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Then do what you say. Show me what ya got, other than lies. So far all you show me is lies. Forgive me for not wanting to be fed lies. You referenced some person saying "President Trump's approval rating soars". If that's one guy's uninformed opinion, great. But if it is a fact, back it up. Otherwise, it confirms that you come here to spread lies and ignorance. You say lots of things that are simply not true. The more you evade explaining why, the more it feels like you do this willfully. Just like Trump. Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie. Then you are weak and dumb and wet your pants and go, "Oh, poor me. No one wants to be shown the lies I want them to see." That is correct. I don't like being lied to. And while you are at it, Mr. I Love Facts, explain to us why young Trump voters want Trump to raise the price of cars, which he just did. Where is the poll that shows that's what Zoomers who supported Trump voted for? Experts: Tariffs would boost new car prices by thousands, lead to massive layoffs Please. Show me the "information" about why this won't lead to higher car prices and the loss of jobs by the auto workers Trump went to Michigan and said he would "help".

Facts are facts. You are here to add lies, and false information. I asked you to show me on 538 or RCP or anywhere where Trump's support is surging. You can't. I'm taking your response as confirmation that you are willfully dishonest, you willfully spread lies, and you have zero interest whatsoever in doing anything other trying to get us to believe lies. Thank you.

That's true. One of my liberal friends scolded me years ago for reading Real Clear Politics. Which he said is right wing. He's not wrong. It has become noticeably more right wing in the past several years. But I still love reading lots of the articles they post. Partly because I want to know what the right wing is thinking. Both the thoughtful pro-Trump conservatives, and the ones who just write stupid fawning conspiracy theory shit. Call me a glutton for punishment. I don't think anyone has objectively analyzed this. But I think RCP's poll averages were slightly more correct this time than 538. That's because they were slightly more weighted to the partisan, pro-Trump pollsters. And even RCP slightly underestimated Trump. They said he would get 48.6 % of the vote, and he got 49.8 % of the vote. Close for a poll, and well within a margin of error. But Trump did a little bit better than their polls showed. My point is that RCP is basically pro-Trump. And they say exactly the same thing right now. He does not even have the support of 50 % of America, in their poll average. Once again, if we are being rational it is too early to jump to conclusions about what Americans think. But there is zero evidence that his support is surging. Sadly, if I had to predict, this is where reality is going. This is the trend starting to emerge. Because it is what happened in 2017. Some minority will go in their tent and say it's all wonderful and America loves it. They will worship their God. And meanwhile, gradually, a majority of Americans will harden against the nonsense. When these sophisticated voter studies that match up with voter files come out, which they have not yet, there is one question in particular I'm curious about. Would Trump have won if the only people who voted in 2024 were the people who voted in 2020? I think the answer is no. I think Harris would have won. In other words, I think the collective wisdom of EVERYONE who went through Trump 1.0 is that they did not want a Trump 2.0, period. The exit polls suggest that, to me at least. And I think the more refined studies will confirm it. The reason that is relevant is that there were lots of young men who voted who were not paying attention in 2017. Because they were children. They were pissed about high rents and car payments. They also didn't like being told their masculinity was toxic, probably. So they voted for Trump. And especially among that group, before the election, a majority of them said they approved of his Presidency. Even though they actually did not at the time, because they were kids and they were not polled. This is why we have Trump 2.0, I think. Young men who watch Tik Tok and think we didn't have this inflation shit when Trump was President. I think Trump and his pollster Tony Fabrizio figured that out, to their credit, and played to it on Joe Rogan. Trump went to McDonalds and said I get your problems. Have a Big Mac. So if I am even in the universe of being right, the last fucking thing these people voted for is to see the price of cars go up. And that is what Trump just did. They are not going to like it at all. Trump is basically going to have to "educate" a whole new group of voters who did not vote in 2020 and are not really interested in politics. But they are interested in what it costs to buy a car. Again, we have seen this movie before. The very low point of Trump 1.0's approval was when he tried to kill Obamacare. That did not go unnoticed to Trump voters on Obamacare. They did not expect him to hurt them. He promised not to hurt them, or to give them something better. They noticed when he just tried to fuck them instead.

STOP LYING TO US. STOP BEING STUPID. STOP SAYING FALSE AND STUPID SHIT. With you it's the same question as Trump and Musk. Are you really this ignorant? Or do you think we are very stupid people, and you can just lie and lie and lie and say very stupid things? Can you show us how Trump's approval rating is soaring? This is really stupid. Because it is way too early to reach any conclusions about Trump's approval. But that chart makes perfect sense based on the early days. It is so early that RCP does not even have a chart, but it shows the same thing. He does not have the support of even half of America. It's almost exactly the percentage that voted for him. Less than 50 %. I'm actually glad there is some segment of Americans that is on the fence and has not made up their mind yet. It gives Trump an incentive to act like a good President. But if we want to jump to a conclusion, which we should not, that door is closing with every plane crash and every stupid utterance that Trump then weakly backs down on when Wall Street wets its pants. And this is BEFORE the price of cars and clothes go up, which is when people will really notice it. He is losing support quickly so far, just like in 2017.

Actually, you just make the threads stupider. You just did. My net worth exploded under Biden. So did most Americans, according to the Fed study. It hasn't been updated as of the end of 2024. But when it is it will show that most Americans were in even better shape. This includes those working class voters who I just said were hurt by inflation. That is true. But meanwhile their incomes and net worths went up as well. Biden did his job, and was not doing or saying stupid shit every day. And Trump ass kissers like you are the very last people with any right to bitch about Biden not constantly hogging the spotlight. Because every time he didn't open his mouth or he walked funny you said, "See, he is bat shit crazy." It's early days. But it feels like this movie is going to be a cheap, stupid, and shitty sequel already. With more plane crashes. Trump is saying and doing more stupid shit more quickly than the first time. Nobody wants this. Again, it's early days. But his weak approval rating is already going down. Mostly because every time the man opens his mouth or fires someone more competent than him, more people disapprove of him. Weak, weak, weak.

No. He promised he would "end" inflation. "Very quickly." After he won he said in his first major interview that he won because of "inflation and the border". I agree with him. Had the entire world not gone through a few years of post-COVID inflation (which was probably caused by DEI, too), Harris would be POTUS. And lots of other leaders kicked out in other countries by pissed off voters would still be in power, too. I don't blame voters. Especially voters who don't own homes and stocks. Their net worth did not grow wildly, like mine did, during Biden's Presidency. People were hurt by inflation. Especially working class voters and younger voters who saw their rents skyrocket. Wasn't Biden's fault. But he had to own it, just like Trump had to own COVID in 2020. So the one thing that should NOT be on Trump's agenda is to raise prices on the working class. And he just made cars, clothes, groceries, and lots of other things more expensive. MoneyWatch Trump says he'll end the "inflation nightmare." Economists say Trumponomics could drive up prices. Fortunately, Trump is weak and dumb and vain. Yes, Trump likes money. But he likes his ego even more. So when the stock market scolded him - how predictable was that? - the man with no principles, no ideas, and no backbone caved immediately.

Hedge funds bet billions on market crash in Trump’s America He may be waiting a while. I think that headline represents a fate worse than death for Trump. He so badly wants to be an economic genius. If he were to be remembered like Hoover, father of the Depression, or W., father of the global financial crisis, it would be more than a pathological narcissist could bear. I should stop here, but I won't. I'll say the things I say to people that are the most positive things I can say about Trump. And are sincere. If I were told I had to have a Republican President and it had to be W. or Trump, so far I have said I would take Trump in a heartbeat. The first and sufficient reason is the Iraq War. Which even most Republicans now agree was a massive fuck up that will be a stain on us forever. And even while I spent four years despising Trump, I was always aware that for a large minority of America the economy was great. And they loved Trump for that. He tried to kill Obamacare, but failed. He gave billionaires a windfall and blew up the deficit. But what Republican doesn't do that? And the economic good vibes for sure echoed in 2024, when Hispanic working class guys said money was just easier when Trump was POTUS. On balance, everything bad Trump did could be swept under the rug or fixed. Much easier than the Iraq War or Global Financial Crisis. My nephew sent me that article in this exchange of emails over what we think we'll do with out stock market investments in 2025. He is near certain we'll be in a recession by year end. Not due to Trump. But because whenever the yield curves un-invert (they just did) it's often - but not always - a recession in 6 to 9 months. I said I think it's 60/40 Trump versus recession. All because of Trump. And I riffed on Roxie, which I probably don't have to explain to you guys like I did my Straight nephew. Donald Trump loves the markets. And the markets love Donald Trump. And they love corporations and corporate profits. And corporations love less taxes and less regulation. And they all love Elon Musk. And Elon Musk loves them. It's love, love, love. What's not to love? Oh, and I almost forgot. We all love money. What's not to love about money? ChaChingggg! I actually believe this. In part because we saw this movie in 2017 and 2018. The markets flourished under Trump and his patronage to billionaires and corporate greed. It may not end well, and probably won't. But that's all later. So it Trump manages to fuck this up, and these hedge funds are right, it will be truly stunning. But he is the father of many bankruptcies, not to mention divorces and rapes. So I guess it is possible. Trade wars with Canada? Planes falling out of the sky as he attacks the FAA? But really, what could go wrong that would lead to a market crash? And we're in month one.

Me when I am just chilling out being ignorant saying nothing and thinking fuck Pete Hegseth is hot fuck I adore him I mean fuck his tattoos are so sexy I love this guy I bet he is well hung fuck what a hot smart sexy man fuck I wish he was Gay I would love to suck his cock even if like I said let's end Gay marriage in return for sucking your dick you are really that hot fuck even if it killed me I would suck your dick you are so fucking hot I would want you to carry my casket if you would come to a Gay funeral which you probably wouldn't but I would still suck your dick for real and no I am not ignorant or stupid and this is just what I think when I am chilling and not really thinking or saying anything.

WHEN THIS ARROGANT CRUEL MAN OPENS HIS MOUTH, LIES AND IGNORANCE COME OUT. HE HAS NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT, LET ALONE DOING. HE CAN AND HAS GOTTEN PEOPLE KILLED. HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT "PUBLIC SAFETY". HE NEEDS TO RESIGN OR BE FIRED. IMMEDIATELY. I was going to post on that, @Lookin. But I figured even verbose me needs to have some limit. But here's the most despicable part about that: Yes, and he forget to mention DEI created terrorism in the US, as well. What we don't quite know about Musk yet is whether he is so stupid that he believes what he says. Or whether he is so cynical and dishonest, like Trump, that he enjoys misleading and hurting people. Like Trump, it may make him feel him like an important person. Maybe he likes knowing he can not only fly you to the moon, but get you killed when you are simply flying home through his attacks and ignorance and cruelty. If Musk can help us get that to $237 billion or $238 billion, like by leaning on Trump to stop being a felon and cheat, great. I think the federal government already knew that people like Musk sometimes cheat. So far, Musk is twenty steps behind everyone else. Including the FAA, and even Trump. He has no fucking clue what he is talking about. And so when he opens his mouth and says false things, he either lies, or simply makes us all more ignorant. He needs to go.

NO, NO, NO, SIS. PLEASE. HAVE MERCY ON ME. Granted, fashion matters. And I would never go to an important event without following your fashion rules, which are sublime, SIs. So you are correct. But if we get into evaluating the fashion tastes of Trump's Cabinet, I'll go insane. It really is that bad. I will give Trump this. There are more women than last time. That may improve the average. Having a Gay will add a hint of color. Perhaps too much, if Gay Hater Pete Hegseth bloodies him up for being a Marxist. Or saying something about Gay Pride. But speaking of our best Trump DEI hire (Dumb, Emotionally A Child, Incompetent), let's not say a word about Pete's fashion sense. It is more than the heart can bear. Oops! Bare. Let's not get into Kennedy and animals, either. 😉

Again, I'll go data geek, but this time Michael Kosta can do it for me. Andrew Tate: J6 pedophile being sought by police David Daniel: J6 pedophile facing charges Andrew Lee Grinsby: J6 pedophile .... back in jail Trump's Gay-hating wing of the GOP doesn't want Gay kids in school to be visible. But it's just fine to put J6 pedophiles who beat cops back on the street. That's diversity!

Please tell us, specifically, what it is about Trump and the GOP's unrelenting attacks on the Gay community that you admire? Interview: Trump Poses More Threats to Rights of LGBT People And it's okay. You can use the word "Gay" on this website. We won't throw you in jail with those Jan.6th people.

He wanted to know what I think. I'm never afraid to share my opinion. I'm a DEI guy. I like diversity. DEI, before it was called DEI, has served LGBTQ+ America very well, for decades. With corporate America, in particular. Because Gays and lesbians pushed for it, and earned it, that we were going to make an affirmative effort to hire and support queer people in the workplace. The critical thing I can say is that, like all justice movements, it can go too far and become jargon. By the time we get to where Kamala Harris is explaining why she supports using government money to pay for prisoners to have operations, we've gone too far. The right wing Trumpers saw an opportunity to attack LGBTQ+ people, and took it. Thank you Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski for voting against Gay hater and bigot Pete Rapist Alcoholic Hegseth. They did make him back down on his Gay hating "Marxist agenda" bullshit. What a hateful asshole. What an alcoholic. What an awful loser. Ugh! Why do you respect this Gay-hating piece of shit, @bucknaway? What is it, specifically, about his contempt for Gays and women that you admire? So the attack on Gay Pride, Asian American Pride, Black history, and all that "identity shit" is well underway. Cruel arrogant assholes like Hegseth and Musk have not had long. But they are proving how many people you can hurt quickly. And of course they will take the most marginal people, like transgender or disabled people, and throw them immediately under the bus. Long live White men who drink too much, abuse their wives, ruin their families, and whose Moms have to walk back calling them a disgrace on national TV. That's diversity! I'll go data geek on approval ratings here, simply to make the point that Americans did not vote for, and don't support, this anti-diversity Gay hating crap. For context, Trump in YouGov has 50/48 approval, very close to the actual vote results. Musk is 44/48 net disapproval, so pretty well known and not exactly beloved. Gabbard is 29/29. Rubio is 37/37. RFK Jr. is actually one of the more popular, at 47/40, because a lot of Independents like him. Hegseth is 27/35. So one third of America doesn't pay attention. And only 1 in 4 Americans view this asshole favorably. And the people who are paying attention do not like this guy. Even by the low standards of this administration, this guy is a loser and a drunk and will gradually become an obvious liabiity, like Musk is becoming. I can't wait for Trump to fire his Gay-hating womanizing drunk ass.

Agreed. But as a footnote I will add that the American people never voted for this guy. They never voted for Trump, in a way. He has never actually won 50 % of the vote. Neither did Bill Clinton, to be fair. But that was because both times Clinton ran Perot was a significant third party candidate. Trump ran in a two way race and he could still not get 50 % of America to back him. America certainly never voted for Musk. He is a special interest corrupt political donor who feels he is above the law and can buy a Presidency or buy whatever he wants. And he is particularly inept and emotionally immature in how he does it. It's worse than trump. "Look at me! Look at me! I can fire the people who keep America safe! What could possibly go wrong? Look at me! Sorry, but I'll go data geek now. What scared me a few weeks ago but maybe isn't as bad as it seemed is what young people, especially young men, think about Musk. Democrats now have a young male problem - both White and Hispanic. And they have a young Black male problem, too. But with young Black men it's more that they are just alienated, period. They wouldn't vote for Harris because they didn't care. That hurt her in Philly, Miwaukee, Detroit. With a lot of young White and Hispanic men, and possibly Asian men, it is that they are attracted to this stuff. Elon is the great entrepreneur. Elon will save us. He'll bring us to the moon, when people mostly just want to be able to fly from Kansas to DC safely. YouGov polls this stuff about weekly, so they make it easy to track. In their Jan 5-8 poll, Musk had 43/46 net disapproval. In their new Jan 26-28 poll it's 44/48 net disapproval. How Musk fired the competent FAA head because he feels above the law and doesn't want to be accountable to public safety has only begun to play out. So that new poll could not have measured it. But in both polls, Musk does not have the approval of even a plurality of Americans. This asshole is NOT what America wants. By the time his attacks on the FAA and public safety became known, more people will likely feel he was a DANGEROUS HIRE. What I found scary in the early Jan. poll is that even though Musk overall had a net 43/46 disapproval rating, among voters aged 18-29 it was 48/42 net approval, And among all men, in both polls, Musk has 53/42 net approval. So it is safe to assume a lot of young men like this guy. He's their Daddy, or their entrepreneur role model, or the cool guy that owns X, or whatever. Now he's the guy with a distaste for public safety, the law, and FAA efforts to keep Americans safe. So we'll see. But even by this latest YouGov poll voters aged 18-29 now net disapprove of Musk, 43/47. So the respect was never deserved, and didn't last long. In the latest poll Musk actually gained a little approval among older voters who are conservative and now probably see him as Trump's ranting oligarch and special interest billionaire donor. Democrats have to be clear in attacking this asshole that this is not what America voted for. He represents a minority of Americans who are happy to trash democracy, trash public safety, and watch special interest billionaires get their taxes cut as they try to destroy the government they don't want taxing and regulating them.

The Contentious History Between Elon Musk and Former FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker Here's some good news for people heartbroken about this tragedy. Musk won't last. That is now certain. Trump does not like messes he did not cause. Even though he would never admit that publicly. And only Trump is arrogant enough to think God chose him to save the human race. Having JD for an obedient lap dog who backs his attacks on the FAA? That's fine. Having a No. 2 in the job of saving the human race? Or at least savings America? Or Trumpland, or whatever he thinks it is? That's too much. And if Trump is too weak to do it, time for Democrats to kick in. This guy needs to go. What an arrogant, awful, despicable, and totally useless piece of shit. Ugh! Maybe he can figure out how to actually get people to the moon safely some day. Great. Do that. Try to do something good. But all he has done for weeks is systematically attack and humiliate the FAA, among other government agencies. Why? FOR DOING ITS JOB. FOR UPHOLDING PUBLIC SAFETY. FOR HAVING THE BALLS TO FINE THE ARROGANT FUCKER FOR VIOLATING PUBLIC SAFETY. Fire the asshole. Or let him resign for the good of the nation and FAA, like Republicans forced Washington to do. But Musk of course has neither the character nor humility to do that. He is just arrogant, small, and cruel.

Again, no context. You are wanting us to think .....................what? Say something. "I am ignorant. I have no context, and no understanding. So instead of exposing how ignorant I am, I will post a video that says nothing. Twice." Is that what you mean to tell us, Oh Silent One? I am asking you fair and honest questions. "I don't like Blacks. I don't like Asians. I don't like Hispanics. People who are not White are generally ignorant people. They are DEI hires." Is that what you mean to tell us, Oh Silent One? Since I have to guess, I would guess maybe that is what you are trying, ineptly, to say. Even if the guy in the video could not answer questions about his aviation experience to your satisfaction, Oh Silent One, at least he could answer questions. Why can't you? Anyway, you are confirming to my satisfaction that you are deeply ignorant, whatever your hidden motives. 1. You can not call someone a "DEI hire" when they were never hired. Rep. Budd, who your video features, played his part. But Ted Cruz was leader of the pack in blocking Washington. So your video is ignorant, and inaccurate. 2. If you want to use the term "DEI hire", and be honest, what you need to add is context, which you have none of. What are you, ignorant? The Republicans, led by Cruz, attacked this Black man, like many other Black men Biden appointed, as incompetent and a "DEI hire". So this is a Republican slur, generally and broadly used against Blacks, and not a fact. And it is ridiculous, and disrespectful, that our Black Defense Secretary was somehow more "DEI" because he is not an alcoholic, he does not cheat on his wife, he does not ruin marriages, and he does not think having Gays in the military is a Marxist plot. Like Dumb Hire Hegseth does. Did you know any of this, Oh Silent One? 3. This confirms that Trump and Musk's multi-faceted attack on the FAA and its widely respected administrator was ignorant and dangerous. Whether it was by luck or something else, what we learned when Republicans attacked Washington for being a DEI Black man is that the FAA could function for months without having an Administrator. There was no major aviation tragedy while Republicans held up his nomination. Maybe we just got lucky. When the Republicans refused to budge, Washington saw the handwriting on the wall. And for the good of the FAA, he withdrew his nomination. Kudos to him. If the point was to say, "Give us someone who is super-qualified," that worked. Biden then appointed the White guy Trump and Musk attacked. Why? Because Musk is lawless and does not like being fined for threatening public safety. That guy was confirmed unanimously by the Senate for a five year term. Musk started to attack him last year and called for his resignation right after he decided he was above the law. And so if the FAA fined him for public safety violations, that of course meant the FAA Administrator needed to go. None of that managed to kill 67 people in the worst plane crash in over 15 years. Maybe we just got lucky. 4. Maybe they are just unlucky. But Trump and Musk managed to string together enough chaos and attacks on the FAA day after day to result in a deadly plane crash. Musk needs to resign. He is a lawless man. And 67 dead people are more important than his $600,000 fine. Like Washington, he should have some basic dignity and resign now for the good of the FAA, and the nation. What Musk and Trump did to the FAA and its head, Michael Whitaker, is far worse than the attack on Washington. If Republicans want to say we we want nominees to meet the highest standards (e.g. don't rape women, don't ruin marriages, don't be an alcoholic, don't attack Gays for being Gay) that is fine. But then when they get an FAA head who does his job and is unanimously confirmed and makes public safety a priority, they ought to support what they claim to stand for. Instead, Musk attacked Whitaker because he is a small and cruel and lawless man. He somehow thinks he knows how the FAA should be run and how the government should work. Well, maybe Musk was unlucky. But all he just proved is that he knows SHIT about public safety. If he knew something about public safety, 67 people might not have died in the worst plane crash in 15 years after he relentlessly attacked both the guy who ran the FAA, and the FAA itself. In addition to firing an FAA head WHO WAS UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED for doing his job and insisting on public safety, Trump and Musk froze government spending and attacked the people in place to help keep the FAA and the American public safe. Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee Trump spent weeks relentlessly attacking the FAA, firing its respected and competent head, and attacking FAA public safety and personnel. All because his biggest special interest donor was pissed about having to pay a $600,000 fine for violating public safety standards. It shows what a small, cruel, ignorant and arrogant man Musk is. This man is who we want to preserve public safety, and improve government service? DANGEOUS HIRE VIOLATES PUBLIC SAFETY ATTACKS FAA FOR KEEPING THE PUBLIC SAFE FAA UNDER SIEGE AND THEN 67 PEOPLE DIE IN PLANE CRASH MUSK NEEDS TO RESIGN

How did Trump or Musk "fix" the problem by forcing out an FAA head who was broadly and deeply respected, and confirmed unanimously by the Senate, simply because he fined Elon Musk for safety violations? In what way is a lawless vengeance campaign an attempt to "fix" a problem? Because everything Trump has done to attack the FAA since he was inaugurated simply seems to have made things worse. Is there a Tik Tok video that explains this?

Why do you come here to attack people who are not White? Most of your videos say absolutely nothing. But they imply that something is wrong with someone because of the color of their skin. If I'm misreading your stupid content, which has NO context, please inform me. I'm asking. On the topic at hand, you posted a video of a Black man who WAS NEVER hired and called him a "DEI hire." The implication was that this guy, who was NOT HIRED in 2023, had something to do with an airplane crash in 2025. You seem ignorant yourself. You either don't know, or don't care, that Musk got an FAA head who was appointed by Biden and unanimously confirmed by the Senate fired days before the worst airplane crash in 15 years. You either don't know or don't care that Trump himself said the helicopter pilot was flying too high, above the ceiling that is a hard requirement so this does not happen. Other Congressional Republicans, unlike his sycophants like JD Vance and Musk, are confirming this and saying what is true. You apparently don't want to hear the truth. It seems like you come here mostly to say, "This person has skin that is not White. They are a DEI hire. They are a problem." That is what I get out of your Tik Tok videos. Am I wrong? Is any Asian a DEI hire? Is any Hispanic a DEI hire? Is anyone other than a White a DEi hire? Is Musk a DEI hire because he is lawless and reckless and is already causing chaos with his horrific and stupid and lawless decisions?

SpaceX's Elon Musk calls on FAA chief to resign September 25, 2024 Elon Musk needs to resign or be fired immediately. He is a threat to public safety. He also is showing day by day he is a petty, cruel man who feels he is above the law. What a shocker for Trump's oligarch! His bitch with the FAA started when they fined him $600,000 for safety violations. It's clear this is about Musk's lawlessness and ego. And his desire to buy anyone or anything he wants and have his way, regardless of what the law says. I completely expected that Trump would immediately create chaos if you are an undocumented immigrant. Or if you happen to be a tiny minority - a transgender kid trying to deal with your life, while being cruelly turned into a scapegoat. But I did not expect this. If there is any area where most Americans, whether from California or Kansas, trust government to do the right thing, it is the FAA. They had a great administrator who loved the agency he worked for for decades and who the Senate unanimously confirmed. Sully Sullenberger is still right. Flying is remarkably safe. But this shows us what Musk's lawlessness and attack on "regulatory overreach" really means. What an asshole. Musk is a clear and present danger. He can not buy the law. He can not buy government. He should resign or be fired immediately.

Since you like Tik Tok videos for context, I have some questions. Could you please help me find answers on Tik Tok? I'm asking for a friend. And for context. 1. Did Elon Musk just get 67 innocent people killed because he doesn't like paying fines or taxes? If so, is it fair to say Elon Musk was a DANGEROUS HIRE for DOGE, and that Trump hiring Musk was dumb because he just got people killed? https://x.com/TristanSnell/status/1885204500471861534 2. Musk was Trump's largest campaign donor. He has used his new influence with Trump to do things like force out an FAA head that fined him for safety violations. Is this the kind of political corruption by Donald Trump - making bad and dangerous decisions based on special interest campaign contributions - that RFK describes in the video you posted? 3. Is Donald Trump in part to blame for letting his biggest special interest donor force the qualified head of the FAA out two days before the worst aviation disaster in the US in about 15 years? 4. If we are saying that who runs the FAA matters and is connected to aviation disasters, should Trump's new FAA hire, Chris Rocheleau resign? Because he was a DEI hire, maybe, if that means unqualified people who do bad things? Having the worst aviation disaster in 15 years happen two days after you are named head of the FAA, after a special interest donor and oligarch forces out the qualified guy who was confirmed unanimously by the Senate in 2023, is at the very least a bad look. Granted, Trump wanted his own personal pilot to run the FAA, because that apparently makes him more qualified. Or maybe it is better than hiring a DEI Black. Maybe Tik Tok can inform us. For whatever reason, that plan just didn't work out. Was Rocheleau a DEI hire, and should he be forced out by Elon Musk, too? Or should Musk be forced out for being dumb and dangerous and not knowing what the fuck he is doing? I'm very curious what Tik Tok has to say. Thanks!

Great. Thanks for your reply. I'm stupid. What context does "DEI outcome", which you have now repeated, add that I am too White and stupid to understand? For context, when you post a video saying "DEI hire", what does that actually mean? Are you saying the guy should not have been hired? Are you saying he caused this crash? What are you saying? For context, inquiring minds want to know. It still sounds like you are saying the problem is a guy with a Black face, who was hired based on DEI, is the problem. What am I missing? And while we are at it DEI HIRE. MARXIST. BAD OUTCOME. Following your logic, Trump is making DEI hires to important positions, like Treasury. Following your logic, this will end badly. In other words, to be very blunt, the guy above is Gay. I don't know whether that is better or worse than being Black. Is there a Tik Tok video on that? To add context, that guy must be a DEI hire because he is a homosexual. So if people with Black skin are DEI hires, people with Marxist sexual orientations are DEI hires too, right? To add more context, our alcoholic authoritative new Defense Secretary, confirmed by a 50/50 vote, says allowing Gays to serve in the military follows a "Marxist agenda." I had to go to CNN for that. Sorry. I could not find a video on Tik Tok explaining whether homosexual Marxists, who should not serve in the military, can serve in other important posts, like Treasury. Is there a Tik Tok that explains that? If so, please post away. That said, like Trump, I think I have common sense. Why would we want a guy with a Marxist agenda to be running Treasury? So this must be some stupid DEI shit. Why is Trump behind that?

Do you enjoy attacking people who are not White? You seem to enjoy posting brief Tik Tok videos that tell us pretty much nothing at all. Other than the color of the skin of the person speaking. And some headline like "DEI Outcome". Which implies but does not state the problem is this guy is Black. And if you don't want bad outcomes, don't hire Black people. Is your point that people who are not White are stupid, and should not be hired? If not, what is your point? By the way, using the same lack of logic, one can make a great argument that people who are White are inherently stupid. I'll give one example. DUMB OUTCOME This dumb White asshole was actually fired from a very important job for being a dumb ass. And the only reason he was rehired, barely, by a mostly White minority, is that young people who watch Tik Tok and don't know much voted for him. The dumb White asshole just proved he is stupider still. He just argued that he has reached a conclusion, using no facts, for a tragedy that has not yet been investigated. And now you seem to be agreeing with that illogical and fact-free conclusion. Are you? Trump's main Republican opponent in 2016, Ted Cruz - who I would not describe as a genius - just did the exact opposite. He used at least a shred of fact to infer that the problem was error by the helicopter pilot. Who was instructed properly by the FAA and apparently screwed up, anyway. If Cruz, a conservative Republican, is correct. We do not know the race of the helicopter pilot. So I have no Black face to post in a Tik Tok video with the headline, "DEI Outcome". To the best of my knowledge the new alcoholic head of DOD is not a fan of women and Gays in the military. But he doesn't seem to have a distaste for Black people,, at least in public. So what is your point about people who are not White?

Sorry. I have to add Trump being Trump as a footnote. It feels like we skipped 2017, 2018, and 2019. And we're already back to 2020. Which was defined by, "What insanely stupid shit did Trump lie about today? Correct. So is it too much to ask that our Presidents don't rape, don't commit crimes, don't break the law, and try to tell the truth most of the time? Not okay. You just proved you don't.

Everything you said is correct. That part I quoted above seems particularly predictable. Again, we've seen this movie before. In Trump 1.0 the point where his approval hit the lowest was, not coincidentally, when he tried to take Obamacare away from people who voted for him. And these people said, on videos, that Trump would never do that to them. Trump would never hurt them. And yet he did! He cut taxes for billionaires, screwed working class people who rely on the Affordable Care Act, and kept lying and insisting I'm FOR the very people I screw. He's about to do it again. Warnock was saying during Kennedy's confirmation hearing that lots of working class Georgians are about to get their health care premium subsidies taken away. Why? So that Elon Musk can get the lower taxes he deserves. Poor rich oligarchs! I really feel for them. The only way I would change what I quoted of you above is that I would make it a causal statement. Trump's support will wane BECAUSE the damage will already be done. That's very sad. There will be many crashes. I did not vote for it. But it will be sad to watch, just like this was. That's the answer to what you said about Tik Tok, as well, I think. Yes, you're right. Trump used it to win. It's a particularly good tool to spread misinformation and little bits of true things that are incredibly easy to then totally misrepresent. Welcome to social media and America 2025. Who has time to read a paragraph, or seek facts? Who even wants to seek facts anymore? People do seek facts when planes crash. Like now America wants to know, "Why did all these people die? Will my plane crash?" And they don't want a stupid Tik Tok video as an answer. So even though the bullshit is neck deep and always is with Trump, there is nothing new about Roy Cohn politics. In fact, we saw THAT movie, too. Fellow Travelers was excellent, and also had gorgeous Jonathon Bailey in it! I'll overwork the metaphor and make one other point about this plane crash as a great symbol about Trumpism. Which is that sometimes accidents are just waiting to happen. That is true at DCA. The FAA should investigate, not speculate. But Ted Cruz is speculating, and probably correct. He thinks it will probably be pilot error by the helicopter pilot. It is described as a "training flight". I won't be shocked if the pilot turns out to be a trainee. From what Cruz said, it sounds like the air traffic controllers did exactly what they should have. So, no, it's not because some transgender Black fuck up was using the wrong bathroom when they were supposed to be watching the skies. The helicopter pilot probably made an error and was looking at the wrong plane. So the worst thing you can say about the FAA is that skeptics have been saying for years that people, like helicopter pilots, can make mistakes. One probably just did. So maybe they should just have less air traffic near that airport. But air travel is still exceptionally safe, as Sully just said. That's a fact. And a fact people care about. So I think the same is true about why Trump won. It was an accident waiting to happen. And I think the simple cause is what you say: the price of eggs. Or gas. Or, most importantly, rent. Trump won in 2024 precisely because of people who are less old and less White, ironically. And Trump can tell the truth sometimes. He said he won because of inflation, and also feelings about open borders. Young people who don't own homes or stocks were just pissed. And Harris was a bit too little too late to fix that. Nice try, though. The election data geeks have not fully investigated yet, either. But there is no mystery here. In 2020 Trump won people over 65 by 52/47, according to the CNN exit polls. In 2024 Harris lost that slice by only 50/49. Did I mention I am older and White, and I made a shit load on homes and stocks in the Biden/Harris years? Those are facts. Meanwhile, Biden won young people 18-29 by 60/36 in 2020, again according to CNN. And they were 17 % of all voters. In 2024 they were only 14 % of all voters, and they went for Harris by 54/43. The election geeks may tweek that CNN data. But it won't fundamentally change. This was an accident waiting to happen. To oversimplify, it was young guys - many of whom are not White - who feel alienated and pissed and probably like Tik Tok. Trump played to that. Having heard for much of my life that being Gay is toxic, I don't particularly blame young men who heard enough about "toxic masculinity", or using the right pronoun. Democrats did some stupid shit that helped Trump make us look like extremists. Democrats better NOT blame young men. We need to figure out how to help them in 2026 and 2028 in ways they actually want help. The one thing we have going for us is that Trump predictably will not help them. I think it's actually predictable that he will find ways to fuck with them. But that is an accident still waiting to happen. There are many crashes to come. Buckle up. Sad. Very sad.

I'll start with a paragraph about January 2009. What happened in the Miracle on the Hudson in Obama's first month of his first term was a potent symbol that still resonates. Of course Obama did not save the lives of all the US Airways passengers. Any more than Trump is personally responsible for killing all the passengers on the American flight. But that safe landing on water in January 2009 was still a very powerful moment during the worst of the misery of the Great Recession. It said that we have a reason to hold on to hope. In retrospect, as a Never Trump Democrat, I now feel lots went wrong during the Obama era. Like that's when Democrats were bleeding support from the White working class, who felt screwed in ways Obama did not cause and could not change. But he did hold on for eight years. And in particular Obama kept the Black and Hispanic working class loyal to him during some very hard times. Sully himself is now all over the news on this crash. One of his main messages is that flying is "exceptionally safe". That's indisputable. The fact that we have not seen such a deadly crash in 15 years is probably the best example in our lives today about how well government and regulation can actually work. Meanwhile, many people needlessly die of gun violence every day. And Republicans don't want to do shit about that. But now Trump wants to rail against government, Biden, and diversity for killing 64 people. What an asshole. Trump advertised all through 2024 that he was just going to fuck with people and make things crash. And he's keeping his promises, more often than not in completely unsurprising ways. If you are an undocumented immigrant, we will fuck with you. If you are transgender, we will fuck with you. We don't care if we hurt you. We want to hurt many of you. We want to make an example of you and hurt you. And if we're talking about the likely suspects, like immigrants, I actually don't blame Trump at all. I happened to finally just see the film version of Wicked. It's a great film. And a nice reminder of how wannabe fascists always find some outsider or freak to blame. No surprises here. So Trump is just doing what's expected of assholes like him. Democrats knew for a fact they made themselves vulnerable on open borders. Which is why they got in bed with right wing Republicans to craft a right wing immigration bill in 2024. Didn't quite work. So my point is a lot of the ways Trump is going to fuck with people are very predictable and were openly advertised. No surprise crashes if you are a raping murdering immigrant. Arguably, you are just getting what you deserve. What's interesting about the first month of Trump 2.0 is that he's gone way beyond the first month of Trump 1.0. Back then freaky Muslims were his target of choice. Now he's basically willing to fuck with everyone. (Well, maybe not billionaires. Elon Musk is safe.) You're relying on Medicare or Medicaid? We'll fuck with you. We'll hurt you. Even if the government freeze that lasted 48 hours or so was not supposed to make old people crash, it still scared the shit out of them. Ask any Republican Senator. But don't ask RFK, Jr, who showed Republican Senators he doesn't understand Medicare and Medicaid, not to mention vaccines. Good thig RFK wont be running the FAA. Are you some poor Black or Hispanic kid that counts on a free lunch at school? Great. We'll fuck with you, too. Of course we won't do shit about guns in schools. But now we'll fuck with your free lunch. We don't care if we hurt you. In less than a month, Trump managed to come up with an almost endless list of old and poor and vulnerable Americans he is willing to fuck with. Shit you count on is going to crash. Just get used to it, okay? So to me, this is a perfect symbol of the era we are entering. People who have no reason to think they are going to get hurt, and who don't deserve to get hurt, are going to find themselves involved in some crash. Thankfully, at least most won't be fatal. Trump himself doesn't seem to know or care what crashes and burns, and who will get hurt. Just freeze shit, and see what happens. Just attack, and lie, and see what happens. He got away with January 6th. Why not move on to bigger and better crashes? The outcome of all this is very predictable, too. We have seen this movie before. Trump started with less than a 50 % approval rating in 2017, and it only got worse. Right now on right of center Real Clear Politics he has an approval rating of 49.1 %. Which is slightly less than the less than 50 % of the vote he won. Geez. Can anyone guess where this goes from here? Trump is going to crash and burn, too. It happened before. And he is proving that he is smugger, crazier, and more careless. Couldn't happen to a nicer asshole.