How sad for them. I’m sure the kids who are now not getting their aids treatment because DOGE employees cancelled USAID didn’t feel abandoned.
Doge Cuts to USAid Blamed for 300,000 Deaths — Most of Them Children
it’s worse than that
Last I saw the number was 600k.
Lol I remember the countless posts on how these guys would end up being the fall guys for all of it. Least surprising twist of the year.
In fascism literally everyone is a future fall guy.
It’s fine, Musk can find a new batch of kinda smart but not really college dropouts with delusions of impressing a narcissistic rich guy and a history of starting arguments with “well, actually, white men are the most oppressed social group”. They seem to be cloning them at industrial scale these days.
It would be nice if they were prosecuted, as one of their DOGE members leaked the Social Security numbers in plaintext for every malicious actor to take advantage of. All because they were a stupid, brash fool that thought they could do something and not get caught. 🙄🤬
Musk had not been just their visionary leader. For them, he was their protector: the man who had a direct line to Trump, who they believed could pick up the phone and secure a presidential pardon if the worst came.
Now, that seems not to be a quote from somebody involved, but a quote from Politico, but with that in mind…
What kind of person does something with the expectation that they might need a pardon? Only people who think they might be committing a crime. You know, criminals.
And I would argue that if they were committing crimes with the expectation that Musk would secure them pardons from Trump, that is describing a conspiracy that includes Musk himself. (As well as Trump, but it wouldn’t be possible to charge him with that, given a recent Supreme Court ruling.)
If I was the next president, I’d have everybody from DOGE on federal charges as soon as was feasible, including Musk… Although given Trump’s health, the next president will likely be Vance. I wonder what the odds makers put on Vance being the next president.
Ah, but they’ve already claimed that Musk wasn’t part of DOGE and he’ll claim that the employees were making assumptions and he never said such a thing. And he’d probably be correct; Musk is much better than Trump at weasel wording things.
Doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a meticulous investigation though.
I don’t doubt that Musk is better than Trump at any sort of intellectual pursuit, but that’s only because Trump is that much of a dumbass. I mean, Musk seems to be able to read at a reasonably adult level.
Musk frequently says and does quite stupid things that involve him or his companies in legal peril. He’s famous for over-promising and under-delivering, and not via weasel words, but being specific. I think he gets away with it more from having good lawyers than from him acting any more intelligently than the average person.
I do feel like these idiots should be thrown under the bus, and punished to the full extent of the law. I really do hope they’re held accountable for their wanton destruction.
That said, I can imagine some college graduates going along with something like this simply because they don’t have the life experience to really understand the legal, political, and social ramifications of what they’re doing.
“I knew this was wrong and only did it because I thought I had fascist immunity”
I’m guessing none of them got Federal Employee Professional Liability Insurance. Oh dear, what a shame …
How about the department heads that let it happen? Doge went into systems unchallenged.
Definitely not the kind of thing you’d have to worry about if you worked for a real government agency. You might get laid off or fired, but as long as you’re doing your job, you won’t be prosecuted for it.
However, if your “job” involves doing something illegal, that might require a pardon…maybe you should think twice about volunteering for that position.
Oh no! Those poor kids 😩🫶
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Find the ones that live near you. Get a compost bin. Make compost for your garden. You’ll need some every year
