| From: Brumar89 | 2/17/2025 3:55:46 PM | | | | | | A gain2024
I worry Elon is just going to use government cash to make up any difference so Tesla will be fine. It's clear he has basically given up on developing EV's anyways. They haven't released a new model since the cyber truck, they're behind on self-driving, and they haven't even updated their older models. If the US gov just keeps handing him contracts he won't even need the private market. He can just sell crap/slop to uncle Sam. |
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| To: Brumar89 who wrote (42709) | 2/17/2025 4:05:05 PM | | From: Brumar89 | | | | @TaraCopp
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@FAANews
: FAA staff fired over the weekend included personnel that worked radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, among others. Hundreds were fired, just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in DC killed 67. One employee said they were harassed on Facebook by
@DOGE
prior to being fired.
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| From: Brumar89 | 2/17/2025 5:07:07 PM | | | | | |
@CBSNews
A Delta plane flipped upside down while landing in Toronto from Minneapolis, officials say. The FAA says all 80 people on board Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, were evacuated. Fifteen people were transported to the hospital – two via air ambulance, according Peel Regional Paramedic Services. One was taken to a children’s hospital. All injuries are non-life threatening, the service told CBS News.
The FAA says the investigation will be led by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. For updates on this breaking news story:
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| From: Brumar89 | 2/17/2025 6:49:00 PM | | | | | | Aaron Herald
Elon Musk's DOGE seeks access to taxpayer data at IRS: AP sources
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to troves of sensitive taxpayer data at the IRS, two people familiar with the inner workings of the plan who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly told The Associated Press on Monday.
If successful, Musk and his group would have access to millions of tightly controlled files that include taxpayer information, bank records and other sensitive records. The people who spoke to the AP and requested anonymity said DOGE is specifically seeking to access the IRS’ Integrated Data Retrieval System, which enables employees “to have instantaneous visual access to certain taxpayer accounts,” according to the IRS website.
Advocates fear that the potential unlawful release of taxpayer records could be used to maliciously target Americans, violate their privacy and create other ramifications.
Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman, said in an emailed statement that “waste, fraud, and abuse have been deeply entrenched in our broken system for far too long. It takes direct access to the system to identify and fix it.”
“DOGE will continue to shine a light on the fraud they uncover as the American people deserve to know what their government has been spending their hard earned tax dollars on,” he said.
Democratic lawmakers are trying to fight against DOGE plans to access IRS data. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter Monday to acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell, demanding copies of any memos that would grant IRS system access to Musk or DOGE. The senators are also seeking justifications for DOGE efforts to inspect tax returns and private bank records.
Along with fears that DOGE access to taxpayer data may not be legal, “we are also extremely concerned that DOGE personnel meddling with IRS systems in the middle of tax filing season could, inadvertently or otherwise, cause breakdowns that may delay the issuance of tax refunds indefinitely,” the letter reads.
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| From: Brumar89 | 2/17/2025 6:56:45 PM | | | | | |
@LauraRiggaro
BREAKING!ICE has now started releasing some of those detained back into the U.S. because of a lack of resources. And that’s because Donald Trump never had an actual plan. He only has concepts of a plan. |
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| From: CentralParkRanger | 2/17/2025 9:30:03 PM | | | | | | Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in a speech to Mexicans after the tariff pause: “you want a wall, you got a wall.” Mexico is America’s largest trading partner. Trump voters, this is what you voted for.
“So, you voted to build a wall by voting for Trump ... Well, dear Americans, even if you don't understand much about geography, since America to you is your country, not a continent, it's important that you discover, before the first brick is laid, that there are, beyond that wall: 7 billion people.
But since you don't really know the term "people" we’re gonna call them "consumers."
There are 7 billion consumers ready to replace their iPhones with Samsung or Huawei devices in less than 24 hours. They can also replace Levi's with Zara or Massimo Duti.
In less than six months, we can easily stop buying Ford or Chevrolet cars and replace them with Toyota, KIA, Mazda, Honda, Hyundai, Volvo, Subaru, Renault, or BMW, which are technically better than the cars you produce.
Those 7 billion people can also stop subscribing to Direct TV, and we don't want to, but we can stop watching Hollywood movies and start watching more Latin American or European productions that have better quality, message, cinematic techniques and content.
While it may sound incredible, we can skip Disney and go to Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico, Canada, or Europe. There are other excellent destinations in South, East America, and Europe.
And even if you don't believe it, even in Mexico, there are better burgers than McDonald's and have better nutritional content.
Anyone seen pyramids in the US? In Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Sudan, and other countries, there are pyramids with incredible cultures.
Discover where the wonders of the ancient and modern world are... None of them in the US... Shame on Trump, he would have bought and sold it just like Gaza!
We know Adidas exists not just Nike and we can start wearing Mexican tennis shoes like Panam. We know more than you think.
We know, for example, that if these 7 billion consumers don’t buy your products, there will be unemployment and your economy will collapse (within the racist wall that Trump voters want) so much that they will be begging us to break down the ugly wall.
We didn't want to but… You want a wall, you get a wall.” |
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