So....a fucking CRIME, right?
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2025
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Yes. He has literally committed a capital offense. He could literally hang for this.
Not anymore! With constitution 2.0 only bad moms who forget to pick up their kids from the baseball game on time will ever be prosecuted for capital offences and sentenced to capital punishment... Not rich guys!
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After this, is there any question that he didn't do something to hack vote counting machines? I'm feeling like this election wasn't legitimate.
He didn't have to. Read this.
Fantastic long read. ty.
But if you’re expecting a sexy story about Elon Musk messing with vote-counting software from outer space, sorry, you won’t get that here.
As in Bush v. Gore in 2000, and in too many other miscarriages of Democracy, this election was determined by good old “vote suppression,” the polite term we use for shafting people of color out of their ballot. We used to call it Jim Crow.
Yes, he didn't. They want to make everyone question the legitimacy of the elections, so they're pretending that they orchestrated something. In reality, there was nothing suspicious about the election. The only ratfucking was the normal, Gerrymandering kind. And a metric fuck ton of misinformation.
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Elon Musk needs to be charged, convicted, and hanged for treason against the republic.
Do you have to be a citizen to commit treason? Did he actually obtain citizenship after committing his visa fraud? I’d like to see the long form certificate of his citizenship. Last time they complained someone was born in Africa it was a big deal…
He is a US citizen. He can be charged, convicted, and hanged for treason. And there isn't even any case law about whether a non-citizen can be charged with treason.
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Glad I am not the only one who had an altered view of the death penalty in light of recent events.
Treason holds a special place in my heart.
There's the slight problem of "it's only treason if you fail", though. It's a corollary of "history is written by the winners".
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bUt WhAt AbOuT hEr EmAiLs
Lock him up.
Remind me, how many felony convictions did Hilary Clinton have? I want to say it was pretty close to zero.
Every accusation is a confession
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There really was no plan at all about preventing fascists from just marching in and doing whatever they want, huh? We were just supposed to count on people to do the right thing? Surprised this didn't happen sooner, honestly.
Checks and balances.
Checks and balances.
Checks and balances.
Fascism and collapse.
Oops.
The Judicial system is being gish galloped. Let's see if Congress gives a shit especially as Elon has usurped the Power of the Purse.
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No one is supposed to follow illegal orders. But, who is to say what's illegal and isn't? And who are you going to call when they force you? The people executing Trumps orders? Is it worth not going home to your family over, or should you just let the courts decide? And who is to adjudicate your guilt? And can you even afford to fight it? Not if you're a non-corrupt civil servant.
No, there is no plan for the country choosing evil.
If they don't follow their illegal orders they will still arrested them or fire them for insubordination. If something is done in the end those people will not get their jobs back or have their records cleared or be compensated in any way.
Meanwhile the perps won't get shit done to them.
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All the laws that were put in place after Nixon didn't really lay out a punishment. They assumed impeachment would still be the remedy used. Not sure what changed between the 70s and now that made senators afraid to challenge their president.
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Tesla dealers now know how much you make, your health, etc...
Starlink knows your sexual history, financials, health, and physical location
To be fair, data brokers already know that stuff. The difference is now Tesla doesn’t have to buy the data.
In a few years we're probably going to find out that Musk uses the cameras on Teslas to 1)creep on women he likes 2) spy on politicians for compromising material Between Teslas and Starlink he literally knows where people are.
We already know that tesla corp share footage of anything "fun" around the office. We have known for years.
This is starting to exceed even my pessimistic doomsday expectations. And we aren't even a month in yet.
Elon Musk didn't install anything. He just gave the order.
I know for a fact he doesn't understand anything about server technology.
As an unelected, unappointed worker he shouldn't have any power outside of DOGE (which kind of doesn't even exist).
OPM also houses all the clearance applications and associated investigation paperwork. Great..
Remember the OPM data breach in 2015? This is that, but for all OPM data, instead of some of it or most of it. For those unfamiliar with an SF86 (or eQIP); it’s your entire employment, educational, and residential history. All foreign nationals you maintain contact with, family history, financial history, travel history, anything that may be relevant in granting a security clearance.
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Soooooo… that’s a direct threat to national security. And as I understand, trump is quoted as saying that his dog Elon doesn’t do anything without consent, so….
Impeachment and prison?
"Dear China, spreads open butthole, please come in. Love, MAGA." - Trump email sent to Xi
Time to deport this twat