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Father of daughters, husband. Carpenter and Architect Surfer and Sailor. New to Bluesky, Just dumped Twitter. Harris 2024 PNW and sometimes Colorado. Also afloat on large, salty bodies of water.
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Three days ago from Twitter. Muskrat doing muskrat things, had to delete and get out of there. Good to see long term acquaintances here. Feels healthier by far.

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None of this could happen without media actively supporting the gaslighting. Subjugating reality.

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The media wants a contested election. They wanted a contested Democratic Convention but it was robbed from them by Kamala Harris. I pray she denies them their wish again, winning a decisive victory.

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And they are told that we are the believers of falsehoods and hypocrites. So calling them out on that is hopeless. Form of cult indoctrination. Is a fascist movement considered a cult movement?

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His hands are weirdly small.

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Me too. Switched 48 hours ago. Felt very good to delete my muskrat account.

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Musk has a lot of regulatory problems, and ongoing fueds with regulators. But being the guy that Trump licenses to cut agency budgets gives him power to threaten those regulators. With Schedule F, Musk could also identify which regulators Trump should fire. That is a lot of power.

First, as a private businessman, he is subject to regulation. Musk tends to push or even ignore the law. This creates legal risks for him. For example, he has had a long-running feud with the SEC about public statements he has made about stocks and his takeover of Twitter, causing him to pay a $20 million fine and label the regulators as “bastards.” He has complained that other government regulators are limiting his Space X work, and has proposed that NASA should cancel a contract with Boeing, his main competitor in publicly-funded space travel. He is suing Federal Aviation Authority after a fine for repeated safety violations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has multiple investigations into crashes associated with Tesla’s self-driving mode. He is fighting punishments by the National Labor Relations Board for his anti-union actions. The list goes on and on.
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Some takes on the DC whistleblower piece: While the CIA analyst was granted whistleblower protections, his identity was revealed. Trump tweeted about him more than 50 times. He needed to leave his home and had to have ongoing security. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...

Lesson 2: Pushing back against wrongdoing is an ethical decision framed by personal considerations. One thing I’ve heard again and again from officials placed in ethically difficult situation is the degree to which their personal circumstances matter. Many cannot afford to lose their jobs, or do not want to be put their family in danger. The whistleblower was single, and willing to deal with the consequences: “It was just me, the information and my conscience.”

Nevertheless, once the news broke, Trump tweeted about him more than 50 times, demanding that he be identified. The analyst received credible warnings that his identity would be exposed. Senator Rand Paul named the person he said was the whistleblower after much online speculation. His life was upended.

The analyst called his parents, urging them to lock their doors and contact the local police. A CIA security detail drove him to his home, handed him two black plastic garbage bags and told him he had 10 minutes to stuff them with everything he would need for the foreseeable future. They bought him a burner phone and began moving him every few days to a new hotel room.
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My "Harris! Obviously!" yard sign has garnered only spontaneous support. People driving by stop to compliment. Strangers have knocked on my door to appreciate my having put the sign up. I expected the sign to have been destroyed by now. Quite the opposite. Very purple to red rural Oregon...

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Constant normalization by almost every media source. The word cult, although used rampantly, is apt. Without accurate reporting maga can maintain an upside down worldview without being 'evil' or 'bad' people. (Sure, some are.)

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@sawdog.bsky.social
Father of daughters, husband. Carpenter and Architect Surfer and Sailor. New to Bluesky, Just dumped Twitter. Harris 2024 PNW and sometimes Colorado. Also afloat on large, salty bodies of water.
20 followers261 following20 posts