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Nonilex<p>"I think, if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>," US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> said on FauxNews Wed evening. "It's unbelievable that this guy's stock is this cheap. It'll never be this cheap again."</p><p>"I mean, who wouldn't invest in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>? You gotta be kidding me."</p><p>🙋🏼‍♀️</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Following <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s shameful <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> advert on the WH lawn last week, US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> used a TV appearance to urge Americans to buy stock in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s company.</p><p>Cabinet secretaries *don't typically* [NEVER] recommend individual stocks, much less those linked to the president's closest adviser.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tesla-musk-lutnick" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/20/tesla-mus</span><span class="invisible">k-lutnick</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> Expands Across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> Complex</p><p>Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>, is now accessible across the White House campus. It is the latest installation of the Wi-Fi network across the govt since Musk joined the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration as an *unpaid* [if you don’t count all the extra contracts he’s gotten] adviser.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/elon-musk-starlink-white-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=08504AF5-44B4-4B40-977F-61893CA9733D" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/elon-musk-starlink-white-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=08504AF5-44B4-4B40-977F-61893CA9733D</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Friday, several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> employees arrived at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USIP</span></a>], accompanied by 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> agents, according to Gonzo Gallegos, the institute's communications director. They left after a brief discussion about the institute's status.</p><p>The institute is not part of the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a>, but is instead an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> agency that was established by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> in 1984.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> said those agencies should eliminate all operations not codified in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/statute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statute</span></a> as well as "reduce the performance of their statutory functions &amp; associated personnel to the minimum presence &amp; function required by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>."</p><p>So far, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has produced potential cuts of &gt;100k <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> across the 2.3M-member federal civilian workforce, the freezing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>, &amp; the cancellation of thousands of programs &amp; contracts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>Timothy Snyder: "The federal government is undertaking to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, on the grounds that as a student he led protests against the Israeli assault on Gaza. There is no accusation that Khalil committed a crime. He is being singled out, in what amounts to a test case for American authoritarianism as a whole, for the expression of his views.'</p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-159072868" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-15907</span><span class="invisible">2868</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
aburtch<p>This is what <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> looks like. Fancy golf courses and amenities for me (paid for by you). And air pollution, poverty, loss of freedoms and civil rights for you (all for the benefit of me). <a href="https://journa.host/@theintercept/114156327418135077" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journa.host/@theintercept/1141</span><span class="invisible">56327418135077</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The states argued <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> by wielding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> only ofcls confirmed by the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> can exercise under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AppointmentsClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppointmentsClause</span></a>, &amp; sought the materials through…discovery.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chutkan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chutkan</span></a> said her order focused mainly on who at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> was making cost-cutting decisions &amp; how far they could go.</p><p>"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim,” she wrote.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A US judge has ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> &amp; his Department of Government *Efficiency* to turn over a variety of records &amp; answer questions describing their efforts to slash federal spending.</p><p>Wednesday night's decision by US District Judge Tanya <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chutkan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chutkan</span></a> in Washington, DC, came in a lawsuit by 14 Democratic state attorneys general against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, DOGE &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-orders-doge-musk-produce-cost-cutting-records-2025-03-13/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/us-judge-ord</span><span class="invisible">ers-doge-musk-produce-cost-cutting-records-2025-03-13/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"We don't want to be part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> for obvious reasons; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>," said Tuuta Lynge-Larsen, a bank employee &amp; Nuuk resident, adding that this election was especially important. "We don't like the attention, to put it short."</p><p>The island holds substantial natural resources, including critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> such as rare earths used in high-tech industries, ranging from EVs to missile systems.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“…I think the fear of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/imperialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialist</span></a> approach has lately become bigger than the anger towards Denmark," said Julie Rademacher, a consultant &amp; fmr adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>'s govt.</p><p>Reuters spoke to…Greenlanders in Nuuk, all of whom said they favored <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a>, although many expressed concern that a swift transition could damage the economy &amp; eliminate Nordic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a> services like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalHealthcare</span></a> &amp; free <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schooling</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The vast island, with a population of just 57k, has been caught up in a geopolitical race for dominance in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a>, where melting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IceCaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IceCaps</span></a> are making its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resources</span></a> more accessible &amp; opening new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shipping</span></a> routes. Both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> have intensified <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> activity in the region.</p><p>"People want change...We want more business to finance our welfare," said Jens-Frederik Nielsen, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Demokraatit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demokraatit</span></a>'s leader &amp; a former minister of industry &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Demokraatit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demokraatit</span></a>, which favours a slow approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a>, secured 29.9% of the votes w/all ballots counted, up from 9.1% in 2021, ahead of the opposition Naleraq party, which favors rapid independence, at 24.5%.</p><p>Since taking office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has vowed to make <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> - a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark - part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, saying it is vital to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> interests, an idea rejected by most Greenlanders.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>'s pro-business opposition <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Demokraatit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demokraatit</span></a> party won Tuesday's closely watched parliamentary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>, beating the incumbent left-wing coalition in a vote dominated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s threat to take control over the island.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greenland-election-tests-independence-ambitions-us-interest-looms-2025-03-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/green</span><span class="invisible">land-election-tests-independence-ambitions-us-interest-looms-2025-03-11/</span></a></p>
aburtch<p>I really have to stop harping on this but look at this shit. As long as Democrats do what their Wall Street donors want (and they always do) nothing will change. </p><p>They have no plans to be an opposition party because their funders are all A-OK with all the deregulation, money laundering, crypto scams, and massive tax cuts for the rich at the expense of everyone else. </p><p><a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114146587955932074" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@cryptadamist</span><span class="invisible">/114146587955932074</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TiffanyFlick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TiffanyFlick</span></a> said she didn’t know what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> was working on, but that it seemed to have something to do with allegations of widespread *fraud* that she considered to be “invalid.”</p><p>A spox for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Administration did not respond to questions about DOGE’s work at the agency. Russo, Gracias, Coulter, Bobba &amp; Davis also did not respond to messages seeking comment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Bobba’s onboarding was unusual, acc/to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TiffanyFlick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TiffanyFlick</span></a>, who said his background check was held up for a few days. She said she received pressure from Russo &amp; Steve Davis, who runs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s Boring Co &amp; is also working for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, to get Bobba credentials by midnight on Feb 10. Bobba was sworn in over the phone, “contrary to standard practice,” she said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Russo arrived Feb 3, &amp; “introduced himself as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> representative to multiple employees on multiple occasions,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TiffanyFlick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TiffanyFlick</span></a> said. He now serves as the agency’s chief information officer. Russo also brought on Akash Bobba, a fmr intern for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> Technologies Inc, to *analyze* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> data.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> elevated a mid-level anti-fraud specialist, Leland Dudek, to be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>’s acting commissioner last month — skipping over more than 150 higher-ranking supervisors at the agency.</p><p>Dudek had cooperated with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, helping to bring Russo &amp; Coulter into the agency, according to a sworn statement filed Friday by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TiffanyFlick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TiffanyFlick</span></a>, the former agency chief of staff who retired when Dudek was promoted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Among those tapped for the task are Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners, who also served on the board of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> Inc &amp; was an early investor in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> …as well as Scott Coulter, formerly of Lone Pine Capital, &amp; Michael Russo, formerly of Shift4….</p><p>Those names, confirmed in agency &amp; court documents, underscore the importance that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> agency has taken as a beachhead for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> *cost-cutting* effort.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>