Elon Musk reportedly on top of Dems’ list to investigate after midterms
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INVESTIGATE TRUMP
I genuinely feel like I’m going insane when the Dems haven’t made a “we’ll impeach Trump if elected” promise. Not that I’d believe them, but it seems like that should be a talking point.
He's not the target any more because it's been proven that he is completely immune politically and legally. They should do what they never did which is to go after all the co-conspirators first starting with the lowest then keep flipping them until you have everyone. If you eventually get the Don before the clock runs out, that's a bonus.
Might be a strategy to capture some disgruntled MAGA folks, and not make them rally for their führer
He should be imprisoned for many reasons, but the cutting off Starshield/Starlink to Ukraine to keep its defensive drones from intercepting Russian jet drones should see him in front of a firing squad.
If I recall correctly, he came tp the US as an alien and worked illegally originally. Sounds like a reason for stripping citizenship and deportation.
Just win the damn elections first and worry about that after. This is basic football, catch the ball first, THEN run. Planning before execution leads to incomplete passes, or interceptions.
But at least they have to tell the voters roughly what they want to do so the voters know what they are actually voting for. So 'just win the damn elections' should include some indication of their priorities.
It's a trap though. Lots of people criticize candidates for being only anti-Whatever and not caring about local citizens or having a plan for local issues.
Although throwing MAGA in jail is the most important thing to help local citizens and issues, IMO.
Absolutely, on policy that's important. But announcing investigations before your capable of doing so is likely to just make him throw in another $300 million to keep that from happening.
I mean...you should also have a plan on what to do when you have the ball, right? Or is every time you catch a football, it's your first time thinking about what you're gonna do next?
“Hey guys, I’m not going to tell you what I plan to do with power once I get it because Shartgargle says it’s the best option. Vote for me, though.”
It’s called having a platform. Saying what you’re gunna do if you win is the whole point of campaigning.
Investigating people isn't a platform.
to even the playing field, republicans should promise the same! they are good at this promising game~
Bullshit. They’ll capitulate as they always do. Their only use is to unseat the fascist. Once that is done. We can work to unseat them, and then put someone in the Shite House that will actually do the work.
And then election time will come and we'll get another republican president.
I feel like I could bet on Musk paying to kill any investigation brought up by the Dems should they win.
All that doge shit was extremely illegal and everyone involved should be tried
No. Hang him. What more evidence do you need of his immense traitorous harm to America and the working class around the world that would require investigation? You'll lethally inject one person for egregious crimes against one other person, but you'll dither and fret over bringing meaningful consequence to set an example when it's someone who has directly harmed millions worldwide and condemned an entire generation to immeasureable struggle and unprecedented crises. It's vile and pathetic. At this point investigation is a very clear delay and distract tactic, and we all know why this is the best the good cop half of this corporate capital party has to offer.
They should literally be running on this.
We know what immigrants are stealing citizens jobs. Or mooching off the system. It's him.
Yes. And not just Musk.
People fucking cheered when Ossoff said it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twEzWK4_N-Q
I like ossoff. I was happy to vote for him the other day.
An Apartheid emerald mine owner’s son is now the richest man in Earth. When you look at his upbringing, his sense of morals or lack thereof makes sense.
Elon is a born Nazi. He could never rise above it. It gave him what he needed to become he agent of fascism he is today.
And the Epstein case.
Canada doesn't want him back, maybe you could ask South Africa
Musk helped get us out of the habit of asking. By the time we reimplement that feature, it may be too late for his particular case. Also, it doesn't need to be a country where he's from or has any ties and if there are people there who want to kill him, that's hardly our problem. Totally unrelated, but what's that uncontacted island where all those missionaries keep dying?
Send him to Epstein Island where he has many fond memories, and then nuke it
I believe you are referring to North Sentinel Island.
Yeah, that’s good; send him there.
Ah hell nah they do not want that Orenia loving Afrikaans shitheel back
He would just come back seeking asylum.
He also fraudulently overstayed his student visa while working before naturalizing.
Way worse than anything Omar’s dad did.
He would cry 'witch hunt', but at this point who would even back him? The suckers still waiting on their vote-bribes?
Ha, no. It's them. They should be investigating themselves... or at least Republicans.
This? They will piss away a fortune and achieve nothing.
Revoke his citizenship, nationalize his shit, throw him in prison for a while, and then deport his ass.
Honestly he should shot and bury his corpse 6 feet under
Why are they so obsessed with investigations but never the other parts of the process, like arrests, bringing charges, trials, and sentencing?
To do any of those subsequent steps, you have to have something legal experts call "an actual case."
It's hard when your investigations are based on Internet conspiracy theories and sovereign citizen levels of bullshit.
Because it's all theatre.
Musk will just move his money back to the DNC.
Yeup. It should be clear still that this is not a reason not to vote D in midterms though.
And it should be noted how the Trump prosecution case stopped when he became president. So it's not at all unimportant who wields the power when it comes to these court cases.
Edit: I read this first thing after waking up and skimmed over the double negative. That's my bad lol. 😅
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Yeah, since nothing'll change, let's just keep everything the same, because this is going just swell.
Not a reason to vote D my fucking ass.
It took me a few reads to click with the double negative too.
I'm sorry for being so double negative
I read this first thing after waking up and skimmed over the double negative. That's my bad lol. 😅
I should have known better seeing as you're not from .ml
Of all things to 'both sides' this is stupid. One group is actually following due process, the other is literally ignoring due process and intercepting any attempt to reign in corruption.
And none of that 'controlled opposition' patter, due process was moving forward until Trump was re-elected and every bit of opposition was summarily dismantled and dismissed.
Womp womp, that's the joke.
They collectively dragged their ass for four years. An obscenity.
Not to mention, Harris took a knee in the last election (why is a mystery but I bet it was $$$).
You know they generally don't advertise for Republican votes in Presidential campaigns, don't you? Harris did ("he doesn't have to know how you voted", unprecedented R outreach). Everybody knows that you need independent votes to win, it's basic math.
I've voted, and you should too. But know the game, don't fall for the dog-and-pony show, that's the patter. You are repeating the D party line, and you can't get more patter than that, friend.
The fact is, one party has an active and stated goal of stripping the US for parts and the people of their rights. The other is headed up by milque toast corpo stooges. I shouldn't have to write a manifesto detailing the ills and failures of both parties to point out that basic but distinct difference in approaches. Dems are political mercenaries at best, Repubs actively campaign on removing rights.
And I'd love to see the D Party actually run on holding people accountable. Let's not pretend that is an active campaign goal for the Dems. I'd die to hear basic patter like that from Dem leadership. 99% of the time they run to the middle like you pointed out.
I mean investigations are the first part of due process. I agree the rest needs to follow, but an investigation is the start of things.
We also need to quit electing people who like to scuttle investigations, destroy evidence, and stymie witnesses/victims. That is the bigger hindrance to due process.
That is also the only part that the legislative branch can really do. Based on what is found during investigations, they can recommend charges, but that's about it. Arrests and charges come from the executive branch. Trial and sentencing come from the judicial branch. This separation of power is a safeguard against king shit, and believe it or not, the king shit we're seeing in action is still less absolute than it could be if not for some power not yet ceded to the executive.
Many of those things are clearly against the law and those perpetrators need to be held accountable (in 2 years, after they can no longer pay for pardons)
Because you can't arrest, charge, and bring to trial people without evidence, which is what the investigation is for.
Just like the Dems have investigated January 6th? I'm sure the consequences will be devastating for him.
That was the feckless Biden Administration. They fucked up royally, and got MAGA elected again. The Dems won't be making that mistake again, or they know they'll find themselves in the same hot seat as MAGA. You may not think the Dems are going to follow up, but the MAGAs certainly do. DC criminal defense lawyers are reporting that business is way up, with potential investigative targets booking their favorite attorney now.
The Dems are already making plans for the investigations. Dems know that even if they could pass legislation, the Demented Queen won't sign it, so the next 2 years are going to focus on Investigations. The plans are already in motion, witness lists are being drawn up, and subpoenas will be issued quickly.
Some people, like Musk, are going to be busy running from one Congressional investigation to another. They won't have time to get in future trouble while they are vigorously defending themselves against past trouble.
What I'm about to state is not a personal attack. We can discuss this without hatred even if we end the discussion by agreeing to disagree.
Biden had 4 years to prevent Trumps 2nd term. Biden had arguably the best intel in the world in the world working for him. He had an abundance of resources. One self sabotage (if you want to call it that) was Democrats choosing to have Kamala run against Trump last minute. Even if it wasn't last minute, Kamala is a minority and a woman which is a major disadvantage. Not to make this a race discussion but a white woman couldn't even beat Trump. I'm not trying to make this about race but we can't ignore that.
Democrats didn't mess up. They were complicit.
Democrats and the Biden Admin giving the 2024 election the old-college-try to stop Trump getting reelected wasn't a fumble. They threw the game on purpose. They were fully aware of what was at stake and the climate they were in. Democrats aren't making mistakes. They are letting changes happen and then acting appalled. A sweep in the midterms will only slow down the train but they won't stop it. They can't stop it. The system is broken and has giren significantly more broken in recent years.
the same way 8 years of obama paved the way for trump, pro-billionaire democrats doing nothing for the working class because they have the same donors as the republicans
Exactly. Goes back even further too. This was a long time in the making
Dodge cuts killed people and reduced US soft influence. its leader needs to be investigated. especially for hiring Big balls
High on optimism I see. You forget the only reason musk is back in the loop (along with the rest of the billionaire barons) is to rig the midterm results. Dems aren't getting elected.
maybe vote and stop cuckholding to the russian bots.
Nah screw that. I'm voting, and if you aren't a bitch you'll vote too.
Unless you wanna sit up there on your lame ass high horse and not be accountable for anything.
and pretend to not be accountable for anything. FTFY
If you have 7 people on a bus, 3 vote to drive off a cliff, 2 vote not to drive over a cliff, and 2 don't vote... You're going off a cliff.
Throw his ass in prison for life.
Agreed.
Pretty cruel to throw just his ass in prison.
I'm ok with it as long as it's chopped off with a rusty spoon.
Agreed. With the picture, I’d suggest both.
It'll never happen.
Fines at most.
Hey, let us dream, at least.
Hey, man, just saying... If the Musrkat ever faces justice, it won't come from the US Justice System. It'll come from one of us.
We'll get the fuck on it then! You are right, hi is basically untouchable with the current administration, unless someone is really good with a rifle. He's not stopping at the USA, he's going to fuck up as many world govs as he can!
And also in pretty much any other administration that could be plausibly imagined.
Ultra-rich fuckers do not go to prison in the US. Never have and probably never will.
Well, someone should get their rifle out and pop his fucking head clean off
It's wild that this is a political matter at all. The judicial system should not depend on what party is in charge. Still can't fully comprehend the level of institutionalized corruption
It's wild to me that anybody can believe a judicial system can be non-political.
I'm sorry for you
How many Benghazi sessions did Clinton have to endure? Gonna need like 10 times as many for him. Just hours and hours of time wasting for him, hopefully with lots of temper tantrums and perjury.
I love it. Yeah, Hillary had to deal with a lot of complete nonsense lawfare over that, and it was entirely made-up bullshit over 4 dead Americans. Because the cons knew she was going to run.
The least we could do is have some shitstain like Elon endure 100x that over real stuff. Because what he (and Vought) have willfully done is likely going to (probably has already) kill far, far, far more than just 4 people.
estimates are over 600k killed by doge which makes elon responsible
Hey maybe we should expand my Executive Babysitting Committee idea to the whole swath of people that need their evildoing stopped by wasting their time!
Some of those people aren't used to being sober or awake for 8 hours of questioning and I'd love to watch them crumble
Find out what exactly Trump meant when he said, “Elon knows those voting machines really well,” and then thanked him for giving him Pennsylvania. Those were quite fucking revealing comments, to say the least. Add on all those weird comments from his little meat shield kid, X-10101-cknvalkmcnvoefr, or whatever the fuck his name is. They stole the election, they committed treason, so give them the televised firing squad they so desire.
As he should be
Find a billionaire that shouldn't.
He told Tucker Carlson before the election that he would be fucked and go to prison if trump lost.
Maybe Taylor Swift? Idk, I'm drawing a blank.
Funny, it’s at the top of my list to fight that fucker if I ever see him in person
Investigate?
Screw that.
Just tax the MF into oblivion, along with the rest of the rich scumbags pillaging the government and the country.
There are FAR more people that did damage that were actually in charge and supposed to be responsible to and beholden to the citizens of this country. Judges, elected officials, LEOs, military officers. Investigate and bury them.
Things to investigate, what am I missing?:
That's in 4 minutes off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more. Hakeem Jeffries, you can have that list for free to start with - or, hey, better yet, let's get someone else who actually will take some action to lead the House.
I really liked that meme comparing immigrants and asking which is under investigation:
I really liked that meme comparing immigrants and asking which is under investigation:
They'll dick around and let anything they have fizzle out.
the dem playbook
Guys vote for us and we'll do something for real this time
Sure, they might try but will get ignored like last time and the evidence might vanish, might be some problem so they don't get power. Either way in two years the propaganda will say that Dems wasted all the time on witch hunts and lawfare and the voters will agree or not show up again and right back to maga. I'd love to be wrong about this, I can handle it lol!
But the contrarian view is that’s all they can do.
Congress has been dysfunctional for decades and the republicans have stood together against any bipartisan work. Even with a majority, there’s not much democrats can pass without a supermajority (or congressional reform).
The huge thing that has been missing has been constitutional checks and balances. I don’t know if they can do that without supermajority but they need to try
Given our dysfunctional Congress and the goal to put the brakes on abuses of power, is there anything they can do?
Absurd.
The super majority vote is a parliamentary rule and not law. They can skip the super majority with a simple majority vote (as they can with all parliamentary rules).
They skip it all the time... they bypass the "super majority" with regularity. Over 180x the last time I checked.
They could have passed minimum wage increase with a simple majority. Instead, they tied it to a massive budget package.
They never even tried a standalone bill. They performed the bare minimum because it works, people fall for it. It's an open secret and a bit of a joke, really.
The filibuster rule is a parliamentary thing that could be changed/ignored, but the veto is very much unavoidable. Without 2/3rds they cannot pass a thing Trump would object to, and without 2/3rds they can't remove him.
So it was a bit of a bullshit thing when a party has house, senate, and president and still can't vote things through due to the filibuster, but at least for now the democrats are still stuck with the veto.
why investigate? just follow the GOP playbook and deport him to CECOT.
Raid his house and 5AM and steal his phone. Then announce we are finding evidence that he needs to be denaturalized.
Eminent Domain Space X and everything musk owns.
We subsidized all of it, so it is the right thing to do.
I feel like at this point, investing corruption is in a race with the heat death of the universe.
There will be enough Republicans in the Senate to block everything.
Well y'know, maybe hang them too.
Allow me to begin the investigation: if you look really closely, you can see he's a dick
Please, please, please yank his citizenship.
Dems, when you get accused of partisanship, the move is to deny it and carry on with your plans. Ignore the naysayers and achieve your goals. DO NOT run away while whining about how the media is unfair.
He committed treason against America, the western world, democracy.
I think that’s way way too light.
They should just deport him, after a looooonng stay in alligator Alcatraz, and his ill gotten assets have been seized
That bastard will do just about anything to swing the election now
That's his whole problem...
Last minute media blitzs work against neoliberals because that's the same thing neoliberals have to resort to if they want to win elections
Otherwise their platforms and candidates can't stand up to the scrutiny.
With progressive policy/candidates, the more voters hear about them, the more popular they get.
That's why every state Dem party operating at campaign levels the last 18 months resulted in a shit ton of progressives making it to the general and winning special elections.
Republicans can't compete against that, which is the entire reason why in February of 2025 the DNC pivoted away from neoliberalism.
Absolutely no one should be surprised by what's about to happen over the next two years. But they will be because billionaire owned media will keep denying it's happening, and then try to credit neoliberals after it happens.
Always has been.
I would definitely enjoy watching his public execution by gunfire.
fire
firebunga
Enthusiastic. Double. Gonorrhea.
It’s the only way.
The Democrats can't bust the Rs on accepting piles of money and gold Krugerrands, come on now they pulled in a billion dollars to lose. If memory serves, they raised more money than Rs in last election.
The Supreme Court has decided that dollars are free speech (no matter how much) and Space X is people (no matter how stupid that is). This is performative at best in my opinion (just like Ds last 'attempt' to raise the minimum wage)
OR, Democrats will actually derail the money train and clean the White House! Ha that was a joke
I'm certain they'll get around to it, we'll see a strongly worded report in 24 months.
Instead, let's rescind Musk's citizenship for fraud on his application.
Yes. As he should be. But so many people are in the running for being on the top of that list.
Asshats like Russ Vought need to be on there, too. Sure, Musk was having idiotic teenagers with no qualifications doing their "doge" bullshit, but it's Vought behind a lot of this.
Get that motherfucker on the stand.
Same with Carr. And Hegseth. And Bondi. And Blanche....there are just so many motherfuckers that need to pay.
Good. That whole thing was a clusterfuck at best, and more likely sabotage and treason (I’m not just throwing that word about – he’s been working closely with Putin through all that, whether he was a collaborator or a useful idiot, and undermining US government institutions on behalf of a rival power is the definition of treason).
I don't know that there's anything necessarily illegal about his donations? But I think in the previous election he was paying people to vote for Trump, and sending people pre-filled ballots, both of which are clearly illegal.
This has to be the biggest problem with Musk. Although again, not sure if there was anything strictly illegal done there. If there was, it was probably on the part of Trump, who has complete immunity from prosecution for Presidential acts.
So I remain pessimistic...
Both giving and receiving bribes is illegal.
Of course, if we're talking immunity, though, Trump could decide to pardon Musk at any time, and there's nothing anybody could do about it.
Or to throw into a woodchipper? Pretty please?
He'll be off to his bunker by the end of November is my guess
Not that is support musk in this, but it’s legal to spend any amount of money you want for an election. What did they think would happen?
Where are the democrats standing for fixing that?
I believe there are a few superpak rules left where it has to be “independent” rather than coordinated with a party or candidate, so I’d buy an investigation into what party or candidate hired him to destroy government services under the claim that we can’t afford it (in addition to the trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy)