Nero my god to thee: Is America ready for its swan song?

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Does “Golden Age” refer to a time when planes keep falling out of the sky, eggs cost $10–15 a dozen, the U.S. is being booed and protested by all our allies, workers are losing their jobs, and Americans’ personal data is being rummaged through by unelected oligarchs and their… pic.twitter.com/G0VROgRJFa

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) February 8, 2025

Trump is granting military contractor Elon Musk access to Pentagon systems. What could go wrong? pic.twitter.com/ZoIaFOzo08

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 8, 2025

Fantastic new details from @briankrebs about DOGE worker Edward Coristine and his past connections with the cybercrime group The Com. He also expands on what happened after Coristine got fired from Path Networks in 2022 for allegedly leaking company docs. https://t.co/oyK8qy8RxT

— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) February 8, 2025

Work from home is very popular. Republicans can keep calling remote workers lazy at their own peril. pic.twitter.com/v3FspKr9Mo

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 8, 2025

[Long post, sorry]

For all the noise & confusion, I feel like after the last 2 weeks or so I have a much clearer sense of the rough DOGE game plan that @elonmusk has in mind

I haven't spoken to Musk so I don't know for sure but my impression is the plan is something like:

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— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) February 8, 2025

RFK Jr enjoying Mar-a-Lago pic.twitter.com/mAQISuY5PS

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 8, 2025

Trump posted a creepy AI pic of himself conducting an orchestra.

Trump recently announcing he’s planning on making himself chairman of the Kennedy Center which hosts the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera. pic.twitter.com/QJbtUq62Pu

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 8, 2025