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Musk took over OPM illegally (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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[-] frankfurt_schoolgirl@hexbear.net 79 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Most of these people appear to come from Musk’s various companies. Wired declined to publish the names of two of the people because of their age. One graduated from high school last summer.

19yo Musk employees are running the government now?

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 57 points 1 week ago

Can't believe I'm arguing against the privacy of a teenager, but if this kid is old enough to commit social murder by ending medical and food aid to millions, he's old enough to be a hated public figure.

[-] thisismyrealname@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

if you're old enough to drink, you're old enough to be the target of public ridicule for fucking over hundreds of thousands of federal workers

[-] InternetLefty@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean, this person is NOT old enough to legally drink in the u.s. The drinking age is 21.

Not saying they don't deserve consequences for being a little Nazi to the top Nazi.

[-] thisismyrealname@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

the other person who Wired chose not to name is a 21-year-old who used to work at Palantir

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 49 points 1 week ago

Groyper Department.

[-] poppy_apocalypse@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

19yo Musk employees are running the government now?

His briefing notes were written in alphabeti spaghetti

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Could be they're 17 since they didn't want to publish their name/age and they just graduated high school?

Either way, sounds right that Musk would be hiring teens.

[-] Big_Bob@hexbear.net 50 points 1 week ago

A bourgeoisie can not break the law. It explicitly exists to protect them from their own consequences at the cost of the public, who the weapons of law are pointed at.

[-] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 44 points 1 week ago

There's a government department called OPM? I assume they were heavily involved in Afghanistan?

[-] gueybana@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago

Office of personnel management, mostly runs civilian government workforce.

I don’t understand the point of this comment

[-] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

opium production was high under the US influenced government of Afghanistan of the 1970s, decreased 10-fold by 2001 under the Taliban, and then increased 30-fold and more under the US

Is a joke that the department of OPM is the department of opium. Because sounding it the letters O P M sounds like opium

[-] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago
[-] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Did they do it deliberately?

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Unions are the OPM of the masses.

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

nineteeneightyfour Anything the furher does is the law.

[-] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago
[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I found YouTube links in your comment. Here are links to the same videos on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

Link 1:

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[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Can we get my-hero 's face in this article's picture as an emote? It's amazing.

[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

What the fuck's going on with his jaw? Does he have tumors or something? I always assumed this drawing was just shitty, but damn they really nailed the drawn-by-a-kid nature of this motherfucker.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

I've heard he shows all the signs of HGH use/abuse, and that kind of fucks with the shape of your body

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

I think he had some gender affirming surgery and his face is coping with the changes as best it can

[-] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

It does sort of look like he had his jaw surgically squared off, but that the surgeon went a little overboard and gave him a cinderblock head.

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

That’s just how squareheads look.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

On top of what has already been said he's also on Ozempic so this could be a side effect from that

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

Omg what?! They did something illegal?!

They broke our laws?! They didnt follow the law?! They didnt obey the law?!

What has the world come to!

[-] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

Did he fart or say something stupid? He looks like he’s giggling his tits off and they look pissed off.

[-] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Heaven is no longer a halfpipe :-/

[-] novaloss@vegantheoryclub.org 10 points 1 week ago

Why does he look like...

...in the thumbnail? Actually, I think he is a thumbnail.

[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

(barely) sentient thumbnail

[-] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

I have family in the federal government and it's pretty bad. The silver lining is a lot of people are suddenly seeing the value of a union.

[-] Speaker@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

It has never been adequately explained to me how Musk is standing behind the other two Nazis but his head is somehow the height of both their torsos. Shouldn't it look smaller or is this some LOTR forced perspective trick that I don't understand?

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