r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • Mar 06 '25

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Suddenly Doesn’t Want Credit for Disastrous DOGE Cuts - Musk is warning Republicans to stop blaming DOGE for the cuts.

https://newrepublic.com/post/192415/elon-musk-warns-republicans-doge-job-cuts
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u/SidewaysFancyPrance Mar 06 '25

He's been really quiet this last week, or the news has chosen to shift focus away from him. Maybe when he complained to Joe Rogan about the stress he's been under with DOGE, Joe reminded him that literally nobody elected him to do anything and he can just fucking not?

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u/Alive_kiwi_7001 Mar 06 '25

Maybe he came off the drugs and has had that cold, sweaty "I did what....?" experience.

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u/swordrat720 Mar 06 '25

“Dude, did I really hold a chainsaw? On stage? Oh man…….”

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u/Yasirbare Mar 06 '25

Imagine the supply train. I remember a friend's actor that was used as "easy money" charging triple and showering it in. 

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u/RikF Mar 06 '25

All of those are words. I'm not sure what on earth they mean strung together like that.

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u/Yasirbare Mar 06 '25

Sorry, it is bad. The Friends Actor died of an overdose, he had multiple drug suppliers (supply train) eager to sell him everything overpriced - even to help him inject. Their messages between them were revealed - they knew exactly what they were doing - he was an easy target to milk for money - and they kept rolling up.

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u/AgentCirceLuna Mar 06 '25

That’s fucked up. I read he once got a three hour flight or something so he could score painkillers. Addiction is scary as hell - my dad was telling me he has no desire to drink anymore and how he isn’t really an addict, then he came home with more beer again tonight. Scary as shit.

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u/eotif 29d ago

Technically he died of drowning while under the influence, not an overdose. If drunk person drowned in a hot tub, we wouldn't call it an alcohol overdose.

Obviously enabling someone's addiction is still bad. I just think ketamine, while it certainly has potential for abuse, is a useful drug for many patients and does not deserve the association with that incident or Musk.

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u/Yasirbare 29d ago

I understand. I think ketamin is one of the drugs he takes. He proudly smoked weed at Rogan etc. 

The point I am trying to paint is that these people do not get a chance to stop, because every "fan" wants to deliver. 

Snoop Dogg can not get into a country without 30 people trying to be " friends" and smoke a joint with him. 

Microdosing in silicon valley is very popular and Amerika as a whole are not afraid og uppers and downers for each and every situation. 

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u/buffysmanycoats Mar 06 '25

Like Robert California closing the Binghamton branch after a case of Australian reds and Colombian whites.

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u/OM3N1R Mar 06 '25

I love picturing this scenario.

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u/Fair-Awareness-4455 28d ago

I genuinely think this is it

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u/Capable-Roll1936 Mar 06 '25

Nah it’s probably the Tesla shareholders demanding his fortune as it’s value crashes. That’s the funny thing about publicly traded companies as the CEO has a legal fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders

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u/ribald_jester Mar 06 '25

I saw a clip of that show - him lamenting how he can't do the "sieg heil" motion anymore, like he was just a misunderstood saint is beyond sickening. He knew what he was doing, and he's a fucking colostomy bag of a person to walk it back like "j/k guys - I'm so funny".

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u/AffectionateCowLady Mar 07 '25

I like Joe just gargled on his tiny balls and giggled

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u/FluffyDoomPatrol Mar 06 '25

To be fair, the guy did just have a new baby, I imagine that is taking up a lot of his time. Although that does seem to happen every few weeks for Elon.

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u/Riskar Mar 06 '25

New human shield!

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u/Adorable_Raccoon Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

2 actually, that we've heard of in the last month. He's not actually having or raising any baby though. It seems like they are IVF or sperm donation.

"Musk continues to seek out women willing to have children with him, sometimes offering his semen to friends and acquaintances. Nicole Shanahan, Silicon Valley attorney and running mate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. until he dropped out of the presidential race, was one to turn him down, according to two sources...

According to attendees at a dinner party thrown by a tech executive last year, Musk also said he could provide sperm to “a married couple he had met socially only a handful of times,” who had mentioned at the meal that they were having difficulty conceiving."

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u/lithenewt Mar 06 '25

AGAIN? Man, fuck this guy's genes stop giving us more of them