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ancianita

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21. Pretty much. Even if he's serious about this one thing that rethugs have ALWAYS done -- increase the deficit
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 09:17 PM
Jun 2025

with massive tax cuts for the rich -- this alone is not a deal breaker between him and the felon.

"Elon's really not leaving,” Trump said in a joint press conference with Musk in the Oval Office. “He's gonna be back and forth. It's his baby, he's going to be doing a lot of things."
“I expect to continue to provide advice," Musk, wearing a black hat with DOGE written on it and a black shirt reading “DOGEFATHER,” said during Friday's press conference, while noting that his legal limit for service as a special government employee was coming to an end. "I expect to remain a friend and an advisor.”...

Members of Musk’s early DOGE team, including Luke Farritor, Gavin Kliger, Edward Coristine, and Sam Corcos, have met with a number of departments and agencies—including the Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget, and the FBI—in recent days, seemingly continuing business as usual, WIRED has learned.

The team also appears to be actively recruiting ... This doesn’t sound like a group that is going away, it sounds like one that’s digging in like a parasite,” an IT specialist at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) tells WIRED...“Elon may be stepping away, but DOGE’s mission remains stronger than ever. Exposing reckless, wasteful government spending isn’t about one individual—it’s about a lasting overhaul of Crazy Town,” congressman Aaron Bean, chair of the House DOGE caucus, tells WIRED....

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-really-not-leaving/

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Tsk. twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #1
Please proceed... SheltieLover Jun 2025 #2
Trump has power over me. I can't help but be sarcastic and the best part is he keeps the shit coming. twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #13
Sarcasm is good. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #17
Drama.... Lovie777 Jun 2025 #3
He's only a couple percent lower than the TACO in chief. progressoid Jun 2025 #9
Well Musky--you are one who helped install this crap--it is YOUR fault!! riversedge Jun 2025 #4
It's doesn't matter. He said Trump brought "Majesty" to the Oval Office. chowder66 Jun 2025 #5
Didn't we once fight a war to rid ourselves of "majesty"? kskiska Jun 2025 #10
We sure did but those w/ $$$ want us all to be serfs. chowder66 Jun 2025 #11
To late Muskrat, you already are tied to everything he does no matter what you try to claim now. cstanleytech Jun 2025 #6
All for show Bayard Jun 2025 #7
You have that right! murielm99 Jun 2025 #15
Pretty much. Even if he's serious about this one thing that rethugs have ALWAYS done -- increase the deficit ancianita Jun 2025 #21
Exactly this is the way Buddha2B Jun 2025 #23
What about the tax cuts? benpollard Jun 2025 #8
White House Press Secretary Ketamine Leavitt Blue Owl Jun 2025 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author wyn borkins Jun 2025 #16
How much more of a downward spiral Libloom Jun 2025 #14
It's just a performance KentuckyWoman Jun 2025 #18
It looks like something they would do on WWE Uncle Joe Jun 2025 #22
$291 million coughed up and what's the verdict? Zambero Jun 2025 #19
Tesla sales crashed and.. homegirl Jun 2025 #31
F-Elon knows something about disgusting abominations. COL Mustard Jun 2025 #20
They're setting up a "compromise" with hard-liners. thought crime Jun 2025 #24
People hate Musk. Escape Jun 2025 #25
Post removed Post removed Jun 2025 #26
Only one way to solve this, Elon: Cagefight. tanyev Jun 2025 #27
Mr. Musk and I agree on this k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #28
WOW! homegirl Jun 2025 #29
Disgusting abomination: Musk JohnnyRingo Jun 2025 #30
An abomination that is also disgusting is really bad. AloeVera Jun 2025 #32
Oh... Talkin' about yourself, Eloon? electric_blue68 Jun 2025 #33
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