General Politics Thread

[the-pi-guy]

Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics

[kitler53]

Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics

it's unbelievable and incredibly depressing that this is now normalized under trump.

[the-pi-guy]

Musk confirms exit from Trump administration amid image rehab tour

Musk 'disappointed' by Trump's tax and spending bill

Musk has been distancing himself from the Trump administration. 

"I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly," Musk said in the interview with CBS Sunday Morning, a clip of which was released by the broadcaster before transmission.

He went on to argue that Trump's plan "increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it".

It is thought that the legislation could increase the deficit - or the difference between what the US government spends and the revenue that it receives - by about $600bn (£444bn) in the next fiscal year.

Furthermore, the bill "undermines the work that the Doge team is doing", Musk said, using the acronym of the cost-cutting advisory body the Department of Government Efficiency.

Referring to Trump's moniker for the legislation, Musk told CBS: "I think a bill can be big or beautiful. I don't know if it can be both."

[the-pi-guy]

Trump administration yanks Moderna's bird flu vaccine research funding even as company reports promising test results

The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu.

It would be much more efficient money wise to let people die of bird flu. 

[kitler53]

Trump administration yanks Moderna's bird flu vaccine research funding even as company reports promising test results

It would be much more efficient money wise to let people die of bird flu. 

it's an important step in trumps promise to make america healthy again.   every dead american is an american that's not sick..

[the-pi-guy]

Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American

The New York Times reports that President Trump has enlisted the firm, founded by far-right billionaire Peter Thiel, to carry out his March executive order instructing government agencies to share data with each other. The order has increased fears that the government is putting together a database to wield surveillance powers over the American public.

Since then, the administration has been very quiet about these efforts, increasing suspicion. Meanwhile, Palantir has taken more than $113 million in government spending since Trump took office, from both existing contracts and new ones with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. That number is expected to grow, especially given that the firm just won a new $795 million contract with the DOD last week.

[the-pi-guy]

It will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt https://t.co/dHCj3pprJO

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2025

[kitler53]

a majority of republicans only care about debt when a democrat is elected.   not exactly applauding those members of the far right that are seeking to block this bill without massive spending cuts but i will say this...   at least those couple of guys have principles.  the rest of them change their view daily depending on how the wind blows.

[the-pi-guy]

lol

[Legend]

lol

Pedo tweet 2.0

[kitler53]

like,.. obviously.  trump had a lot of contact with Epstein back when Epstein was rapping teenagers.   ..and for a guy who's "personal Vietnam" was "grabbing them by the bedspring" I would be more surprised if trump didn't do illegal sexual activities than if he did rape some teens. 

[Legend]

I guess this counts as Musk calling to impeach Trump.

Things moved fast!

Yes https://t.co/rqRsX8B4Hg

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025

[nnodley]

Interesting he's flipped on Trump so fast. I personally have always felt his support for Trump was odd and he had another agenda, but who knows at this point. Everything is just weird!

[kitler53]

no like JD either.  

[Legend]

Interesting he's flipped on Trump so fast. I personally have always felt his support for Trump was odd and he had another agenda, but who knows at this point. Everything is just weird!

His agenda is to decrease gov spending, increase gov efficiency, and defeat the woke mind virus as he puts it.

Holding his tongue and not talking too much against tariffs and the bbb till now is like the only time he has filtered himself.