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Hekate

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2. Last thing I read on the X-files amounted to Trump threatening the govt contracts...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 06:48 PM

Jun 2025

…and Elon saying a version of “You can’t fire me. I quit!”

Letting a private businessman get a virtual monopoly on govt contracts was a bad idea, a stupid idea.

That said, any astronauts still up there in orbit should be brought home immediately if not sooner.

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