After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
@CryptidPolitics Which of these things I’m “trying to thwart” are you a big fan of?
unnecessary war
warrantless spying
increased spending
foreign aid
federal reserve
federalized education
automobile kill switch
federal daycare fraud
refugee welfare
gun control
Five years ago today and my only regret is that I didn't speak out sooner. To every girl and woman who's paid a heavy price for fighting to retain their rights and boundaries, to every person striving to halt an appalling medical experiment on minors, I salute you. We will win.
Correct.
My Tesla and SpaceX shares, which are almost all my “wealth”, only go up in value as a function of how much useful product those companies produce and service.
This means my “wealth” can only increase due to producing more products and services for the public. Moreover, anyone else who is a shareholder in Tesla and SpaceX, which incudes employees, participates in the upside of stock appreciation.
That is because I am a maker, not a taker like the Bernie Sanders type politicians of the world. They take and they’re on the take, because they cannot or will not make.
I was supposed to be an object lesson to other women. I've seen more than one person say on X, 'd'you want what happened to JK Rowling to happen to you?' This is a movement that relies on intimidation. The only possible response is to refuse to be intimidated.
That said, I've always acknowledged that standing my ground was far easier for me than for women who risked losing their livelihoods. I have nothing but sympathy for those who can't speak out because they face job loss if they do. The people I despise are those who turned ostrich even though they had the financial means and standing to speak up. There are a lot of people in the arts and academia who believe exactly what I believe (and I know this because they've told me so), but chose comfort over conscience. In doing so, they condemned vulnerable youth, and women and girls without their privileges, to suffer what they themselves will never need to endure.
@DefiantLs I’d like to know who the asshole was that came up with the pronouns bullshit in the first place.
That dipshit deserves a solid punch in the face.
Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk isn't motivated by money or power.
He deeply cares about humanity.
"Elon has a deep care about humanity, about getting us to the transition to a sustainable energy, about human civilization.
He is motivated not by making money, not by being powerful and kicking around people, but by these missions that came when he was a little kid sitting in the corner reading the superhero comics.
I've got to help humanity be space-faring. I've got to help it get over this sustainable energy issue.
I've got to help it fight off artificial intelligence that might be evil.
So, there is a goodness to his missions, and they are epic missions."
Elon Musk becomes deeply moved, and deadly serious, when Bret Baier asks him why he called Sen. Mark Kelly a "Traitor" for pushing to send more US aid and weapons to Ukraine.
Watch every second of his response.
"We should have empathy for the thousands of people dying everyday in the trenches. For no movement in the lines. For the past two years thousands of people have died every week for nothing."
"I take great offense at those who put the appearance of goodness over the reality of it. Those who virtue signal and say we can't give into Russia, but have no solution to stopping thousands of kids dying every day."
"I have contempt for such people and I want to make that clear. Because they're virtue signaling and their lack of a solution means that kids don't have a father. It means parents lost a son. For what? Nothing."