After some time to think about the excellent thread below (read it first), I realized that it is MUCH worse than Jack stated.

The executive order sidelines both the courts AND Congress.

I will explain

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https://twitter.com/FluteMagician/status/1892255777546526754

The constitution sets up the US government as:
1) Congress writes the laws
2) The executive branch enforces the laws
3) The Courts adjudicate the laws

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It is the fault of all of us.

- 50% or more of us either don't pay attention to politics at all, and don't vote, or pay attention for 5 minutes every 4 years and vote based on a 5 second sound bite

- Our attention span has gone from 30 to 10 to 5 second sound bites

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https://twitter.com/ne_vluchiv/status/1890813545350095223

- When we were told "their all the same", instead of demanding better, we checked out to watch "Keeping up with the real house husbands of Duluth"

- we worship money and think the wealthy are god-like and can do no wrong

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Musk said he wants to use AI to review government contracts for waste, fraud, and abuse.

There are a whole bunch of questions that raises, which neither Musk nor the administration are willing to answer.

1/ - Who controls that AI? Musk or one of his companies?
- How much are taxpayers paying for it?
- When did congress authorize spending on it?
- How many competitive bids were taken on providing that service?
- Where is the contract for that service and what are the terms?

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Fun little story time.

Back in 2008/9 Bank of America needed additional bailout money, ~$40B.

So the Obama administration was going to do a stock purchase, giving the US government somewhere around 10-20% stake in BofA. Enough to have a seat on the board.

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https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1881510272529240260

Which meant the government would have a say in whether BofA could use that bailout money to pay executive bonuses and dividends or could enact policies such as illegally foreclosing on tens of thousands of homes.

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I'm seeing a lot of posts of people saying that Trump cannot end birthright citizenship via executive order because it is part of the constitution and requires an amendment. That it will be challenged in court immediately.

1/ People don't understand a lawless presidency.

Dictators 101 - ignore the laws you don't like

"I'm a US citizen!"

"We don't care, get in the cattle car"

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Musk attacking the governments of Germany, UK, and France and supporting far right parties to take over.

Trump threatening to invade everyone.

To all appearances, we are seeing the rise of a global cabal set about to turn "the West" into a giant Fascist Oligarchy

1/ Fascism almost always comes with imperialism.

Putin started his war against Ukraine because he wants to be remembered as "Vlad the Great who restored the empire". It's all about his ego.

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Elon admits that he doesn't understand people. It is a factor of his Asperger's. Making it greatly ironic that he bought a social media company.

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https://twitter.com/smalls2672/status/1872073741582094417

The general model for the US since Reagan, strongly supported by the 1%, is to keep the majority of the country right on the edge of the cliff. You throw a few off each year as an example to the rest. Medical bankruptcies are great for that.

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Twitter is just a game to @elonmusk and the name of the game is outrage (engagements).

He claims that he wants "the center" and not the extremes so that Twitter is the "town hall", but look at what he does.

1/ He releases the "Twitter files" with big claims that prominent right-wing voices were being silenced.

Then, he gooses the formula so that prominent right-wing voices were spammed on everyone's timeline, whether you followed them or not, for several days.

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All the Twitter comments about Liz Cheney being a hero are just strange.

I will give her props for having integrity. That is something that is not just extremely rate in the GOP. It is something the GOP and it's base is actively hostile to.

1/ However, "I won't tolerate sedition" is an insanely low bar to be called a hero. That should be the default position of every politician (and citizen) in the country.

Politicians take an oath to protect and defend the constitution. Not their party. Not an individual.

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In 2016, Russia may very well have succeeded in destroying the US, it just might take 25 years and the US outliving Russia.

The overturning of Roe is probably the first nail in the coffin of the US.

Sounds batshit crazy, I know, but stick with me for a moment. 🧵 Roe is just the first shot across the bow. The real goal is to undermine everything in the last 70 years that stands on the 14th amendment. That would be civil rights, women's rights, and gay rights.

There is a good reason to think this leak is done by conservatives. Why? 2/