@jakejames @eyeslasho The point is, Mulema is not the government. There are 7B people on this planet, and there is no reason for the most powerful nation on earth to take a position on the comments of every irrelevant loon.

RT @eyeslasho: @jakejames Constant hyperbole and deliberate abuse (or misuse) of language and terms degrades the discourse — a degradation…

@eyeslasho Musk is showing a pattern of wasting his time on things that don’t really matter, but are red meat for the MAGA base. Why on earth would the most powerful executive on earth take time to denounce a single digit minority party in a barely relevant African nation?

@James_West_PhD @HistoryBoomer If the concern is with laws on the books, then there are no legal grounds to claim corruption. For example, there is plenty of reasonable debate over whether members should be able to trade securities. Don't like it? Vote for representatives to change it.

@dheerajchand @wil_da_beast630 This is a logical argument.

@Curic_official @gfodor @NathanJRobinson No. If a federal judge makes a ruling that is unconstitutional, you appeal and that judge’s decision can be overturned by a higher court.

@gfodor @NathanJRobinson What a federal judge declares, is the law. If the executive disagrees then they can appeal to a higher court. That is how our system works.

@johnric42104881 @HistoryBoomer It's a vaccine that reduces the likelihood of COVID infection by 30%-50%, which is similar to the flu vaccine, which reduces the likelihood of flu infection by 40%-60%. Get it or don't get it, but please for the love of Christ stop crying about it.

@USAGarbage17 @Sean_C2 @mattyglesias You are retarded.

@USAGarbage17 @mattyglesias If POTUS feels the law establishing an agency is unconstitutional, then he should file a lawsuit and let the courts determine whether his interpretation of the constitution is correct.

@mattyglesias But what if he delegates the "deleting" to a 19yo?

@wanyeburkett Many struggle to understand the space between .9, .99, and .999.

@dredgedskeleton @wil_da_beast630 Lol. The majority is for higher taxes as long as it's not them paying. I guarantee they're fine taxing Will as long as they fall below the definition of "megarich".

@justksthings3 @wil_da_beast630 Using the tax code for social welfare was a bad idea. I'd rather just implement a simple tax that covers our costs, including wealth transfers to the poor if that's what the people are voting for.

@KathrynPaisner @Chens89 @HistoryBoomer I think there is a knee jerk reaction to "corporate" lobbyists because they have an obvious profit motive. But I don't see a constitutional way to allow a "right to life" lobbyist to exist, without also allowing a Google lobbyist to exist.

@KathrynPaisner @Chens89 @HistoryBoomer Lobbying is not corruption. It's explicitly constitutionally protected. Citizens (including lobbyists and corporations) have the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.

@patoneill @CloudxRaven Eh, dumb take. Morocco is amazing.

@wil_da_beast630 What I'm seeing is DOGE investigating 12 out of 67M SS recipients, representing a maximum savings of less than $700K annually. We just need about 2 million more of these "finds" and we can balance the budget.