Neo

Possibly psychic ... saw this coming

not fictional person Neo
(The Architect forced me to add this disclaimer)

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

What if there were a law.
A law allowing the seizure of assets.
Assets belonging to legal entities.
(people, corporations, foundations, charities, NGO's).
Legal entities committing unspeakable crimes.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

“answered to the law”
Or to the regulations ?

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

Yesterday Donald Trump tripled the size of his personal political army inside the government. Illegally. And almost no one noticed.

Here's what happened:

He signed an order converting ~8,000 of the most senior career officials in government into employees he can fire for any reason, or no reason at all.

These aren't rando's. They're the directors, chiefs of staff, and the people who write the rules or decide who gets federal money, i.e. the lieutenants right below his political appointees.

Until yesterday, they answered to the law. Now they answer to him.

A president normally gets ~4,000 political appointees. People he can bring into government and fire at will. I was one of them at DHS. You serve at his pleasure, full stop -- so if you're gonna speak truth to power, you're prepared to quit (or get fired if he doesn't like it).

The rest of the federal government is PROTECTED from firing if they tell the truth.

But Trump just stripped those protections. Adding 8,000 more people to his personal army. Overnight. Without asking Congress.

With the stroke of a pen, those people now serve at the pleasure of the president. They're "his" people, whether they like it or not.

And the chilling effect is real. An official who can be fired this afternoon for "subversion of presidential directives" (the order's own words) doesn't need to be hand-picked to know what's expected of him or her.

The threat does all the work.

By the way, this order is illegal. The law only lets Trump reclassify jobs when "necessary" in exceptional circumstances. And this blows an 8,000-person hole in the merit hiring / firing system created by Congress.

Without permission, Trump has created a whole new category of stormtroopers inside the Executive Branch.

If this doesn't get challenged in court, you're going to see the U.S. government become a very different place.

Here's the full story: https://t.co/mJzrvzhxGR

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@PhilosophyOfPhy I had to do the math before I could believe it.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@RealJamesWoods Are you sure they “voted” ?

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@SteveInmanClips This one looks staged.
I never feel that about your videos, but something is off.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

Muy terrible

[Grummz @Grummz]

All of X for the next week.

The feature is a horrible fit for X. I find myself immediately skipping over every video comment post.

Nobody wants to see your ugly face commenting on a quote tweet.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@Grummz Thank you.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@C_3C_3 well, where do I live ?

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

"impulse control"

[Penny2x @imPenny2x]

We were told in school that IQ doesn’t matter.

Around every corner is a person who can’t stand if you talk about it.

But the evidence speaks to IQ being highly relevant not just for math and test taking but for impulse control, social cooperation and even mental health.

Ignoring that evidence or suppressing it is low IQ.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@C_3C_3 Paintballs.
Vivid colors.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@patrickflouriot @brivael But your statement describes your rebuttal.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@gothburz I find your posts both painful and difficult.
Please never stop.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@NickJFreitas @ma1ybe ma1ybe I warned people about participation trophies producing you.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@JMtheEliteFan @Chesschick01 Uh, no.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

This !

[Doug Bright @DougBright1]

@Chesschick01 They already pay zero income tax. 1/2 the population pays little or no income tax yet receive the lions share of entitlement benefits. What rock has Bezos been under?

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

This!

[Nolidj is Power. 🇺🇸🇬🇧 @FrevertChris]

@Chesschick01 This clown is just grandstanding. 47% of American taxpayers already pay $0 in net federal income tax

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@ThemeParkLore @JonSnow50616798 Learn to mine coal !

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@PeterSweden7 It wanted to…

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@Not_the_Bee @OpenSourceZone @grok Did you mean %politicians ?

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

@Romudeth @JonSnow50616798 IP, esp. copyright, was the biggest IP theft in history.

[Neo @Empty_Promises2]

There is a colder place,
a closer place.

[Pops @UPMHPM]

This!! 👇🏻🧐Another great thought to ponder! 🤔🔥