Daniel Rochester

Hang in there, Joe.

7 months ago | [YT] | 1

Daniel Rochester

The world’s biggest businessman, biggest mogul, and biggest baby, Elon Musk, is upset over criticism of Tesla. Americans and Europeans alike have protested Musk’s actions, taking to the streets, boycotting Tesla, and, in some cases, burning and vandalizing Tesla cars. Since January 20, the company’s stock has fallen 35%. 94% Germans refuse to purchase a Tesla. The owner’s approval rating lies at -20.

His ego shattered, his bank account slowly depleting, Musk has been unable to cope with his fall from grace. He is despondent. And what does any despondent man in the modern world do to try to cope? Rant on Twitter. “The left is the party of violence and hate,” “It is so weird being out of the choke hold that the intolerant left has had on the world,” “Has there ever been such a level of coordinated violence against a peaceful company?”, are among his recent posts and reposts.

It is evident that Musk loves playing with his toy. According to my math, he has posted or reposted over fifty times on Twitter today, and the day’s not over yet. And this is not an outlier. On March 25, he posted or reposted over eighty tweets. On March 24, nearly sixty; on March 22, nearly ninety; on March 20, nearly 120. Of today’s tweets (so far), over 30% advertise his companies: Tesla, Starlink, SpaceX, and the new AI bot on Twitter, Grok. If you’re going to name your business “X”, your child “X Æ A-Xii”, you may as well continue fucking up your naming. He even suggested using this new—brand new—AI tool for medical advice: “Try using @Grok for a second opinion on medical matters!”, he wrote. Arguably, it gets worse. Some of his reposts are of him quoting himself, with one of the finest being, “Killing the demons in a video game, calms the demons in my mind.”

Being a Trump disciple, there is no shortage of lies in Musk’s posts. One of them claims that DOGE saved $230 billion of our money. The actual amount is $2 billion. Another suggests that millions of people aged over 150 are receiving Social Security benefits, and it includes an 'official' Excel spreadsheet with columns of data, so it must be real. Needless to say, no one over 150 is receiving Social Security. Musk has all our Social Security numbers, so he should know better. A March 25 post states that Tesla stocks had just “surged.” That same day, they dropped again.

But Musk insists that he brings us the truth, the honest truth, in a world otherwise corrupted by lies and propaganda. He recently reposted, “Never trust the Lamestream media. Trust the 𝕏 media.” Yes, let’s trust a media that, as we’ve just established, hinges on lies and only covers laudatory stories on Trump, even if they have to be made up. Another one of his retweets goes, “The New York Times writes carefully crafted political propaganda with one goal: destroy Republicans, especially President @realDonaldTrump.” With virtually all of his messages praising Trump, we can confidently rebut, “Elon Musk writes—or, more accurately, copies—carefully crafted political propaganda with one goal: defend Republicans, especially President @realDonaldTrump.” When you’re reposting messages by Benny Johnson, Charlie Kirk, Laura Loomer, Andrew Tate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and such Twitter accounts as “Trump War Room”, “America First Legal”, and “Gunther Eagleman™”, you must have an agenda in mind.

Musk is so intent on propaganda that he uses his son as a political tool, carrying him wherever he goes to invoke our pity. One of Musk’s reposts calls him “Little 𝕏,” which reveals the extent of his father’s interest in him. Nonetheless, Musk has the decency not to use all his children as political tools. Conveniently, these are the children he’s abandoned. According to him, his trans daughter is “dead,” “killed by the woke mind virus.” Someone with this low a level of respect for human beings is dictating our lives.

Unsurprisingly, Musk has fired tens of thousands of federal employees, or bribed them out of their jobs, without any hint of remorse. Among these fired employees are former members of the Federal Avian Administration, leaving following a series of cataclysmic plane crashes, and of the Agricultural Department, fleeing amid a virus decimating the bird population. His first cuts in government slashed foreign aid, which innumerable African families depend on. Nearly sixteen million Ethiopians relied on donated grain in 2024. The over seven million individuals plagued with malaria that year also primarily relied on assistance from wealthy countries. This year, perhaps such afflictions will not be remedied. Currently, 34,880 metric tonnes of produce, enough to feed 2.1 million people for a month, are at risk of spoiling because there is no money to pay contractors to bring it into Ethiopia. When a misanthrope is running the economy, these are the results. Musk’s net worth of over $300 billion is enough to end hunger for a decade. Instead, it is being spent on digging underground tunnels that may or may not be completed, taking billionaires to Mars, and operating a media platform so he can bash the “radical left” for ‘hurting my feelings.’

Musk, not content with merely bestowing on us the truth, alleges that he’s also allowing us the freedom to speak our minds. “Free speech is the bedrock of democracy,” he once wrote. Sometime later, after a Democrat called him a Nazi and thief on CNN, he wrote, “I’ve had enough. Lawsuit inbound.” Free speech for me… but not for thee! This isn’t the first time that media platforms were shut down, or public officials targeted, by so-called libertarian politicians over some mild criticism. Back in 1831, the King of the French, Louis-Philippe, restored freedom of the press. Confident of his freedom, one artist decided to publish a caricature of the King as a pear-headed corrupt bureaucrat sitting on a commode. It didn’t take long for Louis-Philippe to have the artist arrested and imprisoned. By 1835, freedom of the press had been abolished. Just like this phony, despotic King, Musk has been criticized one too many times for his grand ego to handle. His barrage of tweets can’t placate him any longer, so the law must now give way to the fickle emotions of the world’s richest man, and the world’s poorest soul. Besides, whose voices are now being amplified by Musk’s new Twitter policies? The restored accounts include that of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Andrew Tate, and Kanye West, who would eventually use his newfound speech to post, “Hitler was soooo fresh.” By the sheerest coincidence, these individuals are all Trump supporters.

Musk himself has implied that free speech should be limited. After Jasmine Crockett called Greg Abbott, the handicapped Governor of Texas, “Governor Hot Wheels,” Musk retweeted, “Crockett’s words were so reckless and inflammatory, they could warrant an official reprimand.” Musk knows this from experience, except that, according to him, his reckless and inflammatory words should not be penalized. If anything, Musk insists that anyone who calls them out should be penalized. After delivering a Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration, he posted, “The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is soo tired.” One of his ads of the last presidential campaign labelled Kamala Harris as a “c-word,” showing numerous pictures of cats, before finally relieving the audience and calling her a “communist.” Had Biden made such an ad targeting, say, Marjorie Taylor Greene, what would Musk post? I can only imagine, ‘Women in America are being RAPED by the deep state Marxist terrorist dems. Lawsuit inbound,’ proceeding to encourage us to vote in a rapist as president.

Since writing this message, Musk has posted or reposted five more tweets. One of them is a quote of himself, “Almost all the media is left shifted. If you talk to somebody who gets all their information from legacy media, they are living in a different world than if they are listening to your podcast or getting news from 𝕏. They are living in an alternate reality.” Once a politician has ensnared all his supporters in a web, tangled them in lies, tethered them to an alternate reality, all that is left to do is to tell them that their reality is the true one, and our reality, the fake one. Only someone with their mind so far out in space can actually believe that. Is it, then, surprising that MAGA wants to go to Mars, and Musk is more than willing to take them there?

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The self-proclaimed beacon of transparency, King Donald Trump is now refusing to take questions from media outlets that criticize him.

Yesterday, just as a reporter opened her mouth, Trump immediately asked her, "Who are you with?" Upon hearing the noxious name "NBC," he called her "discredited" and moved on. He held a brief press conference on his private jet to further prove that he has nothing to hide from the public. Someone inquired him on Russia's recent bombings in Ukraine, on Putin's unwillingness to pursue peace. Trump could not devise an excuse, so he deployed the same question, "Who are you with?" The reporter responded, "The Washington Post," and the President retorted, "You've lost a lot of credibility." End of exchange.

One of the first of Trump's endless executive orders upholds "the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government interference," and "end federal censorship." His supporters all breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the Biden junta had "suppress[ed] speech that the Federal Government did not approve" for four years. Sounds good. Well, it sounds good before one realizes that Trump recently declared "the fake news, CNN and ABC, CBS and NBC" to be illegal. His reason: "They write 97.6% bad about me."

President Trump, here's a question. If the First Amendment, which you vowed to protect, grants the public freedom of the press, what gives you the freedom to restrict the press? And, isn't the scope of a free press to check your authority? If they do not write "bad about [you]," as you said in your broken English, we might as well get all our news from you. Somehow, CNN and ABC attacking you is "defamation," which results in two lawsuits, but Fox News attacking Biden is the First Amendment in action. CNN and ABC are "fake news," but Fox indoctrinating listeners on the perils of voting machines (for which they were found guilty of disinformation) is acceptable. It is evident that the only standards you have come in pairs.

Of course, Trump cannot destroy dissent alone. This is why he has a cabinet to help him. Last week, Minister of Propaganda Karoline Goebbels faced a rather tricky question on Trump's tax hikes wrought on by his tariffs. She quickly shut the reporter down, crying out, "Not true," and asserting that "tariffs are actually a tax cut on the American people." To conclude her tirade, she labelled him "insulting," and expressed "regret" over taking a question from the Associated Press. Shortly after, the US Agency for Global Media canceled its AP and AFP contracts. It also plans to cancel Reuters.

This all makes sense in light of Steve Bannon's remark: "The media here is the opposition party." When a tyrant, ravenous for power, seeks to undo all checks on his authority, his first act must be to the turn the public against these checks. Thus, not only does he emerge as a despot, but a popular despot. I'm sure we all wonder sometimes... if Americans truly cherished their rights, then no president could ever reverse freedom without having to succumb to the public's wrath.

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The self-branded titan of free speech, King Donald Trump, is doing his utmost to banish Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist, from the United States. He took to Truth Social: "If you support terrorism, including the slaughtering of innocent men, women, and children, your presence is contrary to our national and foreign policy interests, and you are not welcome here." His "sources" are a McCarthy-era law and two of his executive orders. Well, if so-called terrorists aren't welcome in the United States, why are the Proud Boys still here? And why are the violent January 6 rioters free to roam? By "support terrorism," he means "disagree with Israel." Who could possibly fall for it? Well, the entirety of the audience of Fox News and right-wing outlets who relentlessly conflate "critics of US policy on Israel" with "radical Marxist pro-Hamas agitators." It works wonders; it's not the first time the President kept spewing lies over and over to have his way. Trump has weaponized the Department of Homeland Security to hunt down political opponents and wipe them off the face of the country. He isn't the first to do so.

As a US resident, Khalil is protected by the First Amendment. The First Amendment allows us to speak our minds; no opinion should be quieter than another. In fact, the amendment exists precisely to protect views that politicians may disagree with. And don't take my word for it; listen to the President's shadow JD Vance: “We have to ask ourselves the question as leaders: ‘Are we willing to defend people even if we disagree with what they say?’ If you’re not willing to do that, I don’t think you’re fit to lead Europe or the United States.” Couldn't have said it better myself.

With the Trump administration, "freedom of speech" means "freedom to speak whatever you want as long as I, as President, am not in any way criticized." And when he mentions "threat to the country," he means "threat to himself." Why should we keep entrusting politicians with our constitutional rights? It's the same as entrusting a thief with our property.

9 months ago | [YT] | 12

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Upon being inaugurated, President Trump promised to unite the country.

He did, just not the one he was intending to.

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Israel First
Russia Second
Iran Third

America Fourth!!!

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STATE OF THE UNION:

Inflation is at 3%, up from 2.89% in December.
Egg prices have risen by 80 cents.
All products from Canada and Mexico cost 25% more, and those from China, 20% more.
The Dow Jones Index has just fallen 800 points.
The debt has risen by $300 billion since December.
Fewer people have been deported so far than were deported in the same period this time four years ago.
America is now aligned with Russia, and Ukraine is set to lose to Putin.
Progress for peace in Gaza has halted.
America is no longer obliged to reduce its carbon emissions.
Over 700 new crypto scams have launched in February, all tied to the President.
Guantanamo Bay, where criminals are tortured, is back in full swing.
Birthright citizenship is under threat.
Secularism is imperiled as an "anti-Christian bias" government taskforce has been established.
82 executive orders have been signed so far—half of what Biden signed in his entire four years.
Such lies as, "There is widespread fraud in Social Security," "Ukraine invaded Russia," and "Americans don't pay tariffs" are now truth.

According to a recent CNN poll, 52% of Americans believe that the President has not paid attention to their greatest concerns. Only a minority approve of his handling of the country so far.


BUT WHO CARES, AMERICA'S GOLDEN AGE IS HERE!!

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In yet another of his absurdities, President Trump will sign an executive order making English the official language of the United States. 22% of Americans speak a language other than English at home, Spanish being the main one, but Chinese, German, French, Vietnamese, and Korean are, together, also spoken by millions. We can't help but ask: why should these languages be officially neglected? What is the reasoning behind this executive order? Well, the President may claim that here, in America, "we speak English," and so non-English speakers must be assimilated into the majority.

Does he not realize that America's strength lies in recognizing the culture and identity of ethnic groups, and not assimilating them? For instance, would the Irish immigrants who came to our country two centuries ago have risked laying down their lives to defend the Union if we forced them to drop their traditions? Would the Chinese immigrants have been willing to sell themselves into cheap labor if we coerced them to shun their culture? And as for the Hispanics, we stole their land after a brutal war with Mexico, and now we're saying that their heritage doesn't matter? Language is a reflection of one's heritage, and I feel that our cultural diversity should be reflected at the federal level.

9 months ago | [YT] | 4

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Andrew Tate, founder of Hustlers University, has been allowed to flee Romania and settle into Florida. He had previously been banned from leaving the country. Many suspect that a certain fellow woman-hater who lives in a big white palace pressured Romanian officials to drop the ban. Well, if the fellow woman-hater in question is so intent on deporting criminals who live in the US, the next logical step is to send him back to Romania.

The supposed embodiment of manhood, Tate first gained attention after flogging a woman with a belt while on the TV show Big Brother. He later started appearing on podcasts and interviews, as well as initiating a writing career on Twitter. In his posts and appearances, he said that women are men's property. According to him, they can't leave the house and "can't drive"... but they can cook. Interesting. Tate was not quite finished; he continued that all women who get raped are responsible—which, in his mind, is okay, since they are "all" "sex workers." Is it a coincidence that he is a convicted rapist? As we can imagine, supporters of Donald Trump and Jordan Peterson immediately flocked to Tate and begin to sing his praises. Elon Musk personally endorsed him in his bid for prime minister of the UK. In 2023, a survey found that of all men aged 18 to 29, 25% agreed with his views on women. In what is held to be a free, egalitarian society, 25% of our youngest men believe that women are whores who should be locked up at home and slave for them. It is true that masculinity is currently in crisis. But is the solution treating women as lesser than humans and worshipping a human trafficker and rapist?

Andrew Tate, may we remind you that it was likely a woman who tailored the jackets you love to wear, that it was a woman who looked after you for at least half of your life, and that it was a woman who brought you into existence.

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

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The Gilded Age is back as President/King Donald Trump has launched a scheme selling permanent US visas ("gold cards") to the world's super wealthy for five million dollars. He claims that importing monied elites is great because "they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes"... "before I lower them," he should have added. Reporters asked him whether this would usher in a new wave of oligarchy in America. Trump, unhesitant, replied, "I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people." Now we know who stands to benefit from this scheme. If anyone really thinks that opening the nation's doors to foreign millionaires and billionaires would make the working and middle classes richer, know that we already have 22 million millionaires, and 759 billionaires, but we still have 100 million people who live paycheck to paycheck.

Does anyone recall the words on the Statue of Liberty, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"? What a once-again Great America we have, that liberty is reserved for the super wealthy.

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