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usonian

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4. It couldn't have. The billionaires got what they wanted. Elon and tech bro's got shafted.

Reply to thucythucy (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:09 PM

Jul 23

Trump got his hacked election and red carpet entry to the criminal crypto world and needed techies no more. Ended immigrants, R&D and university R&D that they absolutely need.

Seduced, used, and abandoned.

Probably figured he had/has unlimited power, so he don't need anybody but his maga army to draft into ICE as secret police.

Somewhere between Musk and Putin and who knows who or what else, there was a loser in this matter (besides the American people and the world)

Until the Billionaire Bonanza Bill passed, everyone was on pins and needles expecting to win bigly, but it was a zero-sum game. Just my two cents.

Fascism moved two steps forward.

Secret police.
Concentration Camps.

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House stymied as Speaker Johnson's handpicked committee rebels over Epstein [View all] Eugene Jul 23 OP

Hey Mike! A conundrum for you. usonian Jul 23 #1

Johnson wants to protect his lard and savior Trump Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 23 #2

I wish this all had hit the fan before passage of the Enormously Ugly Giveaway to Billionaires thucythucy Jul 23 #3

It couldn't have. The billionaires got what they wanted. Elon and tech bro's got shafted. usonian Jul 23 #4