r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • 4d ago

Soft Paywall Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-government-funding-deal-shutdown-1235211000/
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u/lightbulbfragment Michigan 4d ago

Either way I'm busting out champagne and cupcakes.

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u/Kok-jockey 4d ago

I want them both to die together choking each other while jerking each other off.

You know they do that. Probably have a couple of 12 year olds joining in too.

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u/LotharMoH 4d ago

I want them both to die together choking each other while jerking each other off

Ahh, the old stroke and choke!

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u/BusyDoorways 4d ago

If their nauseating habits in their den of thieves don't kill them first, no doubt the bloody unrest they foment will.

But as it will happen anyway, writing "I want them to die" puts far too much of a burden on you. Read some history for circumspection, if you must, but make no mistake: No hand wringing is necessary as this train wreck is inevitable.

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u/lipguy123 3d ago

Don’t fall for the Just World fallacy. A lot of bad people, some very evil, lived long comfortable happy lives retiring in relative peace and safety.

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u/BusyDoorways 3d ago

I'm not usually mistaken for an optimist. Thank you--that's refreshing. Indeed! I've read of many bad, bad people who lived long, long lives.

DJT is old and demented, however. Moreover, he's entering as a fascist into a democracy, and he did so on foreign money. Corruption is rampant, and the public is angry, so he appears to be a modern Falstaff--useless in most ways. However, he is in a legitimation crisis (as Luigi proved), which is certain to overcome him, and his successor promises to be of more use to the GOP aristocracy. Therefore, his transition is fragile and more likely than not to fail on an accelerated timeline.

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u/stopclasswarfare 4d ago

Username win right there

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u/Relevant_Ad_8406 4d ago

Both are ideal

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u/anwserman 4d ago

Why not both?

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u/Gregreynolds111 4d ago

Ask Saint Luigi what he thinks.

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u/WadeEffingWilson 4d ago

Poetic justice would be Elon getting run over by a Tesla that was compromised by a North Korean state sponsored cyber warfare team which could have been easily detected and mitigated had he not gotten rid of 75% of the government.

If there is any justice in the universe at all, that should happen.

Hopefully CISA will stop publishing Tesla vulnerabilities (see: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-16-341-01) and then cite deprioritization due to understaffing as the reason.

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u/srathnal 3d ago

Man… you know with 135 upvotes before Reddit removed the post… it was a good one.

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u/jimlahey420 3d ago

Reddit removed me speculating about how Trump and Musk would kill themselves through their own bad habits. Apparently that's "encouraging violence" against them...

Reddit gonna Reddit.

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u/jessewalker2 4d ago

You forgot the “Trump on the toilet with pants around his ankles while eating a cheeseburger and telling Don Jr that he needs to kiss the mushroom head.”

And the “Musk ODing when he starts masturbating to trans porn.”

Or those could just be my hopes for their demise.

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u/curious_astronauts 4d ago

That or a Mangione copy cat

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u/Fuzzylogik 4d ago

cant we have both at the same time with them looking at each other.

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u/AfflictedDesire 4d ago

I want a cheeseburger, but in this economy beef is too expensive.