“Merit” is a euphemism for my son, my nephew, my frat brother, my golfing buddy’s son, the kid who reminds me of my younger self…

It is obvious that these big news networks are concerned with defending capital, not labor. It's time to ditch corporate-owned media and enrich worker-owned media, where labor subjugates capital, not the other way around.

What is "tax payer money"? It is the money collected because of laws set by the parliament (not the government) for the benefit of the public. It's not owned by tax payers, it is owned by the public, managed by the gov, under the oversight of the parliament elected by the citizens.

Obviously, Elon Musk wants this guy in charge of the FTC because... [See Attachment]

I am pretty sure I know how they are going to react, a lot of FBI are going to retire or be forced due to cost cuts by DOGE and private security would seem like an attractive alternative and corps will pay for it. That cost will be passed on to the consumer.

Guard against whom? Do they think people 'WANT' to be sick and take medicines, get probed/prodded/spindled/mutilated? If care is needed it isn't unnecessary. What he is really saying is 'we guard against lower share price'.

This is about cutting government effectiveness, not increasing efficiency. These two cosplaying unelected plutocrats want to do away with the rules that prevent them from stealing even more from millions of Americans.

Any time the goal is to provide universal service, the private sector cannot do the job because the private sector will always determine that someone is too expensive to serve.

The most expensive to serve with infrastructure are those living in rural or remote areas.

Leopards will eat faces

It’s because you “journalists” printed his denials with the weight as if they were fact. Despite all the connections and evidence to the contrary. Rather than fact check him you fact. Checked everyone else with his denial. You are the ones who failed on this.