Politics Random, Random

[ponchi101]

Those with ties to the Communist Party???? You can't get out of China if you are not a member of the communist party!!! How stupid can you...
Yeah, I know.

[Suliso]

That's not true. There are only ca 100 million members.

[dryrunguy]

Good grief, we've had quite the zealous news cycle tonight. In addition to the Chinese visa thing:

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled the tariffs are, basically, illegal and whatshisface lacked the authority to go there (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/busi ... f11dfcd63a).

And this time, Vice President Musk has indicated in more certain terms he's grown tired of not actually being Vice President Musk (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/p ... f11dfcd63a)

And it's still early evening on the west coast.

[mmmm8]

As Target and Amazon drop their DEI programs, Home Depot benefits from me buying my toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning products etc from their company who is still interested in DEI.

No longer: https://www.blackenterprise.com/home-de ... y-website/

(Sorry if it's been posted)

[ti-amie]

So that leaves Costco?

[Owendonovan]

Basically.

[mmmm8]

So that leaves Costco?

Loews removed some programs but still has Diversity & Inclusion on its home page.

But anyway, Ikea offers free shipping now.

[mmmm8]

So that leaves Costco?

Loews removed some programs but still has Diversity & Inclusion on its home page.

But anyway, Ikea offers free shipping now.

I will just follow-up by saying the founder of Ikea was a one-time Nazi so there's no winning (he also harbored and then hired a Jewish refugee... people are complicated)

[ti-amie]

Elon Musk blasts Trump: ‘Without me, Trump would have lost’
Published Thu, Jun 5 202512:08 PM EDTUpdated 49 Min Ago

The alliance between President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk dramatically fractured over the president’s major tax bill.

Trump said Musk opposes the bill, which is pending in the Senate, because the billionaire is “upset” about the elimination of EV credits in the package and president nixing his pick to run NASA.

Tesla’s stock price plunged after Trump’s comment, and Musk said SpaceX will .

The alliance between President Donald Trump and Tesla
CEO Elon Musk dramatically fractured Thursday over the president’s major tax bill, which is pending in the Senate.

Trump called Musk “crazy,” and threatened to cut off government contracts with the mega-billionaire’s companies, which in addition to Tesla include the space exploration company SpaceX and the artificial intelligence company xAI.

Tesla’s stock price plunged after Trump’s comments and Musk said SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of Trump’s threats.

Trump said that Musk — who until recently was one of his top advisors — opposes the budget package because he is “upset” about the elimination of electric vehicle credits in the bill and about the Republican president nixing his pick to run NASA.

“I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot,” Trump told reporters at the White House, where less than a week ago he lauded Musk’s work on the DOGE project to cut federal spending and employee head count.

“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” Trump said.

Musk quickly and dismissively fired back at Trump in a post on his social media site X.

“Whatever,” wrote Musk, who has criticized the bill because it will increase federal deficits.

“Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill. In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both big and beautiful.”

“Without me, Trump would have lost the election,” Musk tweeted soon after.

“Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” added Musk, who was the biggest financial backer of Trump’s 2024 campaign, spending more than $250 million on that effort.

“Such ingratitude,” he wrote.

Musk launched a poll on X, asking users, “Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?”

Tesla shares slid by more than 8% as the feud erupted between the EV-maker’s CEO and the Republican president.

Trump’s analysis of Musk’s motivation came after days of the billionaire condemning what Trump calls his “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” over concerns it will blow out federal deficits.

Musk on Tuesday called the bill a “disgusting abomination.”

On Saturday, less than two days after praising Musk at an Oval Office event, the president said he was withdrawing the nomination of Musk’s preferred pick, tech billionaire Jared Issacman, to run the space agency NASA.

“You know, I’ve always liked Elon,” said Trump on Thursday. “I’d rather have him criticize me than the bill, because the bill is incredible.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/05/trump-m ... sa-ev.html

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The rest of the world

[Owendonovan]

Gee, no one saw this coming.

[Owendonovan]

I imagine Bezos and Zuckerberg are trying to figure out how to position themselves to benefit from this.