Trump's Second Term

[plague311]

Are you unaware that people were making death threats against them and encouraging violence? That's what Musk was threatening arrest over, not just publishing names. Yeah, there was damn good reason to get upset about that.

Yet he doesn't give a ◊◊◊◊ when it happens to people he targets. Guess who else got threats? Fauci. You don't seem to give a ◊◊◊◊ about that at all. How about the multitude of women that have had anything to say about Trump? Save your ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ bull ◊◊◊◊ fake ass concern. It's transparent as hell.

 

[Norman Alexander]

They're not trying to make the USA military industry better. The goal is to weaken it.

True, but it is not their goal. It is Putin's.

 

[Ziggurat]

Yet he doesn't give a ◊◊◊◊ when it happens to people he targets. Guess who else got threats? Fauci.

Did Musk threaten Fauci? If not, not sure what he has to do with this.

You don't seem to give a ◊◊◊◊ about that at all.

I'm not the one who brought up the issue, I only clarified it. And you won't see me defending people who made death threats against Fauci, or objecting to him complaining about death threats, or misrepresent his complaints about those death threats. If you make death threats against anyone, you should face legal consequences. I'm not inconsistent about that.

 

[JayUtah]

Did he?

Yes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886318915707375664

Musk has subsequently deleted the tweet to which he was responding, but the screen captures I saw in several media reports show Musk was simply trying to declare illegal the release of the names of his DOGE gang in Wired. This has been widely commented on in reputable media.

 

[Resume]

Yep.

U.S.

Elon Musk targets Dr. Anthony Fauci in viral tweet, drawing backlash​

By Emily Mae Czachor

Updated on: December 11, 2022 / 3:11 PM EST / CBS News



As Dr. Anthony Fauci prepares to step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of the year, the leading immunologist faced derision on social media over the weekend from tech billionaire and Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

"My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci," Musk tweeted on Sunday. The jibe, shared largely without context, drew support from prominent conservatives such as right-wing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — whose account was reinstated with Musk's decision to end the platform's COVID-19 misinformation policy last month, and who has been criticized in the past for her own comments mocking the use of gender pronouns — as well as backlash.

 

[Ziggurat]

Yep.

That's... not a death threat. Technically, it's not really a threat at all, since Musk has now prosecution power.

 

[kookbreaker]

Did he? The only claim I've seen Musk make about people breaking the law is the death threats. Perhaps you have something else in mind? Or are you getting that second hand?

We can't help it if your echo chamber doesn't inform you:

Elon Musk Says Naming Specific Government Workers Is Illegal, After Doing Exactly That Himself

Ringing Hollow Elon Musk is really, really mad that journalists at Wired revealed the names of a cohort of extremely young engineers he's gathered at the definitely-not-a-real-government-agency Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to fire federal employees, assist in dismantling...

www.yahoo.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886318915707375664

 

[Ziggurat]

Yes.

The only screen shot I've seen doesn't include the whole tweet, so I can't confirm. But if the only thing included were names, then Musk would be wrong, sure.

 

[JayUtah]

The only screen shot I've seen doesn't include the whole tweet, so I can't confirm. But if the only thing included were names, then Musk would be wrong, sure.

Musk, Trump Prosecutor Targeting People Who Divulge Identities of DOGE Staff

Elon Musk and U.S. attorney for D.C. Ed Martin are warning of criminal consequences for people who share the identities of DOGE employees.

www.rollingstone.com

“Here’s a list of techies on the ground helping Musk gaining and using access to the US Treasury payment system,” and named the six men identified in the Wired article. Musk shot back, “You have committed a crime,” though there is no law against reporting the names of individuals with a government-affiliated task force. The post was then removed and replaced with a message saying that it had violated X rules. Then the account itself was suspended.

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

It looks like Trump has done all the major things that needed doing, next week he's planning to rescind the Biden paper straw mandate. Back to plastic!!

 

[JayUtah]

We can't help it if your echo chamber doesn't inform you...

To be fair, many threats were made subsequently. And those are undoubtedly illegal. However, the right is hoping those overshadow the threats to arrest people who merely revealed the names of the DOGE operatives and did not call for violence.

 

[Resume]

That's... not a death threat. Technically, it's not really a threat at all, since Musk has now prosecution power.

I know it's a typo, but he probably does, now.

Anyway, his threat only stirs up the maga weirdos; we know how credulous and unstable they are.

 

[Ziggurat]

Musk, Trump Prosecutor Targeting People Who Divulge Identities of DOGE Staff

Elon Musk and U.S. attorney for D.C. Ed Martin are warning of criminal consequences for people who share the identities of DOGE employees.

www.rollingstone.com

That's bad reporting. The DOJ did not threaten to prosecute people for revealing names. They threatened to prosecute people for making threats or actually interfering with their work. Revealing names alone doesn't do that.

 

[JayUtah]

That's bad reporting.

I disagree.

The DOJ...

Irrelevant. The claim I made was that Elon Musk had said merely revealing the names of his team was illegal. I have substantiated that claim.

 

[thaiboxerken]

ACLU (@aclu.org)

Donald Trump is trying to block trillions of dollars in federal funds to Meals on Wheels, Medicaid, and other critical programs that keep us safe and healthy. If allowed to go into effect, this would wreak havoc across the country. Tell Congress: Trump cannot be allowed to defund our...

bsky.app

 

[Ziggurat]

Irrelevant. The claim I made was that Elon Musk had said merely revealing the names of his team was illegal. I have substantiated that claim.

It's not irrelevant. The report screwed up one thing I could confirm, I'm not going to trust it about something I can't confirm. Because again, I can't confirm the entire content of that tweet. I've conceded that the part that's visible doesn't contain anything illegal, and I've conceded that if the rest doesn't contain something more than names that Musk is wrong.

 

[TellyKNeasuss]

Deleted

 

[JayUtah]

It's not irrelevant. The report screwed up one thing I could confirm, I'm not going to trust it about something I can't confirm. Because again, I can't confirm the entire content of that tweet. I've conceded that the part that's visible doesn't contain anything illegal, and I've conceded that if the rest doesn't contain something more than names that Musk is wrong.

I made a specific claim and substantiated it. Gyrate all you wish.

 

[Reformed Offlian]

Maybe that will be the scandal.

“I’m all for family love!”
“But…but… with your uncle?”

I feel a "South Park: Longer, Bigger, and Uncut" reference coming on... But I will refrain for the sake of forum rules.

 

[kookbreaker]

It's not irrelevant. The report screwed up one thing I could confirm, I'm not going to trust it about something I can't confirm. Because again, I can't confirm the entire content of that tweet. I've conceded that the part that's visible doesn't contain anything illegal, and I've conceded that if the rest doesn't contain something more than names that Musk is wrong.

Musk called naming the names illegal. That simply was not true. You were wrong.