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Annie Moore's avatar

Now Tesla will crash. Everything Trump touches fails

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KM's avatar

Exactly!! Everything Trump touches turns to mold! 😄

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PMF's avatar

💩 more aptly describes whatever the orange clown touches

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Sue Brubaker's avatar

That's a nicer of putting it than I would've

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David A Pitock's avatar

Same here

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Yvonne Hughes's avatar

Everything Trump touches, turns to shit!

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Adrianne's avatar

Have you been watching the reports on Tesla? Elon was tanking them all by himself. However there's probably a bankruptcy coming shortly, that's the Donald touch!!

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Annie Moore's avatar

Probably but now Musk rats Starlink is in jeopardy as well. Easy free fall now

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JF's avatar

Too bad TMobile just partnered with Starlink. They are being pretty quiet about it, but I heard it from Scott Galloway. When I called TMobile to voice my complaint, they didn’t deny it.

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MorningStar's avatar

Drop T-Mobile! Se how easy that is!

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JF's avatar
Mar 11Edited

Verizon isn’t much better! They are pretty hard right wing. TMobile used to be progressive.

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Cristie P's avatar

T-Mobile is working w Starlink was the point

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MorningStar's avatar

That IS an a-ha moment! Thanks for the info! Honestly, I didn't read that T-Mobile is taking the jinga linga ling!

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Cristie P's avatar

yea, I already called and voiced my thoughts and I'm going to call again..

and again… .and again… etc

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MorningStar's avatar

Yeah, so you get rid of them like I did!

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JF's avatar

Well I’m glad you did. I live in a rural area without many options, and since I live off grid I use cell service for my internet.

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MorningStar's avatar

That's unfortunate. There are other companies to not buy from. I understand your plight. You have to do what you have to do. I support you.

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JF's avatar

Well, a little more digging revealed that TMobile owns Mint. So, back to square one. Sometimes our “wallet votes” are limited.

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MorningStar's avatar

Oh, a monopoly. I hate how they have us hogtied! Really pisses me off, JF. Thanks for letting us know about MINT! I was going to switch from Consumer Cellular, but you are right...they have us by the short hairs. No matter which way we turn, they have us free-falling to Hell.

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MorningStar's avatar

It is important that we keep each other aware of what we buy and from whom. I forgot to say thank you, JF!

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Adrianne's avatar

People should understand necessity. Nit saying they will, but they should. There's only one way to get 911. There are CB radios and smoke signals, just saying...

Good luck!!

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

Who do you use?

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Mary L Smith's avatar

My company has used Verizon for years. It's easy to drop other carriers. It's easy to drop Target and Amazon too.

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JF's avatar

Not so easy to drop/switch carriers in rural areas.

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Jean Conley's avatar

I feel for you. Wish I could help!

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MorningStar's avatar

I have never shopped at Target and I dropped my Amazon subscription to Prime.

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

I was looking to combine my husband's and my cell phone companies (he didn't change his when he left his job) for a better price, which T-Mobile had, then I saw that. At the moment, it appears that it might be an optional thing, because what I saw was some patter about it, but then how it would cost $15 extra a month or something like that. Yes, it did make me think about sticking with Verizon but not going to AT&T (for various reasons), but then I saw something that said AT&T and Verizon either can already or will soon be able to access Starling as well. If it's something people pay more for just so they can have what they perceive to be the most fancy-ass connection out there, fine, but I sure hope it won't become what they all default to. I don't want to be part of his attempt to control the world. I suppose we could try Consumer Cellular or Mint Mobile, but I have no idea how good their coverage is.

Somebody needs to get that nasty man's little fingers out of everything American--everything everywhere, as far as I'm concerned. Send him back to running his failing car company and social media cesspool.

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MorningStar's avatar

Starlink and it must be tanked.

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meD's avatar

Mint Mobile is awesome. So much better than Verizon and wayyyyy cheaper.

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Lori P's avatar

And owned by a Canadian.

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JF's avatar

Okay, NOW you got my attention! Go, Canada!!

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Jean Conley's avatar

That's great! I had never heard of Mint Mobile. (My husband and I have Verizon--guess we're not that bad?)

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JF's avatar

I just looked it up; AI says Mint Mobile is now owned by TMobile, after they bought out their partner Ryan Reynolds. Darn.

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

Good coverage? We don't do international travel and not much domestically.

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meD's avatar

Yes Mint mobile has great coverage.

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

Not getting the information I need off the website and am too tired of messing with stuff like that to track it down any further at the moment. Thanks, though.

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Jean Conley's avatar

Totally agree--it is a pain to search, etc.

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meD's avatar

Sounds like it’s worth calling customer service. I don’t know what the wait time is like now, probably more people trying to join than before. But I can assure it’s worth it. It took me a year to make the decision. I am so glad I did.

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meD's avatar

They have a free trial so I don’t see how you could lose. I couldn’t figure out if I was covered or not but I found out it was better than Verizon.

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

Have you had occasion to contact customer service? I've seen no way to set up a plan for two people coming from two different other companies, and I'm burnt out on online chats with alleged customer service help. (And crap, I should have been in bed an hour ago.)

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vcragain's avatar

I've had Consumer Cellular for years & never had an issue - but i am not a big phone user so others might not be so positive - altho I think they actually use AT&T's sysem anyway. I have no idea about Mint, but that might also be a sysatem tied to one of the 'biggies ' like AT&T - after all if they can use existing systems via a paid constract they don't have to build anything new !!!

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

Now I'm wondering if I looked at that one and it couldn't be used with all phones. My husband and I have different versions of iPhones, definitely not the newest ones. When I talked to someone at T-Mobile last month, they were offering a new phone for him and one at half price for me. Now it doesn't appear as if they're offering anything nearly that good. Once we're both in better health, we'll be able to go out and look some place in person, but it's maddening to have to play game with all of this. Don't even get me started on ISPs.

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PMF's avatar

Time to switch to MINT

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Katherine's avatar

Maybe Trump owns that one! Lol

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JF's avatar

I rely on cell service for my internet, so I need a company with decent build out.

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meD's avatar

Mint is amazingly good. Better coverage in MA and NH than Verizon had.

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JF's avatar

I just looked it up and Mint uses TMobile infrastructure. I wonder if my money would still be going to TMobile. But I’m going to look into their data plans anyway.

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JF's avatar

I’ll definitely look into Mint. I mostly use cell service for internet. Phone calls are so “yesterday”.

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

Have you used them? Is their coverage any good?

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Barb O's avatar

I have Boost. They use Verizon towers. No problems

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

I'm not sure if we have that around here.

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

I took a look and didn’t see an easy way to find out how to bring phones from two other companies into a joint account. To be fair, I haven’t seen that on any of the other sites, either, including Verizon, my current provider.

I don’t live on my cell phone 24/7—heck, I’m not even in the same room with it right now—and I resent the fact that 97.8% of businesses & health care providers in this country assume that people have only smart phones and that they want to use them for all transactions.

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vcragain's avatar

My Doctor's office recently installed a new patient portal - only available on cell phones - I told them off - I'm 85 -while I can access it if I want to - why would I struggle with that stupid little screen when I can just give them my info when I come into the office - they can type it in themselves as they have always done ! I resent everybody trying to make me use a cell screen for business - way too small to deal with easily - and that's why half the world is walking around with a cell phone plastered to their faces !!! OTOH I can make my desktop text the size I want & have no problems using that !!!

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Julie Smalley's avatar

You should be able to get into your patient portal on your laptop so you can fill out the necessary forms.

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

Yep. I'm on a desktop right now and intend to keep using one. Between glasses that my eye doc(s) can't seem to get right and long-term, chronic hand pain, I don't do much on the internet on my phone. Being on electronics for long amounts of time in any form aren't great for my eyes. I'm not nearly as chronologically gifted as you are, but I have only barely been able to write cursive for several years and some days I can only print poorly. A full-size keyboard works best for me, and even then I have to type not too fast and furiously. Would love to keep a handwritten journal, but it's impossible. Typing one isn't the same. Sigh....

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Virginia D Fish's avatar

Have you tried dictating your speech into your phone or computer? Mine can capture what I would be typing at about 98% accuracy. It is really helpful.

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vcragain's avatar

Wow - "chronologically gifted" - now that's one I am going to keep - thank you - made my day ! Wishing you pain-free hands & all good things !

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Adrianne's avatar

That .means My Metro is now toast.

I hope they realize MAGA thinks anything sent from MetroZone is liberal. Maybe that's just my own special Republican, never the less T- Mobil is going to lose some customers.

The list of items to toss into the harbor 12/13 is getting longer!!

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

We need another SpaceX launch to fail, and someone from within SpaceX to leak some damning info about that part of Musk's evil empire.

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Annie Moore's avatar

Canada tore up their contract (2 nd largest) now France is cancelling. Keep it all coming now Mexico should be next.

Between his cars, cyber trucks & space x all blowing up (our tax $ wasted) think of all the $$ saved with his waste & damage. Germany boycotting & Sweden stepping in with their vehicles. Mush is hated around the world. Canada wants his citizenship revoked. Needs to be charged here & all contracts cancelled.

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MorningStar's avatar

The MuskRats have committed felonies. They are not the only IT smart farts. We have plenty that can block what they are doing....any concerned souls?

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Jim Felt's avatar

BTW “MorningStar” do you find the near continuous clips online of your namesake amusing or annoying? Just curious…. ;-)~

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Judy's avatar

Good.

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Jim Felt's avatar

We’ve been with AT&T and their three or maybe four predecessors since the 1980’s. From bags to bricks to Nokias to iPhone (1) to the 16Pro. Never had an issue. (Other than early on mountain range tower shadows). (Yes we’d ditched all of our PC’s by the 21st century).

Should we change? I’m asking seriously.

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Shelley Scroggins's avatar

We can only hope it comes quickly

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Katherine's avatar

Exactly, what Muskrat don't know is he will be coming for him when he does everything he wants him to do first!

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Alastair McLean's avatar

Even better - Comrade Trump has no loyalty to anyone, so Musk could very well end up in legal hot water as well if he isn't careful. Bring that on!

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Burke's avatar

What are the consequences of cutting jobs in the federal government, without any thought or careful consideration?

What are the consequences for the value of the dollar when you use the US Treasury to play crypto (tulip bulb) games?

What are the consequences of taking the side of the gangsters in Russia and North Korea while insulting our friends?

This is what you get when you let Dummy Dipwad Donnie run the government. The MAGA Head and the Doggie Head have a plan. And it's for their gain. Not ours.

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Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

one can only hope. Also, what happened to Elon? Wasn't he a star for the progressives at some point? E cars and all? Now he speaks how beautiful Canada would look like when annexed by the US? I forgot how strange the Trump years have been. And I don't know if I can do 4 more of them.

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Michael's avatar

It's not going to be 4 years. This country will have been destroyed long before that as well as be a dictatorship

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Annie Moore's avatar

Yes it is for the one who buys things already built

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Gloria J Roberts's avatar

It will serve Musk right for getting involved with him. This is what happens when people don't listen they get something they don't want. Now we all have to suffer because of The Maga Voters and their vote.

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Steve Doll's avatar

Fitting, isn't it?

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Judy's avatar

I sure hope so!!!

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PMF's avatar

Here’s what I’m dealing with today… it looks so fake but I really need the fact checkers to work on this, please -

I thought I was subscribed to fact checkers.org but I cannot post this clip there - can only read posts.

https://x.com/TinaZimmermann4/status/1900579901775749392

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Francine Koski's avatar

Yes 👏🏻! Everyone knows that Trump is lying 🤥. Again blaming Biden??? Biden left with the best record breaking great economy. He’s completely insane! He is not cognizant of Canada’s stern intentions concerning HIS ideas about Canada 🇨🇦 being a the 51st state. He’s NOT funny and not in front of one of his moronic trump rally crowds It’s clear to me that our country must have the congress deliver an amendment 25, section 4! Yes 4.

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Jean Conley's avatar

Hope so, Annie!

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Patrice Mobley's avatar

waiting on that to happen!

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u.n. owen's avatar

Tesla only crash on autopilot. Into stationary objects.

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John Cranford's avatar

I certainly hope so, but I wish the stockholders would take out a class action lawsuit for six bullion dollars and win all for damages and neglect of duty.

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Schmendryck's avatar

Isn't it already?

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Adam’s apple's avatar

Multiple conflicts of interest!

Article 25 needs to be exercised.

Get rid of the orange turd and his shadow Musk!

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Public Servant's avatar

The muskrat and his minions are committing countless crimes. We are catching them in traps. They will go to jail with the orange felon! https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/no-one-elected-elon

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My8grand+2!'s avatar

I prefer waking up and reading he died overnight!

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

You mean the 25th Amendment? And if so, does that require the Cabinet to be in on it, or can just Congress do it?

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Jackie Robare Fiese's avatar

And all the rest of the ass kissers

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Esoterik Espionage's avatar

Trump does NOT even have a driver’s license in New York or Florida. With his dyslexia he can’t pass a driver’s test in any state. Trump can’t even read a teleprompter. That’s WHY You only see him in chauffeured vehicles. Seriously check DMV in all 50 states. Trump has NO driver’s license.

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JF's avatar
Mar 11Edited

I always figured Mr. Macho Man doesn’t know how to drive. Trump is the biggest scam ever. It was funny to watch him quickly backpedal from commenting on the Tesla dashboard; he doesn’t have a clue.

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Francene Gatteny's avatar

Snake oil salesmen

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

It's those tiny, tiny hands of the Orange Maggot.

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JF's avatar

And to think some MAGAs view Trump as masculine. It defies logic. And makes me worry about the brain power of these people. How do they survive?

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Michael's avatar

So stubby

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Blox Stax's avatar

EXACTLY. Dude doesn’t even know how to drive. 🙄

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ℳ𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇ℯ𝓈𝓈 𝒟ℯ𝒶𝓉𝒽's avatar

And yet he still has the nerve to promote a Tesla to the country and act like nothing happened...? How arrogant of him and unfortunately..

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Mary L Smith's avatar

I really don't think trump can read so dyslexia is his invention.

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CO's avatar

It’s against a law from 1978 for a president to endorse or publicly endorse anything like this from the White House it’s so ridiculous we must continue to get louder about demanding his resignation and musk’s arrest

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JF's avatar

Which is exactly why Trump fired all the Inspectors General.

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Yvette N Hath's avatar

Isn't this illegal?

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Yep. Violation of the Hatch Act. But who follows the law? He disregarded it in his first run all the time. Oh, by the way, happy five year anniversary of his first pandemic.

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Yvette N Hath's avatar

That's what I thought. He's gone from pinto beans to tesla.

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

😆 Hah! I’d forgotten that one! Thanks.

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Adrianne's avatar

More than likely. There have been many illegal stunts from these two but you know how that goes. Delay, delay, delay!!

Maybe we should be doing the delaying especially on his "emergency orders."

Only emergency I see is to get these two out of our country. Russian fascists!!

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HarrisWalz FTW 2024's avatar

Yes, but that didn't stop him during his first term, either. This is just bigger and brassier than before, and there's not a single LEO or member of the Dept. of "Justice" with the cojones to step up and stop him.

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Delores Rawls's avatar

You lying piece of shit. President Biden left you one of the best economy. You left him with a disastrous economy. And here we go again.

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JF's avatar

Rinse and repeat. Happens every time: Republicans ruin the economy and Democrats fix their mess. And too many Americans are clueless thanks to propaganda networks we allow.

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Su's avatar

And it might happen to Canada as well. We have our own little Trump wanting to become PM. If he wins, things will get as bad as they can, as fast as they can.

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JF's avatar

From what I’m reading, Trump being such a bully has saved Canada from our fate; the expectations have inverted and now your little Trump is out of favor. Do you have propaganda networks on air, like Fox News? Best to you!

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JL-24's avatar

I think him saying he has smart friends who are investing because of what he's doing is very telling. All to his plan.

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Stargazer104's avatar

All the more reason to not buy teslas

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Fred's avatar

These Leavitt “press conferences” are a joke. She sounds like a little fan girl while spewing propaganda. Why does the press attend these things? They should be embarrassed to participate in these farces. Their time would be put to better use to inform people of what’s really happening. Not have the White House insult our intelligence

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Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

absolutely. Ben should offer an alternative presser.

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Phgladko's avatar

Bullshit Barbie....

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The Beacon Bulletin's avatar

Let me get this straight: he buys a Tesla from a billionaire whilst brutally slashing jobs, tanking the economy/stock market, then goes on media to show his wealth to the American people. Musk and DJT's disconnect from the people is astonishing. They are morally repugnant

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Judy's avatar

Oh, you forgot they also want to take medical care away from poor children, many who are currently going through life saving treatments.

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The Beacon Bulletin's avatar

They are malicious, horrid individuals. I hate the look and sound of all of them.

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Chris's avatar

And with a straight face they comment that people responding negative to Teslas are hurting the Tesla workers. Hmmm Tesla workers have been complaining about their treatment at the factories already, but not a word about all the government employees getting a "your fired" notice with no warning or explanation. Looking forward to joining our local protest tonight!

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The Beacon Bulletin's avatar

The injustice and complete lack of empathy is beyond disgusting.

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Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

And you also forgot they want to annex Canada. They stand there and say this in front of the media and no one is freaking out. Breath taking.

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The Beacon Bulletin's avatar

Oh let me tell you: he just poked the bear on that one. Canadians are furious, really furious. We don't want his half ass leadership & immoral, unethical disregard for people here. A leader not in command of the facts; not about the details. He and his little minions telling us to calm down or tone down the rhetoric.... We will do what we must to protect 🇨🇦

#elbowsup #truenorthstrongfree #standthegaff #overtheboards #kickthedarkness

#bleeddaylight

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Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

Do you see the same misinformation and election interference on social media we see here?

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The Beacon Bulletin's avatar

It's not as pervasive here but our country is being very cautious about election interference, calling for security clearances for party leaders to keep an eye on any foreign influence and/or interference. We have an election that should drop any day now. Our PM resigned from his position as our leader and of the liberal party. A new leader for the liberal party was just elected so has taken over as Prime Mister. X is a problem everywhere because the algorithms are set to target young straight white males and project certain narratives. We have our right wing extremists but it is not like it is stateside. It seems like the media is a bit different here as well. Musk is facing a ton of push back here in Canada. If anything, DJT has unified us more against the right wing extremists. We're galvanized, the liberals are up in the polls. Canada is an incredible multicultural mosaic of peoples, and we are quietly proud. :) However, we've been poked and we don't like it. :)

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Melissa's avatar

Got a spare room I can rent?

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meryl selig's avatar

Don’t forget “shut up about eggs!!” I am not following on social… can someone tell me if there has been any blowback from Resistance on his failure “to lower the price of eggs” on day one…. And then scolds his minions to shut up. Oh! And divert to his crypto grift and/or a MuskMobile

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Tell him it’s also a submarine.

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JF's avatar

Good one!! Unfortunately since he doesn’t know how to drive we can’t trick him right into the Potomac.

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meryl selig's avatar

Roll him and his toy car into the Potomac

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JF's avatar

That would be toxic pollution. Both sources; the man and the machine.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

But there are self driving vehicles 🚗

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JF's avatar

Can they be programmed to self annihilate an orange passenger?

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Mike Hammer's avatar

I’m sure anything for a price.

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JF's avatar

I’m sure we could succeed with a Go Fund Me. Probably within minutes.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Ha ha ha

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Mossad could do it but there’s his friend Netanyahu

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meryl selig's avatar

Don’t buy eggs, morons!!! Go buy a Tesla and don’t forget you need the charging station out there in the boonies

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meryl selig's avatar

Much better than that POS rust wagon pick up truck, MAGAts

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meryl selig's avatar

So true!!

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Bobby Dickson's avatar

The kiss of death!

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Michelle's avatar

So the people struggling to keep their farms and pay for eggs are going to buy tesla’s ? The point of boycotting tesla is because people hate what elon’s doing. I really think trump is deranged, because he too is not as popular as he thinks. Id rather walk or take a bus than buy the piece of trash, and promoted by a bigger piece of trash.

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meryl selig's avatar

Michelle: of course you see clearly. I just wondered how many of Vance’s people (not the Yale billies or Silicon Valley elitists) will be trading their beaters and flat beds and pick ups for a Tesla Model 3?? Hilarious!!! And then they need chargers installed in “fuck your daughter” holler. It is hilarious

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Jaysonne Montoya 🚫👑's avatar

Now I'm picturing Trump in a plaid polyester suit with oversized lapels doing commercials for "Daffy Donald's Used Cars".

"Making Lemons Great Again"

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Marta's avatar

How tf is he allowed to do this?! This is so illegal.

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Kristi Jacobsen's avatar

Isn’t this a Hatch Act violation?

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JF's avatar

Definitely. But he fired everyone who might have enforced that. The slime ball.

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Teresa Morales's avatar

I am not encouraged to buy anything from Trump or Musk. Cheap crap.

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Adrianne's avatar

You forgot UGLY!!

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meryl selig's avatar

Don’t his worshipers drive pick up trucks?

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Maria Jette's avatar

Not the oligarch ones.

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meryl selig's avatar

How many residents of Vance Holler in Kentucky or West Virginia drive Teslas ?

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