Apparently, some people have had enough.

[Lesh]

‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves​

The silence grows louder every day.

Fired federal workers who are worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. University presidents fearing that millions of dollars in federal funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief executives alarmed by tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute.

Even longtime Republican hawks on Capitol Hill, stunned by President Trump’s revisionist history that Ukraine is to blame for its invasion by Russia, and his Oval Office blowup at President Volodymyr Zelensky, have either muzzled themselves, tiptoed up to criticism without naming Mr. Trump or completely reversed their positions.

More than six weeks into the second Trump administration, there is a chill spreading over political debate in Washington and beyond.

People on both sides of the aisle who would normally be part of the public dialogue about the big issues of the day say they are intimidated by the prospect of online attacks from Mr. Trump and Elon Musk, concerned about harm to their companies and frightened for the safety of their families. Politicians fear banishment by a party remade in Mr. Trump’s image and the prospect of primary opponents financed by Mr. Musk, the president’s all-powerful partner and the world’s richest man.

Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves​

People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

www.nytimes.com

Do trump supporters want to live in a country where critics of the regime are afraid to speak out? Wait........I think you do..........let me rephrase. Do trump supporters think it's right for critics of the regime to be afraid to speak out?

One prominent first-term critic of Mr. Trump said in a recent interview that not only would he not comment on the record, he did not want to be mentioned in this article at all. Every time his name appears in public, he said, the threats against him from the far right increase.

This is chilling

 

[berg80]

doesnt take away what i said.....if you are against trump stand up and say it....

If you can't understand why trump critics want to remain anonymous you haven't been paying attention. Have you forgotten the treatment people involved in his prosecutions got?

One prominent first-term critic of Mr. Trump said in a recent interview that not only would he not comment on the record, he did not want to be mentioned in this article at all. Every time his name appears in public, he said, the threats against him from the far right increase.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Maybe you missed it but Elmo has his hand firmly placed in the government cookie jar.
Who do you think pays for those rockets he’s blowing up?

SpaceX launches are paid for by a combination of private investment, government contracts, and revenue from Starlink and other services. A majority of that money − $14.4 billion − went to NASA and $5.32 billion went to the Defense Department to pay for SpaceX rocket launches and satellites.....

 

[berg80]

Like a rock, you cannot absorb reason.

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You've given me no reason to give a shit about what you think about anything.

 

[DonGlock26]

‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves​

The silence grows louder every day.

Fired federal workers who are worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. University presidents fearing that millions of dollars in federal funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief executives alarmed by tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute.

Even longtime Republican hawks on Capitol Hill, stunned by President Trump’s revisionist history that Ukraine is to blame for its invasion by Russia, and his Oval Office blowup at President Volodymyr Zelensky, have either muzzled themselves, tiptoed up to criticism without naming Mr. Trump or completely reversed their positions.

More than six weeks into the second Trump administration, there is a chill spreading over political debate in Washington and beyond.

People on both sides of the aisle who would normally be part of the public dialogue about the big issues of the day say they are intimidated by the prospect of online attacks from Mr. Trump and Elon Musk, concerned about harm to their companies and frightened for the safety of their families. Politicians fear banishment by a party remade in Mr. Trump’s image and the prospect of primary opponents financed by Mr. Musk, the president’s all-powerful partner and the world’s richest man.

Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves​

People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

www.nytimes.com

Do trump supporters want to live in a country where critics of the regime are afraid to speak out? Wait........I think you do..........let me rephrase. Do trump supporters think it's right for critics of the regime to be afraid to speak out?

One prominent first-term critic of Mr. Trump said in a recent interview that not only would he not comment on the record, he did not want to be mentioned in this article at all. Every time his name appears in public, he said, the threats against him from the far right increase.

 

[Harry Dresden]

If you can't understand why trump critics want to remain anonymous you haven't been paying attention. Have you forgotten the treatment people involved in his prosecutions got?

One prominent first-term critic of Mr. Trump said in a recent interview that not only would he not comment on the record, he did not want to be mentioned in this article at all. Every time his name appears in public, he said, the threats against him from the far right increase.

people in congress dont seem to be afraid....they have a lot to lose too....

 

[berg80]

SpaceX launches are paid for by a combination of private investment, government contracts, and revenue from Starlink and other services. A majority of that money − $14.4 billion − went to NASA and $5.32 billion went to the Defense Department to pay for SpaceX rocket launches and satellites.....

The Commerce Department has changed its rules in a way that could open the door for Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, to become part of a federal $42 billion grant program to bring high-speed service to rural and poor areas of the United States.

The rules of the program — known as Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment or BEAD — previously gave preference to fiber-optic service. That essentially shut out services like Starlink, a unit of Musk’s SpaceX company, which beams high-speed online access from its satellites in low-earth orbit to terminals on the ground.

The Commerce Department, which oversees the program, announced Wednesday that BEAD is now open to all forms of internet connectivity.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/business/musks-starlink-federal-program/index.html

I'm sure Musk's companies are being treated like any other contractor.

 

[airplanemechanic]

At least now we can see that liberals attacking Trump for his spending the first time only did it because they hate Trump. Trump makes cuts in his 2nd term and they attack him for that.

So basically, fuck off liberals.

 

[Harry Dresden]

The Commerce Department has changed its rules in a way that could open the door for Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, to become part of a federal $42 billion grant program to bring high-speed service to rural and poor areas of the United States.

The rules of the program — known as Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment or BEAD — previously gave preference to fiber-optic service. That essentially shut out services like Starlink, a unit of Musk’s SpaceX company, which beams high-speed online access from its satellites in low-earth orbit to terminals on the ground.

The Commerce Department, which oversees the program, announced Wednesday that BEAD is now open to all forms of internet connectivity.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/business/musks-starlink-federal-program/index.html

I'm sure Musk's companies are being treated like any other contractor.

what other contractor is doing what he is doing?...

 

[berg80]

Seeing as your posts are worthless I've put you on ignore. I won't miss the 1,000 posts a month you write any more than I would the scribblings of a monkey.

 

[berg80]

people in congress dont seem to be afraid....they have a lot to lose too....

Repubs certainly are.

On Capitol Hill, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a Republican, was wavering in his support for Pete Hegseth, Mr. Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, until the president threatened him with a primary and Mr. Tillis did a turnabout. (Mr. Tillis’s office said the senator was simply performing careful vetting.)

 

[DonGlock26]

Seeing as your posts are worthless I've put you on ignore. I won't miss the 1,000 posts a month you write any more than I would the scribblings of a monkey.

How cool is that?

 

[Harry Dresden]

Repubs certainly are.

On Capitol Hill, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a Republican, was wavering in his support for Pete Hegseth, Mr. Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, until the president threatened him with a primary and Mr. Tillis did a turnabout. (Mr. Tillis’s office said the senator was simply performing careful vetting.)

but we know who they are....now lets get back to these nameless people you like to mention...

 

[berg80]

what other contractor is doing what he is doing?...

You missed the point. Not to mention the obvious conflict of interest of trump giving Musk control over government contracts.

 

[berg80]

but we know who they are....now lets get back to these nameless people you like to mention...

So it's okay for trump to use intimidation to gain a senator's support for a cabinet nominee because we know who he is? Is that a joke?

 

[Harry Dresden]

You missed the point. Not to mention the obvious conflict of interest of trump giving Musk control over government contracts.

you missed the point....musk was doing this before your boogyman

 

[Harry Dresden]

So it's okay for trump to use intimidation to gain a senator's support for a cabinet nominee because we know who he is? Is that a joke?

so this has never happened before behind the scenes?...you dont think the assholes that make up your party have never intimidated anyone behind closed doors?...

 

[SeaMajor7]

Seeing as your posts are worthless I've put you on ignore. I won't miss the 1,000 posts a month you write any more than I would the scribblings of a monkey.

Coward pussy boi.

 

[berg80]

you missed the point....musk was doing this before your boogyman

Him being the beneficiary of US government contracts means he never should have been given his current position.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Him being the beneficiary of US government contracts means he never should have been given his current position.

most of the money he gets goes to NASA and the DOD....to utilize his rockets....someone has to get supplies up to the station...