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Brian Sletten<p>There are so many broken and credulous minds. Just in case you’re curious, this is all extreme nonsense. These people are clutching at straws in a world where very little makes sense anymore.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/zKCynxiV_8I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/zKCynxiV_8I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>If these are the people working for the Democratic Party in the USA then we really all are truly fucked as a planet.</p><p>Totally and completely delusional mentality of blaming others rather than any kind of introspection or self-reflection.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire/114716527724699352" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@GreenFire/114716</span><span class="invisible">527724699352</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…[Kashmir Hill]…reached out to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a>, asking to discuss cases in which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> was reinforcing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> thinking &amp; aggravating users’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> &amp; sent examples of conversations where ChatGPT had suggested off-kilter ideas &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> activity. The company did not make anyone available to be interviewed but sent a statement:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a></p>
Insurgo Formica<p>"We've been mature" 🤣😂🤣<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a></p>
Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> ….as if 45/47 has a “vision”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a></p>
Lorry<p>I don't think Trump knows what Les Misérables is about, and if he has any vague inkling, I am sure he thinks he would be Valjean.</p><p><a href="https://archive.is/20250506191346/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/trumps-kennedy-center-appearance/682710/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/20250506191346/http</span><span class="invisible">s://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/trumps-kennedy-center-appearance/682710/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delusional</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theatre</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a></p>
John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> deputy leader, Senator <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/PerinDavey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerinDavey</span></a>, has told <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> said there was support for <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> in the regions, &amp; called on the government to lift the moratorium, adding people in the regions were concerned about the large scale solar farms &amp; windfarms. </p><p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/06/australia-news-live-election-result-seat-count-undecided-labor-anthony-albanese-greens-adam-bandt-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68197aa08f088a65239d286e#block-68197aa08f088a65239d286e" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/may/06/australia-news-live-election-result-seat-count-undecided-labor-anthony-albanese-greens-adam-bandt-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68197aa08f088a65239d286e#block-68197aa08f088a65239d286e</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>I DIDN'T THINK THE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NarcissistInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NarcissistInChief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EgomaniacInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EgomaniacInChief</span></a> COULD GET any more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delusional</span></a>: 🤦‍♂️ </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> just compared his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/First100Days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>First100Days</span></a> to that of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDR</span></a>. He thinks he inherited a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatDepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatDepression</span></a>.</p><p>FDR was elected in the midst of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheGreatDepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreatDepression</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaziDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziDon</span></a> inherited 4.2% <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> and is CAUSING the next <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Depression</span></a> via his stupidity.</p><p>FDR got Congress to pass 100s of new reforms.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DictatorDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorDon</span></a> is doing everything via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/100Days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>100Days</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/28/trump-fdr-100-days/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/28/trump-fdr-100-days/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> also dismissed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> as being "paid for," &amp; said that demand for the company's vehicles remains strong despite a sharp decline in sales.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>'s quarterly earnings report, released about an hour before the call, showed that the company's net income plunged by 71% year-over-year &amp; that revenue from selling cars dropped by 20%.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delusional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeverForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverForget</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>We’ll <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeverForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverForget</span></a> the damage he’s done</p><p>As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>'s sales &amp; profits plunge, CEO <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> says he'll spend less time working for the federal government—but that he has no plans to stop his work w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> entirely.</p><p>"If the ship of America goes down, we all go down with it," he said on a call w/investors &amp; analysts Tues night, defending the amount of time he has spent focusing on slashing the size of the federal govt.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delusional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5371552/tesla-earnings-april-2025-elon-musk-doge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-53715</span><span class="invisible">52/tesla-earnings-april-2025-elon-musk-doge</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has White House studying cost of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> takeover</p><p>The WH is preparing an estimate of what it would cost the federal govt to control Greenland as a territory, acc/to 3 people with knowledge of the matter, the most concrete effort yet to turn Trump’s [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a>, unsolicited &amp; unwelcome] desire to acquire the Danish island into actionable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USexpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USexpansionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ShippingRoutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShippingRoutes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResources</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/trump-greenland-us-territory-cost/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/01/trump-greenland-us-territory-cost/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delusional</span></a>' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Threatens to Send <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vandals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vandals</span></a> to Prison for 20 Years... in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a></p><p>"If genuine steps are taken to remove U.S. citizens convicted of crimes to prisons in El Salvador," said one legal expert, "this removal would violate not only U.S. law but the U.S. Constitution."</p><p>Jon Queally, Mar 21, 2025</p><p>"President Donald Trump on Friday morning said anyone caught vandalizing Tesla cars or dealerships would be sent to the notoriously violent prisons of El Salvador for a 20-year sentence, a threat characterized by critics as 'delusional' as well as overtly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unlawful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unlawful</span></a>.</p><p>"'People that get caught sabotaging Teslas will stand a very good chance of going to jail for up to twenty years, and that includes the funders,' Trump stated overnight, adding in all caps: 'WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!!'</p><p>"Several hours later, Trump took up the issue again on his TruthSocial platform, saying: 'I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20-year jail sentences for what they are doing to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> and Tesla. Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions!'</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAttorney</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SherrilynIfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SherrilynIfill</span></a> said the threat, which follows on Trump's highly controversial deportation of alleged gang members to El Salvador last week, should not be taken lightly.</p><p>"'Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began,' said Ifill in response to Trump's rantings on Friday. 'The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MigrantDetentions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MigrantDetentions</span></a> there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador. We cannot sleepwalk through this.'</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> movement has gained steam over recent weeks, with people nationwide angered by Elon Musk's wholesale assault on cherished government agencies and programs. The world's richest man, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, has been empowered by Trump to spearhead his invented Department of Government Efficiency, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>.</p><p>"As Axios reports, in response to the popular anger directed at Tesla, "Trump has put the full weight of the U.S. government behind defending and promoting 'first buddy' Elon Musk's car company, which has seen both its sales and stock price slump."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tesla-el-salvador" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/trump-te</span><span class="invisible">sla-el-salvador</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"He’s a psychopath gleefully breaking the world economy while pretending there will be some glorious payoff on the other side. </p><p>Is it any surprise? Trump never pretended otherwise. He did say on the campaign trail, 'I don’t care about you. I just want your vote.' </p><p>Trump’s superpower is that people believe his lies and don’t believe his truths."</p><p>~ kos</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DelusionsofGrandeur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DelusionsofGrandeur</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/egomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>egomaniac</span></a><br>/13</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/11/2309328/-Trump-is-full-of-excuses-as-he-tanks-the-economy?pm_campaign=front_page&amp;pm_source=top_news_slot_2&amp;pm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/11</span><span class="invisible">/2309328/-Trump-is-full-of-excuses-as-he-tanks-the-economy?pm_campaign=front_page&amp;pm_source=top_news_slot_2&amp;pm_medium=web</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The two most powerful men in America have gone stark raving mad. ...</p><p>I don’t see how you can look at recent statements by Donald Trump and Elon Musk without concluding that both men have lost their grip on reality."</p><p>~ Paul Krugman</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DelusionsofGrandeur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DelusionsofGrandeur</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/egomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>egomaniac</span></a><br>/12</p><p><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-lose" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-m</span><span class="invisible">ind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-lose</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a> rampage of the second <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Admin has already touched everything from rangers at America’s treasured national parks to the very pillars of the decades-old transatlantic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/alliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alliance</span></a>.</p><p>But you wouldn’t have known it from hearing Trump wind his way through nearly a hundred minutes of mostly standard-issue Fox News culture-war talking points &amp; alpha-male American exceptionalism.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>There’s no doubt that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, in just 6 weeks, has compiled a most unusual list of accomplishments to boast about—much of it a result of allowing the world’s richest man to take a chainsaw to the federal govt, cutting hundreds of thousands of federal jobs &amp; unilaterally shutting down federal programs &amp; contracts worth billions of dollars in defiance of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But it was also familiar, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s by-now-standard mix of braggadocio &amp; self-pity, partisan bile &amp; patently absurd lies. It turns out that even the most <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unhinged</span></a> of Presidential speeches can seem kind of boring if it goes on long enough.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Six weeks &amp; two days after returning to the Oval Office, Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> headed back to the Capitol, the site of his very recent swearing-in ceremony, to declare victory—again &amp; again &amp; again. Over Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>. Evil foreign gangs. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. In his address to a joint session of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> on Tues night, Trump claimed that he had done more in his first wild weeks back in power, with his “swift &amp; unrelenting action,” than any President ever, including George Washington.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Golden Age of Bunk</p><p>In a Castro-length speech to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, the President claimed victory, while proving that even the most <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unhinged</span></a> address can be boring if it goes on long enough.</p><p>By Susan B. Glasser<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/donald-trump-address-to-joint-session-of-congress" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/the-lede/do</span><span class="invisible">nald-trump-address-to-joint-session-of-congress</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@MindTGap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MindTGap</span></a></span> <br>I watched the opening minute just to see what we'd be getting.</p><p>No surprises. Bragging right off the bat how he's "accomplished more in 6 weeks than other presidents had accomplished in the last 16 years."</p><p>None of it good. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPresidency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NarcissistInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NarcissistInChief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delusional</span></a></p>