I get how easy it is to see this and think it’s good but a technology that offers new and increasingly seductive ways of not thinking, not managing your own attention, not engaging with any reality you can’t control, not reckoning with human finitude, is extremely bad
Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” -Theodore Roosevelt
Reporter: You said an example of fraud that you have cited was $50 million of condoms was sent to Gaza but after a fact-check apparently it was Gaza in Mozambique meant to protect them against HIV.
Musk: First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect and should be corrected.
I wish there was a safe, vetted way to pair up elderly women in need of in-home assistance with younger women in need of housing. Uni students doing housekeeping/groceries/providing company would do wonders for loneliness, housing, and financial strain.
Never forget: Kevin McCarthy said, “I'll give you the truth why I'm not speaker. It's because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old.” That member is Matt Gaetz.
So sad that my 15 and 17 year old teenagers has never witnessed politics like this in their lifetimes (don’t @ me - yes, she was born then, I do know math - but since she wasn’t walking at this point, I’m certain she can’t remember)
For some reason, I have been thinking about this moment a lot today.
It's from John McCain in 2008 at a town hall.
The woman begins to espouse conspiracy theories about Barack Obama's nationality.
He immediately shuts it down.
"No ma'am. He's a decent family man."