@BenjaminNorton You do realize that Musk isn’t getting paid cash. His payment will be in Tesla stock. He’s not asking for huge amounts of disposable wealth, he’s asking for greater control over the company. Musk lives in a trailer in one of his companies factories. He’s now the idle rich.
@maziehirono You fail US civics 101. The Democrats are filibustering the continuing resolution bill. They don’t have enough numbers to do anything but obstruct. But they are preventing the vote because they would lose. They have shut down the government by preventing a vote on the budget.
@mmpadellan He’s wearing a tie with the colors of the American flag on it. Those do also happen to be the colors of the Russian flag. The sarcasm was pointing out how absurd the original comment was.
@RBReich Well the first richest man doesn’t censor you on X and is working to protect free speech. The one that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp admitted censoring his platforms on behalf of the Biden admin. We certainly don’t want the government running the media.
@GrandpaHarris65 You are comparing per diems for work travel to the average assistance people on SNAP receive in benefits. SNAP isn’t supposed to cover all food costs and it certainly isn’t supposed to cover the cost of eating out, which you are generally forced to do while traveling for work.
@SenRandPaul The have been legally designated terrorists and fall under the authorization of military force that you tried to repeal but failed. The survivors are low level soldiers in this war. Do we lock them up as prisoners of war? Do we hold them until the war is over?
@BrianDough45@RightPulseNewss 17 years seems harsh for anyone, not sure why would be worse for a woman or why sentences would be different based on the sex of the offender. 17 years is the maximum. I doubt a her sentence, if convicted, would be nearly that long.
@AZAGMayes Quit filibustering the continuing resolution in the senate and the government can get back to work, but nothing else should come up for vote until there is a budget.
@iGardon It’s called exercise. It’s important for your health. Trump also often conducts official business while on the gold course. It is a sport I personally can’t readily afford, or at least I’m not willing to prioritize it in my budget, but lots of middle class people do.
@nicksortor No. They aren’t taking control. They are merely ensuring that Federal law enforcement is able to do their jobs and not be attacked.
Portland isn’t being Federalized, but they are likely being told to not interfere in the enforcement of federal laws.
@StandUpForFact While I think Schiff committed crimes, but I am skeptical if the DOJ can get a DC grand jury to indict him, much less a DC jury to convict him. If he is removed or resigns Newsom just appoints another like him.
He seems to be representing California the way the majority want.
@Martel0062@ksorbs That’s a foolish statement. There are liberal male Judges who might very well have done the same thing had she not done it first and gotten prosecuted for it.
There are competent women in politics, and certainly all women are not like this loony liberal judge.
@FPWellman If they can meet the physical requirements for that role then they are qualified. If they cannot, they are not.
We will likely have more roles for remote piloted vehicles that will not need a stringent physical requirements, but we cannot lower standards just to add females.
@duncanstives @TaraBull808 Some company probably had too many grapes and donated a truckload, so everyone gets a bunch of grapes because they will get thrown out otherwise. Donations of huge amounts of perishable foods don’t always get used efficiently, but food pantries do what they can.