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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

Elon Musk has accused the U.S. judiciary of an “attempted coup” after a federal judge upheld a restraining order preventing his government efficiency task force, DOGE, from accessing federal payment systems.

DOGE has faced lawsuits for attempting to bypass congressional oversight, purge civil servants, and shut down federal agencies.

Critics argue his claims ignore constitutional checks and balances.

Over 40 lawsuits challenge Trump’s orders, many paused pending judicial review.

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[-] Nougat@fedia.io 109 points 1 week ago

Activist judge

"Any judge that does something I don't like is an activist judge."

[-] tlou3please@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean, it's not easy to be a judge. Doing good by making sure the law is applied correctly and fairly is precisely the POINT of them. (Obviously not to these "people")

[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 102 points 1 week ago
[-] teft@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago
[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

I wonder where the delineation from psychopathy and just being an asshole really exist? To my knowledge psychopathy isn't a clinically diagnosable personality disorder, as it seems to require some aspect of privilege to perpetuate without completely isolating yourself.

With the amount of dweebs who instantly become "psychopaths" the moment they receive an iota of power over people, it really makes me wonder how many people lack genuine empathy. Are these people just utilizing false empathy as a way to fit in prior to their position of power, or is power really just that damaging to the psyche?

It's just kinda horrifying how many nerds become rapist, naunces, or fascist the moment they think no one can bully them anymore. Does society need some kinds of system where we deputize some kind of ethical gymbro to give these dudes swirlies when they get out of hand?

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago

Does society need some kinds of system where we deputize some kind of ethical gymbro to give these dudes swirlies when they get out of hand?

yes.

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[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Came here to say this is IMAX levels of projection.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

More fake news from the lying, radical left!

(/s if it wasn't obvious)

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[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 99 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“Democracy in America is being destroyed by judicial coup"

  • Elon on Twitter

Coup definition: "a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government."

So, a federal judge putting the brakes on your dismantling of our government and its checks and balances is a "coup"? OK, does this mean we took the country back and we don't have to worry about Musk or his VP Don anymore?

And if there is a judiciary in the US destroying our democracy it's the Supreme Court, but oddly he has no issues with them.

Edit Spelling is my nemesis, and autocorrect is the enemy of my enemy, but I hate them both.

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Every one of these nazi DARVO statements should be met with the response "Read the Constitution" as pretty much every Federal employee is required to swear to uphold and defend that Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic (Musk and Trump)

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.

Doublespeak and its use in Orwell's 1984 was amongst other things inspired by how the Fascists' main "argumentation" technique was twisting the meaning of words often so far beyond even the simplest logic that used one word to mean its opposite.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

...stopping a coup is a coup.

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Elon is South African. He doesn't understand English. /s

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago

*brakes (devices for slowing things down)

"Breaks" are things that are broken, either physically, or figuratively.

[-] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago

Every accusation is a confession.

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yes, between Trump and Elon, they're conducting a self coup.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

As per standard procedure.

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago

“This is a DEI, insurrection, hostile take over coup! How dare they limit my ultimate POWER!!!”

Cry me a fucking river nazi

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Methinks the billionaire doth protest too much

[-] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago
[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago
[-] ElJefe@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

This is brilliant

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago

Elon over here pulling the old "I know you are but what am I" strategy. Truly a genius.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The irony of a guy saying there's a coup, coming from the guy trying to commit a government takeover coup style.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago
[-] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

Careful what you ask for. I have to think it would be sticky-dry and toothy.

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Idk, he does have a big mouth

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

You don't want k all over your dick tho

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Unelected idiot who wants to run the universe is mad that he is being stopped or questioned by a trained legal professional who spent years democratically building their career based on trust and the support of an entire legal system.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 10 points 1 week ago

They know what they're doing. Kill the language that describes what they are doing. Then you're left with no way to properly express the severity of the issue without a long winded explanation that people will just ignore or tune out....

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 week ago

attempted coup

Never forget: the P in GOP stands for "projection".

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

fElon Musk and his orange butt plug need to be removed, preferably to the farthest reaches of deep space -- never to return.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Id settle for feeding them to the Joshua Trees.

[-] wizblizz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Was gonna say guillotine, but I like this better. I'd sub to a 24hr livestream, even

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago
[-] breakingcups@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

That would imply that they're equal.

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Spiderman pointing at doc oc then

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago

...a joke of a child. A spoilt one at that.

Elon Musk is really lucky Americans are so domesticated.

A free country would have skinned him alive by now

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A branch reasserting some checks and balances on another is hardly a coup. More like the opposite.

[-] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Elon Musk doesn't like to play by the rules. It is men like this that make the choice between ballots or bullets far more clear. Edit for minor grammatical error.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I'm not trying to commit a coup, you are!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

This was the most massive one I could find. I hope that's okay.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

I guess he should have doged better.

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Department Of Gobbling Elonwiener doesn't seem legal to begin with.

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