William Lindsey :toad:<p>RJ Matson on Musk-Trump turning the White House into a used-car lot. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <br>/2</p><p><a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/fire-sale" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">contrarian.substack.com/p/fire</span><span class="invisible">-sale</span></a></p>
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William Lindsey :toad:<p>"President Trump opened a used-car lot outside the White House today, explaining that his business venture would not interfere with running the federal government, since there is hardly any left."</p><p>As Lewis Grossberger says, no one is surprised. /s</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://grossbergerbulletin.substack.com/p/trump-opens-used-car-lot-outside" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grossbergerbulletin.substack.c</span><span class="invisible">om/p/trump-opens-used-car-lot-outside</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Tiffany Flick, the affiant who served as the acting chief of staff to the commissioner of the agency until mid-February, also warned that careless actions by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could lead to interruptions in Social Security payments."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <br>/12</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"In an affidavit filed in federal court on Friday, a former senior civil servant at the Social Security Administration (SSA) detailed how deputies for Elon Musk forced their way into the agency, formed a clandestine unit, and gained access to its most sensitive databases."</p><p>~ Caleb Ecarma</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <br>/11</p><p><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/in-affidavit-former-social-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">muskwatch.com/p/in-affidavit-f</span><span class="invisible">ormer-social-security</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Florida Rep. Greg Steube: "We have got to get our fiscal house in order in Washington, and if that means short-term pain for the country, then we're gonna have to walk through that together ...."</p><p>Missouri Rep. Mark Alford and Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin both tell constituents: You'll be paying more for things, but you'll love doing so.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a><br>/10</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Emily Singer offers a helpful rundown of the hogwash Republican elected officials are offering their constituents as the economic suffering Musk-Trump are creating sets in:</p><p>House Majority Whip Tom Emmer: "There may be some short-time disruption that's going to result in some negative impacts, no question.” </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a><br>/9</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/9/2308392/-How-Republicans-are-making-pathetic-excuses-for-Trump-s-inflation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/9/</span><span class="invisible">2308392/-How-Republicans-are-making-pathetic-excuses-for-Trump-s-inflation</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Plus we’ve destroyed our alliances and are rapidly undermining our scientific and technological capacity.</p><p>As the economy stumbles and the stock market tanks, consumer confidence lags, and even some Trump voters are losing faith, what I find particularly revealing is how the Trump cabal are responding."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a><br>/7</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>“''Stagflation’ Is One of Wall Street’s Biggest Nightmares. How to Prepare for the Worst' Barrons</p><p>'Trump's Tariff Flip-Flops Revive 'Stagflation' Fears' Investopedia</p><p>Now, even Trump won’t rule out a potential recession."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a><br>/5</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The business press reflects rising panic:</p><p>'Stagflation fears bubble up as Trump tariffs take effect and the economy slows' CNBC</p><p>'The stagflation nightmare of the 1970s could rear its ugly head to take a toll on Americans’ wallets and livelihoods' Fortune</p><p>'The Two-Headed Monster Stalking the Economy Has a Name: Stagflation' Wall Street Journal"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a><br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trump’s economic plans are incoherent and incomprehensible at least partially by design. The goal, by this longtime scam artist, is to bamboozle the American people and take their money."</p><p>~ Noah Berlatsky</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a><br>/2</p><p><a href="https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-budget-2025-big-lie-mike-johnson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publicnotice.co/p/trump-budget</span><span class="invisible">-2025-big-lie-mike-johnson</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Bottom line: if you were trying to create an economic meltdown, you could not be trying any harder than Trump is.</p><p>And Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert of totalitarian regimes, makes clear that this comes right out of the authoritarian playbook—because of the opportunities that a meltdown creates both politically and economically…for some."</p><p>~ David Pepper</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/trump-recession-is-coming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">davidpepper.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-recession-is-coming</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The about-face about this clear-as-day promise reminds me so much of this quote from Hannah Arendt about lies and totalitarian leaders:</p><p>'In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and nothing was true.'"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceofEggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PriceofEggs</span></a><br>/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"He has also gutted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which forced companies engaged in fraud to repay billions of dollars to consumers.</p><p>Second, how dare he! Trump ran a fraudulent campaign on the premise that he would bring down prices (which were already going down under Biden) on day one and that he would make a peace deal in Ukraine before he even took office—or in 24 hours."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceofEggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PriceofEggs</span></a><br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"It’s Sunday, and Trump is saying we all need to 'shut up.' Seriously. He just posted a headline that reads: 'Shut up about egg prices—Trump is saving consumers billions.'</p><p>First, he is causing consumers to lose 'trillions,' not 'save billions.' Trump has tanked the markets, causing trillion-dollar losses to 401(k)s and pensions."</p><p>~ Ben Meiselas</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PriceofEggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PriceofEggs</span></a><br>/3</p><p><a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-demands-we-shut-upwe-get-louder" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meidasplus.com/p/trump-demands</span><span class="invisible">-we-shut-upwe-get-louder</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trump's erratic, chaotic governing style is dragging down the economy."</p><p>~ Dan Pfeiffer</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a><br>/3</p><p><a href="https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/chaos-theory-how-trump-is-destroying" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">messageboxnews.com/p/chaos-the</span><span class="invisible">ory-how-trump-is-destroying</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The secretary of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is frustrating even allies with his response to the outbreak. Kennedy, who has long been an anti-vaccine activist, said last week that measles outbreaks were 'not unusual,' and then on Sunday he posted pictures of himself hiking above Coachella Valley in California."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a><br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"On Friday night, employees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—about 80,000 of them—received an email offering them a buyout of up to $25,000 if they resign and giving them a deadline of March 14 to respond. Also as of Friday, nearly 230 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas and New Mexico, and two people have died."</p><p>~ Heather Cox Richardson</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-8-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/march-8-2025</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>We're up against great density, great thick-headedness, in trying to salvage this democracy, when so many voters are just so lamentably ill-informed and unwilling to take pains to inform themselves.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <br>/7</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>As Shorman reports, Kelli McGlothlin of St. Joseph, Missouri, voted for Trump.</p><p>She now finds herself out of a job with the IRS due to Trump-Musk's gutting of the federal government. She's furious.</p><p>But does she regret her Trump vote? Apparently not. </p><p>Musk did this to her, she says. Not Trump.</p><p>Though Musk wouldn't be rampaging through the federal government WITHOUT TRUMP standing right with him, giving him free rein.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <br>/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>I like Rebecca Solnit's hopeful outlook about the broad-based coalition Musk-Trump may be building in response to their destruction of, well, everything. But note this report and the obstacles we Americans are up against as we hope for people to see, understand, and come to their senses about what's going on. </p><p>Jonathan Shorman reports on Kelli McGlothlin's recent firing as an IRS employee.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <br>/5</p><p><a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article301316279.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kansascity.com/news/politics-g</span><span class="invisible">overnment/article301316279.html</span></a></p>
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