real :ever-given: hours

    • Deadend [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      And he sucks at it.

      Literally his job is to just keep things running.

      • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        In fairness, what power does the Department of Transportation actually have at this point beyond smashing down rail and air traffic controller unions? The levers of power he'd have been able to pull in the past got ripped out for their copper wiring 20 years ago.

        • medium_adult_son [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Him being connected to the developers of the app involved in that shitshow is evidence of it. Same with his preemptive "victory" speech, but it's not proof he was behind all of it.

          I think it was more likely he was following orders or part of a group of fellow consultants and DNC Neeras that planned it.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The US really is just completely incapable of functioning, huh?

    Still indecisive about whether I should buy a few hundred pounds of beans, sugar, rice, and shelf stable lard. Like how badly do I actually want to live through the acute phase of the collapse?

    • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      In the past this wouldve effected enough upper middle class people it would get fixed, but I think now the mechanisms to fix things just straight up dont exist.

      • buh [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Also there aren’t enough upper middle class people anymore to raise a stink about it

        • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          It seems like taking an expensive flight would be a filter that this would be annoying people with at least some money

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yup. The Secretary of Transportation's previous experience in government is increasing the racism budget in some small town is corn country. He probably doesn't even know who to call to try to get the ball rolling.

        It's actually kind of funny. The only reason ratboy has any role in government is to buy his loyalty so they could crush Bernie. Now they're reaping the rewards of their treachery, though I doubt anyone will actually recognize that.

  • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Reminder that Evergreen is a known :cia: shell company and that whole incident was probably a thinly veiled mafia style threat to china