That’s the same threat he’s made to every state, city and institution. Do exactly what I tell you too or I’ll use the power of the federal government (unrestrained by congress or the courts) to crush you. So, what he’s implicitly saying to any mayor.

So there is literally no point to paying attention to what he’s saying - he’s going to do it regardless.

Definitely stealing that phrase!

Looks like they may need to destroy a few more government agencies that collect and distribute labor statistics. That will solve it.

My wife was sure Musk wouldn’t make it past March.

Somebody has to dare him to prove it, and maybe he’ll show how he rigged the voting counts in the swing states.

“All billionaires will be summarily executed and their assets will be distributed to the citizenry, and the Heritage Foundation will be declared a terrorist organization, and all current and past leaders, funders, employees, and judges endorsed by them will be immediately sent to a prison camp in El Salvador” seems like a winning message.

And anything the president wants only needs an executive order, it seems, so it should be pretty easy to implement.

Don’t keep voting to approve his nominees, for one. Put a hold on each and every one of them. Vote against all of the laws the republicans are putting through congress. Filibuster everything. Basically, act like the republicans have since 1992.

They could start with that.

The Republicans who could and should hold him to account (senators, representatives, and Supreme Court justices) are too afraid of his rabid base to do anything. If they oppose him, Trump will start raging on truth social that they are communist America haters that need to be “dealt with”. Stochastic terrorism is a real thing, and these people are cowards.

The oligarchs that put him in power thought they were smart enough to control him. I think they are just now realizing that they can’t, and they are freaking out.

I don’t think anyone understands that if he ousts Powell/gets his interest rate lowered, we’re looking at a depression or worse.

Um, I think everyone except his hardcore followers understands that.

Protesting can work, boycotts can work, and so on. Don’t let anyone think we can’t act because we the people can

Yes! If they didn’t work, we wouldn’t have such coordinated negative messaging about how they DON’T work and are a waste of time. If conservatives didn’t think boycotts and protests were effective they wouldn’t be working so hard to make them illegal.

The current right wing definition of antisemitism as anything other than fullthroated support for Netanyahu and his policies serves two purposes. It’s a tool for shouting down all opposition to a fellow authoritarian, and it makes it harder to call out actual antisemitism, which they are fine with.

If all White House communications go through Starlink, Musk has access to all of it, to use as he sees fit. Blackmail, enriching himself, selling to the highest bidder. Great move for him financially.

Sadly, for the most part, the rest of us reap what he sowed. He’ll be fine.

Well, sure, but before they render a decision, Trump can just have them killed, which at this moment is totally cool and legal, according to them. He can also have all of congress killed, which sort of blunts the possibility of impeachment, which as of right now is the only way to punish him in any way, according to SCOTUS.

The fact that Donald Trump a) was allowed to run for president despite being disqualified by the 14th amendment and b) is not in prison shows that justice does in fact play favorites.

You really haven’t been paying attention to the news lately.

But not teslas

The Supreme Court must be so proud.

Nope. Even off of consulate grounds, diplomatic immunity holds. It wouldn’t be worth much if you were trapped in the embassy.

You can if you have a pet Supreme Court.