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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It feels strange seeing this kind of talk in Lemmy and Reddit, while the mainstream media of my country (not-usa) speaks surprizingly little about it. It's not that I believe them to be MAGA-minded, maybe they are just not sure what to make of it. This just makes me wonder how real it is, when I don't see anyone "reputable" speaking of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I think people outside the bubble of the two "parties" can more clearly recognize that this is not a major break but rather a continuation of an already evil empire that is largely supported.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The fear of having your press pass removed is real. We saw this last time.

FWIW: the BBC are reporting it and they are usually reserved about reporting foreign news until there's confirmation

[–] sumguyonline 5 points 1 day ago

Musk is said to have control over a payment system which is not something that elected, let alone unelected billionaires have ever had access to previously. However it's for USAID, so are they gonna just stiff every third world country that doesn't allow exploiting their natural resources until everything is gone? Or will places where US funding saves lives with malaria vaccines and treatments suddenly just start seeing more people die... I've been upset the US is funding so much on their own, Just look at how much places reduce their budget as trump pulls out, we're bankrolling their hourlys, if we have to go into debt to pay for it, then other countries need to go proportionally into debt based of their size(population and GDP), but under no circumstances has most Americans ever wanted life saving support to stop like what it looks like is gonna happen with musky and trumpo only wanting to support violence.