I mean, that seems empathic to me - you are relating to her (potential) feelings.

Nah, it has to be money. No way something like that would ruin Trump at this point.

It should come out of Trump, Musk, and Vought’s money.

Yep. Elon names everything DOGE or X.

Ahh, fuck.

I’m a federal employee. I’ve also had to download my most recent earnings & leave statements (something I usually ignore) and take a snapshot of my current leave totals…just in case DOGE fucks it all up.

Remember being told not to believe everything you read? Remember being told to be skeptical of what you read in the media?

I definitely was. The people that told me that almost certainly voted Trump though. (They’re not nut job supporters, but lifelong R’s.)

lol I came upon a BMW that clearly had just missed his turn (he slowed down, realized it was too late to make the turn, then sped up again), then turned on his turn signal to pull into someone’s driveway to turn around.

I said to my wife, “This BMW driver is so lost, they’re using their turn signal!”

This specific tension happened a lot sooner than I expected.

Let’s see… a guy famous for (among other things) owning a company that builds electric cars teams up with the guy who said he wants to outlaw electric cars. Fireworks were inevitable at some point.

The elections are run by the states, not the federal government. Congress keeps working during a shutdown. I can’t see how it would hinder the election.

It would have unpredictable effects on the election though, so I can’t imagine they really want to risk it.