear from me anyway, because they are complicit… Enabling… And are as much at fault as the muskrats.

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Baby420's avatar

It's got to be stressful to be in a position way over your head. OF COURSE IT'S A DAMN DRINK.

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psd505's avatar

FuckFuckFuckFuckkityFuck!!!!!!! What an incredible douchebag menace!🤯🤬🤯🤬🤯🤬🤯

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DiIezzatti's avatar

Ahh..now that's a sentiment I can relate to💙

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Donna Jones's avatar

Here come Russia

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Jean Conley's avatar

....and China....and North Korea.....and.......

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Sheila Kelly's avatar

Just incompetent.

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Jean Conley's avatar

You're way too polite!!!

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Nicole's avatar

It’s what the republicans want.

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Max P.'s avatar

Every Republican Senator that voted for Trump’s Nazi Cabinet has committed Treason and made every American less safe as we sleep in our beds. Russia now has superiority over us and will use that power. Vladimir Putin has won.

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S. Rose Smith-Hayes's avatar

Impeach or 25th Amendment Time......

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Kaname (she/her)'s avatar

We're going to have to go several places down the line to find anyone competent but honestly.. probably a good idea

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Gloria Marconi's avatar

The incompetence is deliberate. The whole purpose of this administration and Pres. Musk is to destroy the government. Just look at the cabinet choices that they made.

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Linde Liu's avatar

He’s a goddam moron and too stupid to realize it, with lackeys to confirm every stupid utterance that dribbles from his angry senile shriveled walnut of a brain

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Deborah Alecson's avatar

I am shitting in my pants over this horror.

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Peter Colbourne's avatar

Only the most incompetent people!

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Anna Fawcett's avatar

When are the Republicans going to come out of their kool aid comas??? We need leaders to get us out of this mess.

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Bill's avatar

It's time for his FOURTH IMPEACHMENT 👎👎👎‼️‼️‼️NOW AND ALSO PRESIDENT MUSK SHOULD BE DEPORTED ‼️‼️‼️‼️👎🤬😡NOW

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RW Taylor's avatar

Maybe Mitch could get redemption. Convict the convict.

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Luccia's avatar

Was this due to incompetence or treason?

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fill triplett's avatar

Treason!!! Remember, he claims he's a genius, sooo it HAS to be TREASON.

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Luccia's avatar

Then why are the members of congress not removing him?! The level of corruption! How can these people sleep at night?

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RobinW's avatar

Because they - the R congress & senate are in on the corruption & over half the R congress & senate are maga fascists.

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Luccia's avatar

They perfectly planned it and the stupidest voted for it.

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RobinW's avatar

Both.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Of course because they just get in the way.

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Richard L.'s avatar

He is the ultimate puppet and will sign any executive order put in front of him. I suspect he doesn’t even read them; he didn’t read the presidential daily briefing during his first term.

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Cynthia Walsh's avatar

A circus! Enough. Impeach now before the dollar crashes and nukes fired. Unbelievable.

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Nancy K's avatar

What a bunch of idiots! This is scary stuff.

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Donna R.'s avatar

Gonna need a bigger oval office for all of his MAGA mouth pieces.

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Baby420's avatar

HE IS TOO DUMB TO KNOW WHAT ALL THESE PEOPLE DO. HE IS STUCK IN TECH MODE. TOTALLY FU*KING DIFFERENT DUMBASS!!!

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RW Taylor's avatar

Like most people who think they are “big picture” geniuses, they can’t focus on details that will kill us. Kakistocracy!

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Angie's avatar

Our military (the real ones, not the weekend warrior, Drunken Pete) needs to step in and haul these fascists out or we simply are not America anymore. If they don’t honor their oath to the constitution, then let’s not hear anything more about our brave men and women in uniform. Because it’ll be a proven lie.

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Janet's avatar

Their incompetence is shocking. I thought these clowns were planning this for years? Idiots!!

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Cathy Delia's avatar

The incompetence is mind boggling. We are so screwed!

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Rebecca's avatar

Negligence..In their case.. Equals freaking stupidity....

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Phgladko's avatar

Trump, Musk, Vance, Hegseth, Gabbard,Noem, Kennedy, Kash, Bondi, all have to go. Johnson would be president but I don't think he's that much of an asshole.

But since no one seems to want to follow the Constitution anyway, we can skip him and just ask Obama to come back. I know next in line is president pro tempore Grassley but he's an old part and we don't need him.

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RW Taylor's avatar

Kakistocracy!

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Penny Lee's avatar

Unbelievable!!! And this is just the beginning!!!!

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Diane E Bellard's avatar

"Accidentally"? What a bunch of morons! Elect a clown, expect a circus.

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Sharon Horton's avatar

That nuclear team should agree to be rehired IF their support staff is also brought back. The support staff shall consist of all the other federal employees that have been fired. Every. One. Of. Them.

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Celia Lewis's avatar

First they have to find them... they don't seem to know where their emails are or their personnel information... amazing incompetence caused by the chaotic firing process.

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kimberly ortiz's avatar

Why can’t we the people drag them out by their toes?

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Cheryl's avatar

No accident. Audits take much longer than what Musk is doing.

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Vanessa Human's avatar

Somebody better do something with trump and musk

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Laura's avatar

He is completely delusional

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Mike Yochim's avatar

Ben this is becoming more and more of a cluster f**k!

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Max P.'s avatar

The penalty for Treason includes the death penalty.

Look it up on one of those billionaire owned search engines. They can’t get rid of what’s in the Constitution no matter how hard they try and suppress facts. It’s there in black and white typeface.

Trump is a murderer. The Heritage Foundation are murderers. The Federalist Society are murderers. They are all brainwashed by Communist Chinese and Soviet era propaganda campaigns.

Karma reigns supreme, always. They just don’t realize yet like the rest of us do.

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Kathleen Zins's avatar

Agreed but who’s going to enforce anything?!

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JerryBier's avatar

The lying and the level of incompetence from the Trump administration is appalling. It’s ridiculous. Somebody needs to do something to remove this idiot from our government and it better happen real soon.

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Sandra Blessman's avatar

Trumps is so stupid

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MB Matthews, she/her's avatar

As I stated in my post last night about the DOGE website, there is a Clear bias in identifying employees of tenure.

I don't know about you but I want employees with tenure and experience in these positions and acknowledge that they deserve the salaries they receive! 😐

DOGE's publication of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission employees:

https://doge.gov/workforce?orgId=efa6700b-65c7-4cd8-8212-81f00dede964

Defense Nucleur Facilities Safety Board

https://doge.gov/workforce?orgId=ba4e20f7-faa0-4687-96c0-c3be6bba42bb

National Security Council

https://doge.gov/workforce?orgId=efa6700b-65c7-4cd8-8212-81f00dede964

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board:

https://doge.gov/workforce?orgId=735af133-6e25-4e74-83af-21ae834404da

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Tam's avatar

It is Putin. Trump cannot govern a piss-up in a brewery.

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Donna Ketterer's avatar

If repumags get this news (which I doubt), wonder if they will look up from the TV?

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Sylvia Salazar's avatar

POTUS Dufus is likely to scare up at any minute.

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Michael Dennis's avatar

I wonder, if even we the skeptical, are not trying to normalize the abnormal as it sorta helps accept the unacceptable. Add up the actions of the Donald’s previous four years. What he’s said and done in the interim. Now, more of the same but at a breathtaking velocity. Remove the unavoidable inclination to sane wash the insane (even us, we’re human after all.) Whats left? The Manchurian Candidate is what. Follow the money and the outcomes to his insane behavior and tell me it’s just because he’s an idiot! He makes breathtaking amounts of money and Putin realizes his fondest desires. Someone whose first language probably isn’t English appears to be pulling the strings. I’m no supporter of conspiracies, but I also hold numerous patents as a result of ignoring ‘known fact’ and following the data to wherever it leads.

This isn’t a good mess to leave to my kids and grandkids. Just say’n. Oh yeah, Donald continues to harp about ‘sleepy Joe’…four years of quiet, boring governance with results. Isn’t that what successful government should be? Boring. You know, markets quietly going up, inflation drifting down, GDP going up, on-shoring manufacturing, jobs aplenty, issues being dealt with deliberately with an eye to avoiding unintended consequences. Yup, slow and way more boring than this current chaos. Sorry about the run on, I don’t know any elevator stories.

Mike Dennis

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Rusty (Woke/DEI Commenter)'s avatar

Totally agree. Nothing but chaos and embarrassment with Trump 1.0 and now with Trump 2.0 you get the same times 1000.

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Mick Scott's avatar

Sen. Thom Tillis needs to call all his Senate colleagues and say, "OK, this is enough. This clown is going to get us all killed unless we stand united and tell him to knock it off. DOGE is done, and no more executive orders or I'LL write the orders of impeachment myself."

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elliemae.padme66's avatar

Don't expect much action from Tillis. No spine.; already drunk the kool-aid. Hoping he loses his next Primary, but NC has , alas, a ton of hate groups in state.

The SPLC and Common Cause have statistics on this.

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Cindy Wiggins's avatar

The Trump/Musk regime has transitioned from mere stupidity to reckless endangerment by putting lives of Americans at risk. The degree of their recklessness warrants a felony charge. Their level of incompetence has earned the regime the title of The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.

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ramona j's avatar

It is so obvious that the turd is not up to the job. Demented. Old. Confused. Dangerous. What are the options here? What is it gonna take for someone on the right to say enough s enough. This isn't going to end well.

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Ms Ryan's avatar

What about the meidas mighty putting up certain color lights, candles in windows or outside like Xmas lights across America. Maybe there’s a vendor who could sell through your website or a meidas mighty flag we could display?

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Marijane Mercer's avatar

Oh, for God's sake (literally) lock these reckless people up....I pray for that day...it will come!

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Fabulous's avatar

Next we will see the last word dropped from the title.

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Theresa Mullins's avatar

🤦‍♀️

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Give it two months, max. All the trump voters will be wandering around in a daze, muttering "Wha. . ? Wha. . .? What happened to our country. . . ?

YOU did, you morons. . .

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Patrice La Belle, M.D.'s avatar

Remember when Trump (and Steven Miller) had the family separation program for illegal immigrants and the didn't keep records of where the children were sent? Well this time, they fired people in our nuclear regulatory agency and didn't keep records of who they were and how to reach them. New year, same negligence.

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Gigi's avatar

Traitor Trump has always thought National Security is overrated. He is a traitor and already gave Musk intel information, and Russian agent Musk does not even have security clearance!!!! Putin is just waiting for the right time to step in ..

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Duke Tacadena's avatar

Putin phone call requested it, the puppet obliged.

SCOTUS and the MAGAt Minions must be so proud.

A fool that couldn’t pass a security clearance to board a US. Nuclear submarine is now in charge of them. WE ARE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WORLD.

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Lori's avatar

This is what happens when an idiot is elected!!!

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Amy's avatar

Buffoon Melon Felon

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Donna's avatar

How much will it take for people to see how unqualified these politicians are.

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Amy's avatar

Complete buffoon melon felon - did anyone else see that he signed an EO prohibiting the use of the word ‘felon’ - didn’t he say something at the inauguration about how we’re going to have free speech again? 🤦‍♀️

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Bambi Vargo's avatar

the inmates are running the asylum.

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Donald Gallacher's avatar

Scary? Add this to the headline from the Guardian as to how "JD Vance's Munich speech laid bare the collapse of the transatlantic alliance"... European leaders are not happy, let's just say. Neither is Zelenskyy, as Trump is still asking for 50 percent of their minerals in return for help ALREADY given! The Guardian and the Observer tell it better than I do....

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JB's avatar

UNBELIEVABLE!! Liars gonna lie! He doesn't care about anything except himself. Malignant narcissist destroying our country... seems like nobody cares... When will this nightmare be over??

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Suzn Sez's avatar

Trump should try to make America great again by firing Elon and hiring Luigi.

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Eva Camacho Guzman's avatar

They say Vote for trump what can go wrong? 🤦🏽‍♀️ Some say Vote 3rd party because both are the same! 🤦🏽‍♀️

THIS! 🤬🤬🤬

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Patrice La Belle, M.D.'s avatar

Does Trump think that the American people are nothing more than the audience of the Apprentice that he can manipulate as he pleases without real consequences?

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Espresso Aficionada's avatar

Taking “fires Nukes” out of context -I was horrified

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James Jaramillo's avatar

Yes, I Absolutely Agree. When I saw the incomplete headline on the thumbnail, my first thought was "OMFG, Which one of our biggest cities is going to get obliterated first?"

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Betty Wilusz's avatar

Trump has got to go mentally incompetent, dementia, deplorable!

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Cindy's avatar

It just keeps getting better...🤬

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Nancy Andersen's avatar

Do you think Putin is influencing Musk? Some of DOGE's egregious moves seem too stupid not to be done on purpose.

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Nina's avatar

What idiots! Just the name, "National Nuclear Security Administration" should be a clue as to what it is!!

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Nancy Ellen Maitri Peden, D.D.'s avatar

Putin want's back into G7. NATO has been destroyed. Ukraine abandoned. Wtfu friends.

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Nancy Ellen Maitri Peden, D.D.'s avatar

Hegseth handed Putin NATO now he wants back into G7. This is horrid.

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

Marko " I'm a COOL racist MoFo" Elez: DUUUDE!!!! Let's fire more people! Elon's giving me my own lifetime Ketamine supply! WOOHOO!!!!

"oh, duh. They took care of the nukes? My bad!"

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New England Bunny's avatar

I vote for malicious and intentionally fired. Trump and Musk couldn't care less about anyone but themselves.

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Catherine Joan's avatar

Look at this “old” 2022 story. Elon claims he only talked to Putin about 18 months before Oct 2022 (April 2021’ish)? Was he working with Putin and Trump back then, too?Seems Musk has been on Russia’s side for a long time, doesn’t it? https://www.newsweek.com/did-elon-musk-alleged-call-putin-violate-logan-act-1750934

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Jeff K.'s avatar

Please, please, please fact check all your statements before presenting them as news. In particular, the statement that Pete Hegseth was drinking at that meeting. This claim has been debunked. I am 100% on board with and appreciate you holding this administration accountable, but when you propagate false information, you open the door for others to doubt the rest of your reporting.

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Lauren K's avatar

How is he not arrested for treason?!!! He is siding with the President of our enemy! How are his dumbass supporters ok with this ?!!

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Sandra Pinot's avatar

Elon doesn't do anything 'by accident '.

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Philip Simone's avatar

Well, jogging my memory a bit…his Energy Secretary for the first debacle had NO IDEA that our nukes were in his portfolio….

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Knokkels's avatar

Now, Johnny, a former hoofsmith, strangely in trump's favor will head the nuclear safety board. Because nepotism trumps safety

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James G. Hermsen's avatar

Was it really a fatal error, I think it was all planned. They hoped no one would notice anything, but when they were caught with their "pants down" then they came up with an error. Wonder if Obama is going to be blamed for this breach of conduct, or Biden and Harris? Never Trump and Musk.

Now how are they going to explain this to Putin who ordered it.

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Dana Cochrane's avatar

Putey can't believe how easy it was to destroy America! All he needed was a useful IDIOT, and his trump bailouts created the perfect IDIOT! Never had to fire a shot! SMFH!

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Silence Is Complicity's avatar

I'm sure that Putin is pleased to hear that his minions, President Musk and Executive Secretary Trump, have come through for him yet again.

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Thomas Thompson's avatar

Trump and Musk are both Russian allies, and the sooner the rest of our govt. admits that, the better our chances of remaining a free democracy! Musk is so overtly a Nazi, and Trump agreeing with every fascist thing he does, and this doesn't trigger a response from the intelligence community, the NSA, CIA, DIA, and every other acronym?

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Mel Lockett's avatar

For the first time in my 84 years I now understand why there are military coups. Come on senior US Generals, the world needs you!

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Lois Gertz's avatar

Is musk actually working for putin? Do we still have national security while a coup is in progress?

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Julie  Stokes's avatar

Love you 😍

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Tim's avatar

elonia "accidentally" fires trump into space with an X shot.🤯🚀

(not before x jr. wipes booger on capsule door.)

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Gigi's avatar

We need to impeach Traitor Trump and have the corrupt GOP removed for not doing their jobs!!

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Pamela Schunke's avatar

He needs a babysitter. While Vance is alienating the world Donny is doing insane things here.

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Hairbender's avatar

2 idiots in Germany as the rest are here not knowing what the F they're doing 🙄

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Jeanie Ryan's avatar

Hi Ben, a suggestion: pronounce DOGE as “dodgy”

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Thor_God_of_Thunder754's avatar

DERPA DERP!! WTAF!!! INCOMPETENCE AT IT'S FINEST!!!!!!!!!

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James Jaramillo's avatar

Don't you mean " INCOMPETENCE IDIOTICALLY DANGEROUS LIKE NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE!"? Just a suggestion. 👍

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Phil Pyne's avatar

Fatal for whom?

You a bot?

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wagsjamie's avatar

We will be Russia East because Putin is smarter than Musk and Trump. And Trump thinks that Putin is working WITH him.

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Emily McNamara's avatar

I don’t believe for a minute that anything those fools do is”accidental”.

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Jean Conley's avatar

The Orange Bimbo believes Putin wants peace????? What an ignorant moron! Yea, Putin wants peace alright but only after he gets what he wants--that's Ukraine.and Stupid Jerk is willing to give it to him. Then the Psycho in the oval office can proudly proclaim that he brought peace to the region. Never mind that it cost the Ukrainians theirs. He's so stupid and such a disgusting, stupid individual that it makes me want to scream.

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Olga Shey's avatar

People boycotting shopping at Amazon, Targets, Walmart, and all the stores who kissed the ring.

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Patricia Williamson's avatar

Malicious intent.

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Paul Aaron Roman's avatar

This would be the best cold open to a Doctor Who episode

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

I want to know who's in charge of making sure Hegseth keeps his promise that he'll be maintaining sobriety indefinitely.

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David A Pitock's avatar

Yeah, accidentally? He never does anything accidentally. He is just ignorant of how anything in government works. Did he believe we just leave our nukes just laying around? Without some kind of support team?.

Moron FFOTUS.

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Sandy Ramsay's avatar

If this man & his other body don't go immediately...he's going to start wwIII

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Jay  Kinard's avatar

Again, I weep for my country!

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Jean Conley's avatar

The Idiot in the Oval Office is such a dunce. He belongs in a mental institution, not in that office. What a psycho. MuskRAT needs to be in one also.

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Jan Tornout's avatar

There is nothing “accidental” going on here - this is mus(solini)k executing EXACTLY the coup d’état that he & trump planned, i.e., create a big time scare & chaos (“accidentally firing the nukes’ safety professionals & then calling them back immediately) so that the independent press’ attention focuses on the “unfathomable” WHILE the destruction of the US Institutions calmly continuous WITHOUT being re-raised since it is “old” news….musk (or the abbreviated nickname of musSOLINI(k)) wants to act like / follow the example of his “inspiration”, i.e., Sulla, who was a roman empire who murdered hundreds of his opponents while reforming the Roman state (cfr. Gideon Rachman, Financial Times p17, Tue 11 Feb ‘25)….

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MPT's avatar

Complete and utter incompetence - trump and his freak bot, maga, cult, minions.

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ConnerkRI's avatar

That’s what happens when you use a wrecking ball to do a job that requires surgical precision. Who knows what else has been destroyed by the gang that couldn’t shot straight while riding a bull in a china shop? I’m sure we’ll find out when our institutions start collapsing.

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Rachel Thomas's avatar

FDJT & F Musk! They need to be kicked to the curb NOW!! But that won’t happen. My God this is literally watching our Nation BURN

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Patricia Lane's avatar

This administration is comprised of f’ ing morons. Fired the people that are responsible to handle nuclear weapons. Musk bleeds classified information all over the place. WTF are we doing ? Just standing around listening to Trump talk about how he trusts Vladimir Putin?

Dear Jesus.

Are they next going to be confused enough to blow us all up ?

These people are the the greatest danger imaginable.

They are mowing down regulations that made it possible for Government to work . All they know is destroy and ask questions later . I say lock them up while we evaluate the destruction .

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Dina  Gonzalez's avatar

It’s intentional for Putins benefit.

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Ron Bailey's avatar

We are under attack and the Republicans are on their knees with penises in their mouths!

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Barbara Wood's avatar

Question: If fotus fired all those nuclear workers,is that not proof enough that he should be impeached--STAT? He is incapable of fulfilling his duties.

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Lloyd Henderson's avatar

Some accident. It was bound to happen with the Trump-Musk cabal.

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DG's avatar

If it weren't for the fact that our country has become a pariah country faster than Germany did almost a century ago, as well as the fact that who knows where our personal info as well as national classified info has gone to, this situation would rank up there with an episode of the Keystone Kops for the level of incompetence being exhibited. Rest assured though, I'm not laughing. Not by a long shot.

How long will this go one before the shit hits the fan for real in this country?

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leslianne Lamonte's avatar

Trump and Musk are so greedy they are firing all essential staff. They are indiscriminate with their poor control. Yet they claim to be geniuses! They are morons! Nothing smart about these low lifes.

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Nana's avatar

He’s stupid I think we should bombard Congress and the White House with phone calls of complaining that the president doesn’t even know what brics is. He let Elon Musk release classified information and he’s allowing Elon Musk to attack federal agency when EM not even legal Dept. I really think we could do something by calling WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS. WE have to do more CALL THEM COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT TRUMP IS DOING TO AMERICA WE CAN DO CHANGE. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS

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Lloyd Henderson's avatar

Another important news story from the Meidas Touch people. Who needs broadcast network news?

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Katbg57's avatar

Omg! I live with a “They are both brilliant businessmen” I’m appalled!

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Linda Hinkley's avatar

OMG 🙄🙄🙄

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Madge Russell's avatar

I don't know if we're down the rabbit hole or through the looking glass, but reality seems to be lacking from the present circumstances.

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Stacie Carlson's avatar

I think Trump is trying to get us killed! WTF is he doing? Is he on drugs?

Hegseth swore he wouldn't drink anymore if he got the job. What was that, like a week ago? Trump! Your brother was an alcoholic! You knew better than to believe an alcoholic! WTF are you gonna do with this mess? Everybody told you! You don't listen!

Vance, where were you speaking this week that only 3 people in the audience clapped? Then, when you left, they talked about how bad you were, and how pissed they were about what you said.

Elon Musk running loose with his band of boy hackers, stealing everyone's personal information... where'd our money go from those agencies you took over, Elon? I'm sure we'd all like to see an accounting of that money! Transparency!

4 epic failures in just the last few days. Now there's some nuclear eff up? Hey MAGA, is this all rigged too? Are these all lies, told by the left? Just checking!

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kathyw.'s avatar

Sounds like a musk play..... empty nukes and get russia to come in and take over.

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MICHAEL'S CURIOUS WORLD's avatar

Trump has made the USA an unreliable ally. Europe, not Trump, must decide the future of Europe.

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Lulu Manus's avatar

These were smart moves if you are working for Vladimir Putin.

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Lulu Manus's avatar

He is a Russian operative.

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LRD's avatar

It's obvious that Trump has dementia and he is Not the one making the decisions. ELON is the president! Posting classified information is deliberate sabotage of the USA. It's all intentional. ELON is trying to dismantle democracy and Stephen Miller and Susie Wiles standby helpless to do anything because they know ELON bought the presidency. They had no idea they created a Frankenstein rampage that they have no way to stop. . Trump has no idea what ELON is doing. Midas and the Democrats you can talk until you blue in the face. Talk Talk Talk, March, Protest. All of that is BS, We Need to Stop the destruction of this county. You don't see ELON wrecking China, Russia or other countries. ELON found a country/ Presidency he could buy and he bought Trump!

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

What is it (honestly), that normal everyday ppl can do about any of this? We can only call and write our senators or reach out to our congressional representatives so much. Not everyone has the power or time to join a peaceful protest somewhere. Those who have the power to really try and put a stop to this should be doing so. As I see some already are.

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Michael Richardson's avatar

Ben I feel you made a tactical mistake when Jessica Denson was calling for a recount while it could still be done and you fired her from the Medias Touch group. What the hell man?

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Rob and Diana's avatar

Trump, MAGA, Musk, et.al. have flung the doors wide open on our national security. And what? Crickets.

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Jennifer Dyke's avatar

I've never felt more unsafe as an American in my own country. It's bad enough we live with a proliferation of guns with mass shootings practically common place, but now we have a demented turd drunk on power back in the oval office having federal workers fired and entire departments closed as fast as he can spin in his office chair. Now our nukes were nearly left unattended!? I swear to God, Jethro Bodine could do a better job (for the kiddies, see The Beverly Hillbillies).

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William Wakley's avatar

Hogsbreath, Justa Dick, and the space nazi are all a joke that is not funny and deadly. The Douche bag boys are not funny either.

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Haidee Landry's avatar

The incompetence is epic

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L Peluso's avatar

Gross incompetence. Invoke the 25th already!

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Victoria Lukens's avatar

Invoke section 4 of the 25th Amendment. The orange clown is not fit for any purpose. This is what happens when the psycho in charge allows another psycho and their gang of pimply faced teenage hackers to get their grubby mitts on secret and highly sensitive data.

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Marita Sullivan's avatar

Any agency with ‘safety’ in its name seems to be a target 🤦‍♀️

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Janet's avatar

Definitely intentional. Baby x is in the house.

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KatVersc's avatar

Even MAGA can understand how serious this is. Even the GOP can understand how potentially lethal this can be. MAGA did not sign up for Elon Musk, they unknowingly got a two-for. They voted for lower eggs and bacon prices, not nuclear annihilation on native soil. I wonder how they feel about Trump now. It is time for the GOPers with any brains to initiate the impeachment process, Trump is going to kill us all. I'd say skip the due process part and vote him out, have him arrested and thrown in jail, and take Elon Musk with him and have him charged with treason.

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Janina Fenigsen's avatar

Hostile takeover of the US by a SA broligarch with a little help of his very own best-potus-money-can-buy

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Erin's avatar

Anything with the word NUCLEAR should be a priority 🤬🤬

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joylightin@gmail.com's avatar

Malicious and also brain damage

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Carolea Hassard's avatar

So these teenager computer programmers are stupid and careless and arrogant like their leader? Fancy that. What excuse does that Fox channel give?

Musk bemoans how much information is classified. After he said releasing the names of his teenage hackers was "a crime." Very inconsistent, this fellow.

He needs to be jailed.

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Williss's avatar

Fire Musk immediately and replace your loyal yes stooges and with professionals who actually know what they’re doing?

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Barbara Fairfax's avatar

Question??? I can’t bring myself to watch anything on Fox News- not good for my health. Question is is any of this getting out to only Fox watchers??

Pam Abernathy: just by chance u read this Abernathy was my maiden name … born n the Southern Tier part on NYState.

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Jeff McManus's avatar

Elon is a piece of dogeshit.

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Ruthy Wexler's avatar

When will OUR representatives (NOT Trump’s to town, but ours) call this what it is: treason?? When will one of the pillars of our democracy—the “free” press—call out the truth: that this is truly treason.

If we get out of this alive, the first thing to work on is to show human beings how not to cave to the bully in the room.

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Debbie Rathert's avatar

So naive. I think Putin wants something to happen bc they’re losing. And is laughing every day at him.

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Brad Bray's avatar

I think it is beyond any doubt at this point that we are witnessing the literal embodiment of "The Simpsons" (and worse) in our government. Heck, The Simpsons are more believable and rational than what we are seeing!!! God help us.

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Mar.D's avatar

This is so scarey. I cannot even find the words right now.

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Lone Birgitte Reeslev's avatar

Talking of nuclear weaponry, please follow me on this (am I the only one seeing this?):

Last Friday, Feb. 14, azzaaaaazzzz Russian drone, armed with a high-explosive warhead, struck the Chernobyl nuclear power plant piercing the concrete structure protecting the damaged reactor. Russia takes no responsibility, but am I wildly off in thinking that this is a way Putin could de facto be waging nuclear war on Ukraine claiming accident and not intent?

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JEREMY's avatar

THEY SHOULD DEMAND EVEN HIGHER WAGES AND PERKS FORM TRUMP TO GET THEM BACK

TRUMP / ELON MORONS CONTINUES TO FLOUT EVERYTHING WHAT UP THE NATION HAS BECOME SPINLESS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW TRUMPS / ELON 4TH REICH CARRY ON GATHERING MORE SPEED AS A RUN A WAY TRAIN, ITS NOT GOING TO END WELL THE LONGER ITS NOT DERAILED.

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Joe Casey's avatar

This Is What Happens !! When You Have Unvented Person !? Person Like Elon Musk !!? With No Security Clearance !! Running Things !!!?

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Lory Buno's avatar

It's called STUPIDITY & IGNORANCE plain & simple. We are experiencing a Trump- Musk- Vance COUP against the USA,😈

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Phyllis's avatar

🤦🏼‍♀️

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Ms. Sabreen's avatar

I can appreciate everything our democrats are doing, but how come they didn't bust past that fake dude with a child's bandage on the side of his neck. He didn't even have a badge or anything, push past him and do the job our tax dollars pay for them to do. Get arrested, regroup and become stronger, with more people in than them and go right back with more members and those with authority figures. For the love of God turn up "FOR THE PEOPLE ".

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bettievanoverbeke's avatar

Thank you for written summary. Unable to listen to news anymore as getting violently upset hearing it. Can tolerate reading still.

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Debbie Peters's avatar

Absolutely the most incompetent person ever!! And he’s President please let us get through this nightmare

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Delores Rawls's avatar

Well maybe they did on purpose. Maybe they are planning to stock pile Russia.

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Harry Barker's avatar

Fire! Aim! Ready!

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I just want to read from you a little bit from this story. Then I want to talk about the classified information that's not supposed to be revealed to foreign sources that was just posted on the Doge website. We could talk about how hackers access the Doge website. We'll talk about all of this.