I can’t even imagine the mental gymnastics required to be both “pro-labor” and “pro-AI”. I mean, yeah I’m all about workers rights…but imagine how much money my boss could make if he just replaced us all with robots?

…but, did it work?

There is an implied contract between the States and the Federal government regarding taxation. The Federal government cannot cut funding to a State and still expect them to keep their end of that agreement.

For all the alarmists acting like this is going to pass…it won’t. This is part of the normal process that all new legislation goes through. Politicians propse a bill, which contains everything they can think to include…throwing it all at the wall, just to see what will stick. Then it gets torn to shreds during the debate session, by legal advocacy groups and human rights organizations, who know exactly what kinds of legal challenges they can see coming a mile away. Anything that’s garaunteed to get tossed out in court is discarded from the legislation.

Why? Because there’s no point in passing legislation that can’t actually be legally enforced. Law enforcement has been trying to get these kinds of “tools” implemented for decades. And the courts have all said, all the way along…no. You need a warrant for that kind of intrusion. They need probable cause to look at these things. They need a reasonable justification beyond, “I want to look, just in case”. None of the shit in this bill is going to pass the legal smell test. Period.

Cheese.

“Any rebuttal is shut down by these drones.” Proceeds to complain that their whataboutism isn’t respected as a valid “rebuttal”.

I was referring more to the fact that Elon Musk has already been allegedly funneling DOGE data directly to the Russian government…but yeah, all the rest of that is pretty bad too. Lol!

…and it’s all going to “accidentally” find its way onto Russian servers.

If Trump cuts off Federal funding, he may not have a choice. That money has to come from somewhere.

Except that it is still America, and the government seizing private property…especially from a billionaire…is straight up “socialism” as far as most Americans are concerned. I have a feeling that might not go over as easily as people think.

Wut?

And just like they did in Maine, California will sue him and win.

Except that NASA is a nationally owned branch of the government. They answer directly to the executive branch and are funded by Congress. They are not a “company”. They are a government agency.

That’s because…technically…the government mostly provides contracts to SpaceX to take their stuff to and from orbit. They’re basically paying for a service…not investing in SpaceX’s product development. Even though that is an indirect result of giving them those contracts.

It’s like hiring a landscaper to do your lawn. They come with their own equipment, so even though they bought it using the money you pay them…you don’t own any of it. They do.

SpaceX operates a fleet of privately owned ICBMs under license from the US government.

That’s not true. All nuclear weapons in the US’s arsenal are under the control of the US military. You are correct to say that it would be illegal for any private contractor to operate its own fleet of ICBMs…and that includes SpeceX.

The intellectual property they are using is subject to ITAR regulation. Any American trying to transfer that IP outside of the US would be quickly indicted. Any foreign government using or authorizing the use of that IP would be heavily sanctioned.

ITAR doesn’t prevent SpaceX from moving its base of operations to another country. As I said, they are a privately owned company. Moving their operations to another country is not the same thing as “giving” that technology to that country.

SpaceX is a privately owned company. I’m absolutely certain the US government doesn’t own any of their intellectual property. If they chose to, they could move the entire operation to any other country, and US courts could probably do nothing to prevent it.

It dissolves…but into what? Sounds like a recipe for a petroleum salt water mix that’s probably just as toxic as melted plastic, unless all the petroleum is removed.

As usual, this doesn’t actually make any sense. I genuinely wonder if Trump understands anything people around him are even talking about…or if all of his interactions with others, are just a series of Charlie Brown adults "mwa-mwa"ing at him while he struggles to pay attention.

And that is most likely why they are now a “former” DOGE engineer.

That’s the neat part. There isn’t one.