Polls: Society & Politics

Some worried politicians and journalists, (international & domestic) have begun calling Musk "co-POTUS". He is likely to be the DOGE Secretary if Congress approves the new cabinet level "Dept of Govt Efficiency".

Given his almost monopoly powers over electric cars, a social media platform, the space rocket organization that NASA is entirely dependent on and complete private control of the only & preeminent telecoms satellite system in the world, it begs the following questions:

Should he be working in tandem with government policy makers at all?

Should he be conducting private diplomacy not subject to the transparency required if he were a govt official?

Are there any national security concerns that he could exploit for private gain?

Is he even capable of getting a security clearance through normal & official channels? What level of security is appropriate?

Will our allies be willing to share intelligence knowing that information may get to Musk?

Would this alliance run afoul of antitrust regulators? Stifle competition?

Should he be required to divest his assets knowing that Trump hadn't divested his assets? Is not divesting something only a POTUS could ignore? What of the amulluments clause?

Are there other issues or concerns you might have?

*Unconditionally release every January 6 protester and award them $2 million each for their time or more if they had provable losses greater than $2 million?

*Arrest and prosecute the Capitol Police Officer that murdered Ashlee Babbitt?

InfoWars, a far-right conspiracy theory "news" website created by Alex Jones, has recently been purchased by The Onion. If you have not visited the website before due to its role in spreading far-right fake news, will you consider visiting it after the rebuild?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-auction-rcna179936

https://www.wired.com/story/donald-trump-far-right-supporters-violent-memes/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Obviously I am talking about policies with a moral or ethical dimension where reasonable people could disagree on whether the policy could be construed as an ethical or moral concern for that employee along the lines of military personnel refusing an unethical order.

In order for that employee to satisfy their conscience and sleep well at night, which is the greater good or evil: resigning on principle or staying and preventing said policy?

If you have meaningful examples of these gray areas I'd like to hear about them. If you are an absolutist or the policy is black and white for you (like abortion) choose another policy that is gray for you.

Thought I'd re-ask this question anonymously so everyone has a chance to answer since the original asker blocks everyone and has a habit of labeling everyone they disagree with as Russian bot.

That said, I do believe there are Russian bots here, but only a few here and there.

The election is over, Trump will be our new president. Or will he? People are now asking if it's possible to change their vote. Then only reason to ask if they can is because they wish they vored for Harris. Nobody who voted for Harris wants to change their vote to Trump. It wouldn't matter because he's president-election. I don't recall any election where a large portion of the population wants to change their vote. It may be enough to flip several states. I don't recall this being an issue in previous elections, so I don't think we have any laws regarding this. If you changed your mind on the person you voted for before they're sworn in, and there's a large enough number to feel that way, should your state hold another election before inauguration?

Democrats are strategizing and want to become more progressive after the devastating loss to Trump.
Word is they are wanting to nominate AOC to be their Presidential nominee in 2028 - x.com/.../1856079637518143689?s=46

I mean that might explain a lot of the people here who support Trump no matter how many crimes he commits or which people he puts in his cabinet despite how very very verrrrry unqualified they are.

Putins behind a lot of them accounts i bet! https://www.npr.org/2024/07/09/g-s1-9010/russia-bot-farm-ai-disinformation

The U. S. Department of Justice said it disrupted a Russian propaganda campaign using fake social media accounts, powered by artificial intelligence, to spread disinformation in the U. S. and other countries