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Let me ask you this, because Democrats are in the minority, so you have only so much leverage. Have you all essentially made it clear to Mike Johnson that until they allow you all to subpoena big balls and the normalized Indian hate guy, at least subpoena them and or subpoena Elon Musk, no votes on the budget, no votes, no Democratic votes at all to keep the government open.
Let me ask you this, because Democrats are in the minority, so you have only so much leverage. Have you all essentially made it clear to Mike Johnson that until they allow you all to subpoena big balls and the normalized Indian hate guy, at least subpoena them and or subpoena Elon Musk, no votes on the budget, no votes, no Democratic votes at all to keep the government open.
That is leverage Democrats have theoretically, right? Are you all prepared to use it?
That is leverage Democrats have theoretically, right? Are you all prepared to use it?
That is leverage Democrats have theoretically, right? Are you all prepared to use it?
He's 19 years old. He's a high school graduate. He works at Doge. He has access to U.S. government systems. His professional and online history call into question whether he would even pass a background check, typically required to obtain security clearances. Security experts tell Wired he runs something called Tesla.sexy. which operates a Russian website.
He's 19 years old. He's a high school graduate. He works at Doge. He has access to U.S. government systems. His professional and online history call into question whether he would even pass a background check, typically required to obtain security clearances. Security experts tell Wired he runs something called Tesla.sexy. which operates a Russian website.
He's 19 years old. He's a high school graduate. He works at Doge. He has access to U.S. government systems. His professional and online history call into question whether he would even pass a background check, typically required to obtain security clearances. Security experts tell Wired he runs something called Tesla.sexy. which operates a Russian website.
He worked at a startup that hired convicted hackers. Someone using his Telegram handle solicited a cyber attack. And on his LinkedIn, and I apologize to the saints out there, and we know a lot of the saints listen to the show, he called himself Big B-A-L-L-S. I won't say the whole word, so I won't be vulgar. That's what he calls himself.
He worked at a startup that hired convicted hackers. Someone using his Telegram handle solicited a cyber attack. And on his LinkedIn, and I apologize to the saints out there, and we know a lot of the saints listen to the show, he called himself Big B-A-L-L-S. I won't say the whole word, so I won't be vulgar. That's what he calls himself.
He worked at a startup that hired convicted hackers. Someone using his Telegram handle solicited a cyber attack. And on his LinkedIn, and I apologize to the saints out there, and we know a lot of the saints listen to the show, he called himself Big B-A-L-L-S. I won't say the whole word, so I won't be vulgar. That's what he calls himself.
So big B-A-L-L-S has all of our social security data and maybe downloaded it, maybe didn't share it, maybe did.
So big B-A-L-L-S has all of our social security data and maybe downloaded it, maybe didn't share it, maybe did.
So big B-A-L-L-S has all of our social security data and maybe downloaded it, maybe didn't share it, maybe did.
Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.
Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.
Over the past two weeks, which kind of feels like it's been two years, we have learned just how fragile our democracy is and how relatively easy it is for someone who's determined and really well-funded to steal and corrupt it. If you are going to write a playbook for how to steal a democracy in less than 20 days, it would sure look a lot like this.
Over the past two weeks, which kind of feels like it's been two years, we have learned just how fragile our democracy is and how relatively easy it is for someone who's determined and really well-funded to steal and corrupt it. If you are going to write a playbook for how to steal a democracy in less than 20 days, it would sure look a lot like this.
Why would conservatives think fact-checking is biased against them? I mean, what are you sharing if you keep getting fact-checked for false information? Think about it. What were conservatives sharing on Meta that was getting flagged so much? Are they spreading false information? And why were they so eager? And why are Republicans in general so eager to end the idea of fact checking?
Why would conservatives think fact-checking is biased against them? I mean, what are you sharing if you keep getting fact-checked for false information? Think about it. What were conservatives sharing on Meta that was getting flagged so much? Are they spreading false information? And why were they so eager? And why are Republicans in general so eager to end the idea of fact checking?