If Elon Musk is a government official it means you can sue him personally if you got banned from Twitter for violating your first ammendment rights to free speech.
Same with Trump and Truth social.
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How exactly is there such a thing as a records system not subject to FOIA?
Pen, paper, a trash can, and a lighter
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Well, no problems here . . .
All goverment records are subject to FOIA by default. It's an opt-out system.
Well if the Republican packed courts get to decide it will probably stand. Even though it is total bullshit.
Maybe his yes-men will start using Discord instead lol.
Better question: why aren't they using X, the thing that Elon is advertising as the Everything App?
Reminds me of the dorkwad who leaked military(?) secrets to his friends on discord a couple years ago. I think he was about their age at the time too, which tracks.
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Because he wants everyone else's data on it so that he can exploit it. He doesn't care about the data of his own people - he doesn't even want it recorded.
Or because they know it's not secure or reliable enough for their hostile takeover. Not like Slack is any better though
No need to burn records when so many have simply accepted their content being removed from visibility without reason or accountability in this day in age.
we shouldn't have records systems not subject to FOIA
We should, but only for private citizens. Anything government related should be done in public.
Those enabling a nazi, are by association also nazis. People need to stop referring to this administration as separate. They are also pushing the agenda, so they are also nazis.
We shouldn't have a majority of voters in the U.S choosing a Nazi, but here we are.
Plurality* the majority of registered voters did not vote, voted for harris, or voted 3rd party.
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JFC...
"Hold on guys, we need to hold up on doing our Totally Legit and Properly Legal thing until we can get on a comms system that is properly hidden from all investigation..."
MAGA: YEAH! THE GOOD GUYS WON!
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MAGA is another way of saying "brainless zombie".
Those people could not find their own ass with two hands and a flashlight.
Their conception of morality is exactly backwards.
They first consider if the person aligns with their in-group. If so, then whatever they do (so long as it doesn't directly have a negative impact on themselves) is by nature good.
Obversely, if a person is a member of a group that is not aligned with their tribe then any action taken is inherently wicked and detrimental to society.
They don't judge morality by the action, they judge it by the actor.
That's literally how Nazis operate
Yes, it's common to all flavors of reactionary ideology.
Which is why it's so rich for conservatives to pretend to hate "identity politics." It's literally all they have.
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