Chris Murphy
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And given the fact that Elon Musk can sort of rouse those people with one or two or three tweets, it probably also has to do with why there hasn't been a concentrated effort to take him on personally, because folks don't want to end up as I have been and many others on the receiving end of sort of his social media storms, because what comes with that is an implicit threat of violence.
And given the fact that Elon Musk can sort of rouse those people with one or two or three tweets, it probably also has to do with why there hasn't been a concentrated effort to take him on personally, because folks don't want to end up as I have been and many others on the receiving end of sort of his social media storms, because what comes with that is an implicit threat of violence.
Well, I just feel like I have a unique responsibility. I mean, I'm one of 47 Democratic senators. I'm going to take some precautions to make sure that me and my family and my staff are protected. But if I mute my voice, then all is lost. And yes, I don't completely understand why everybody isn't fighting as hard as some of us have been.
Well, I just feel like I have a unique responsibility. I mean, I'm one of 47 Democratic senators. I'm going to take some precautions to make sure that me and my family and my staff are protected. But if I mute my voice, then all is lost. And yes, I don't completely understand why everybody isn't fighting as hard as some of us have been.
So I feel like my role right now is to model a kind of vigorous, organic, authentic anger at what is happening to hopefully inspire others to join.
So I feel like my role right now is to model a kind of vigorous, organic, authentic anger at what is happening to hopefully inspire others to join.
I think we talk a lot about the coming dictatorship, but I think what's really coming is what you would call an oligarchy. That's a term you probably forgot from high school, but what it means is that a handful of really rich people run the government, and they steal from ordinary people using their access to government in order to make themselves and their families even richer.
I think we talk a lot about the coming dictatorship, but I think what's really coming is what you would call an oligarchy. That's a term you probably forgot from high school, but what it means is that a handful of really rich people run the government, and they steal from ordinary people using their access to government in order to make themselves and their families even richer.
I think we talk a lot about the coming dictatorship, but I think what's really coming is what you would call an oligarchy. That's a term you probably forgot from high school, but what it means is that a handful of really rich people run the government, and they steal from ordinary people using their access to government in order to make themselves and their families even richer.
That is likely what we are heading for in the United States of America. I don't think it's a... a coincidence that Trump's cabinet is filled with billionaires. There's more wealth on that cabinet than 169 different nations.
That is likely what we are heading for in the United States of America. I don't think it's a... a coincidence that Trump's cabinet is filled with billionaires. There's more wealth on that cabinet than 169 different nations.
That is likely what we are heading for in the United States of America. I don't think it's a... a coincidence that Trump's cabinet is filled with billionaires. There's more wealth on that cabinet than 169 different nations.
After Trump left office, his son in law, Jared Kushner, went and did a massive deal with Saudi Arabia in which Saudi Arabia promised billions of dollars to invest in Kushner and his properties, properties that the Trump family benefits from. There is no doubt that this administration's policy towards the Middle East is going to be compromised by the fact that they are making money
After Trump left office, his son in law, Jared Kushner, went and did a massive deal with Saudi Arabia in which Saudi Arabia promised billions of dollars to invest in Kushner and his properties, properties that the Trump family benefits from. There is no doubt that this administration's policy towards the Middle East is going to be compromised by the fact that they are making money
After Trump left office, his son in law, Jared Kushner, went and did a massive deal with Saudi Arabia in which Saudi Arabia promised billions of dollars to invest in Kushner and his properties, properties that the Trump family benefits from. There is no doubt that this administration's policy towards the Middle East is going to be compromised by the fact that they are making money
off of the very people that they're sitting across the table from and supposedly having a conversation about the interests of the United States. I mean, it's just extraordinary that we have allowed for the normalization of Trump's financial empire to be woven into the statecraft of this country.
off of the very people that they're sitting across the table from and supposedly having a conversation about the interests of the United States. I mean, it's just extraordinary that we have allowed for the normalization of Trump's financial empire to be woven into the statecraft of this country.
off of the very people that they're sitting across the table from and supposedly having a conversation about the interests of the United States. I mean, it's just extraordinary that we have allowed for the normalization of Trump's financial empire to be woven into the statecraft of this country.
All that matters is how much money he makes, how much money his family makes, and it comes at a cost to the rest of us. We'll see really bad policy made in the Middle East because he's got unqualified people there.
All that matters is how much money he makes, how much money his family makes, and it comes at a cost to the rest of us. We'll see really bad policy made in the Middle East because he's got unqualified people there.