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Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Elon Musk “one of the most unintelligent billionaires” she has ever met.

She criticized DOGE for placing unqualified 19-year-olds in Treasury positions and failing to do “their homework.”

Musk’s team has accessed the Treasury’s $6 trillion payment system, raising security concerns. Ocasio-Cortez warned of his “lack of intelligence and expertise,” calling him “morally vacant.”

DOGE has also shut down USAID and moved it under the State Department.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 day ago (5 children)

His dock doesn't float, his wonder fuel is a disaster, his grasp of disruption theory is remedial at best, he didn't design the puzzle boxes, he didn't write the mystery and voila, it all adds up, the key to this entire case, and it was staring me right in the face. Like everyone in the world I assumed that Elon Musk was a complicated genius. But why?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just watched this movie. Not a great one, but the critique on musk was spot on

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm lost, what movie are we talking about here?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Glass Onion

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No wonder he thinks education is redundant.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

His certainly was.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

How many has she met, and why is she meeting them outside of hearings?

Edit: looks like the quote was cut off for no reason:

“This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met or seen or witnessed,” she said

Definitely a better way of phrasing it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

...while I do several bumps of k.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 14 hours ago

Eww..she's meeting with him now? Wtf

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