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  • @migitri
    @migitri 5 днів тому +1214

    I like to call them the ”Twitler Youth."

  • @1-eye-willy
    @1-eye-willy 5 днів тому +338

    this shit makes watergate look like a big misunderstanding

    • @Baekstrom
      @Baekstrom 4 дні тому +48

      It's like there is a Watergate every day, and there is NO consequences to ANYONE. Nixon is fuming in his grave with regret over resigning, when he could just have ignored that little thing like it was nothing.

    • @pokota3371
      @pokota3371 4 дні тому +14

      @@Baekstrom When Nixon did what he did there were actually people in the Justice department that had a real backbone, as well as free press that wasn’t dying and bending the knee to him to desperately maintain their grip on capital and access to power. Also, Nixon wouldn’t have known he would be pardoned. I like to think there is a reality in which Nixon died in jail, and maybe in that one Trump would have thought twice before attempting to coup in the first place…. Maybe not, given Trump’s narcissism and stupidity but in that reality he might have actually been impeached when he should have been. Not to mention Nixon didn’t have this majority in Congress who have completely forgotten the meaning of country over party, or this Supreme Court that seems to think that anything the president does is a-okay so long as it’s done in the scope of his job. This has only become possible after years of degrading of norms (not to mention the public school system) and not enough fight to preserve them.

    • @countzero7
      @countzero7 4 дні тому +1

      ah yes when the watter stop flowing to LA, twitter history books be fire lit

    • @OptionalZero
      @OptionalZero 4 дні тому +6

      Back when our government officials at least appeared to have standards of conduct.

    • @Vaeldarg
      @Vaeldarg 4 дні тому

      @@pokota3371 This Supreme Court doesn't think that. The Federalist Society judges were placed there specifically for their selective enforcement of the constitution. Republicans knew they were stacking the Supreme Court under Trump, it was the whole reason they lied to Obama about caring about waiting until the election so that "the people" had a say. They knew what they were doing when they pretending they never said that and shoved through an appointee in the same WEEK as the election, much less 9 MONTHS out from it. There should be no benefit of the doubt given here any longer as to Republicans caring more about power than those they represent.

  • @andrewtomlinson5237
    @andrewtomlinson5237 5 днів тому +843

    Elon's super little boy band should be called "No Direction".

    • @Jeepscreeps90210
      @Jeepscreeps90210 5 днів тому +24

      I mean it's headed pretty much to the right..

    • @therealvbw
      @therealvbw 5 днів тому

      @@Jeepscreeps90210 Good!

    • @therealvbw
      @therealvbw 5 днів тому

      @@andrewtomlinson5237 I follow a rather different Tomlinson...

    • @ndh06
      @ndh06 5 днів тому +2

      Delonsion crew are Elons target audience.

    • @GwydionFrost
      @GwydionFrost 5 днів тому +6

      I'm going to wind back a few more decades for a reference--
      X and the Outlawz.

  • @-suphur
    @-suphur 5 днів тому +195

    How does the saying go?...
    The road to fascism is lined with people telling you that you are overreacting.

    • @freeheeler09
      @freeheeler09 4 дні тому +2

      Effing spot on!

    • @straightup7up
      @straightup7up 4 дні тому +1

      Uncovering waste, fraud, and abuse is supported by all American tax payers. Your position is negligible at best

    • @goonerOZZ
      @goonerOZZ 4 дні тому +1

      You're overreacting.... (can't help it 😆)

    • @-suphur
      @-suphur 4 дні тому

      @@straightup7up The frauds are those you are defending, you gullible rube. Your position has ZERO credibility.
      They should start with the corporate welfare that Musk built his wealth upon, cut that out.
      Move to the pentagon, that can't pass an audit in seven attempts, billions of dollars disappearing in front of your eyes, but not a peep out of the tyrants in control.

    • @maybemablemaples2144
      @maybemablemaples2144 3 дні тому

      ​@straightup7up yeah sure. When your grandparents can't get their Social Security that they worked their whole lives for you'll definitely see that as waste. I'm surprised you're not just saying we should stop feeding kids and just delete sick people. Cause that's what you consider waste.

  • @benjaminfranklin329
    @benjaminfranklin329 5 днів тому +330

    Please keep calling it Doggy! Maybe that way we can get Kristi Noem's support with putting it down.

  • @nuldorvamoysenor2091
    @nuldorvamoysenor2091 5 днів тому +151

    BREAKING NEWS!: DOGE EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED TO BE ACTUALLY 3 KIDS IN A TRENCHCOAT!

    • @OptionalZero
      @OptionalZero 4 дні тому +5

      I knew I recognized one of them! VINCENT ADULTMAN!

    • @lordbauer5983
      @lordbauer5983 4 дні тому +4

      The Onion can’t make a headline for this story…

  • @chronometrics
    @chronometrics 5 днів тому +637

    Retired military here. I used to joke that as long as the US government exists, I will have a paycheck. I never thought I'd have to worry about it, but here I am being extremely worried about it.

    • @outtahere156
      @outtahere156 5 днів тому +27

      Same here. Im a retired resrvist and retired federal employee. I can't believe this is happening.

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings 5 днів тому

      You were right. The US government, the one you served, is long gone and has been replaced by Trump lackies.

    • @omniphage9391
      @omniphage9391 5 днів тому

      oh i bet the brown people you killed for financial security are just as appalled as you
      cry me a river

    • @Lye8721
      @Lye8721 5 днів тому +20

      While fear is expected...
      Reframe this problem brother....
      I have been paid at 100% for a bit over a decade.
      I'm well aware of my subservience to the system that provides that security.
      That arrangement I have always seen as a bit of a hush money payment.
      I do my best not to think/talk about my experiences and in return I don't have to worry about food or a roof.
      Now it seems the complicit agreement has been eroded...
      Question is how quickly do those trained in COIN flip that status-quo and turn that training into control when the federal system breaks down.
      Wonder if the God-King has considered we've spent 20 years in a COIN system, rest of the world is going to LSCO yet here we are, and now the counter to COIN, the reason we learned COIN, is going to be super applicable going forward on the streets of America.
      Fuck Yeah.

    • @myautobiographyafanfic1413
      @myautobiographyafanfic1413 5 днів тому +12

      Bad for your bank account. Great for the rest of the world

  • @fluxrider
    @fluxrider 5 днів тому +51

    The sabotage manual is just a description of every manager I've ever had. Four hours round table meetings three times a week, uncomfortable chairs, schedule such that cafeteria is closed by the time meeting ends.

    • @drewberrymore2415
      @drewberrymore2415 4 дні тому +2

      The resemblance is uncanny.. kinda makes you wonder if people used to be proficient back in the day! I guess not, but seeing those generalized attitude clearly listed as ways to be a nuisance makes you wonder why they are so prevalent.

  • @myco2408
    @myco2408 5 днів тому +304

    “You have committed a crime.” is running for funniest line of 2025 so far

    • @Fahrvernuggen
      @Fahrvernuggen 5 днів тому +23

      Especially when you imagine it in his voice.

    • @ToliG123
      @ToliG123 5 днів тому +14

      @@FahrvernuggenHe’s gunning to overthrow Trump as the most unintentionally funny person as well it seems

    • @neauxmad1048
      @neauxmad1048 5 днів тому +15

      "Stop right there criminal scum!"
      - Audens Avidius/Elon Musk

    • @RM_VFX
      @RM_VFX 5 днів тому +10

      I can't wait to use that line when he gets indicted.

    • @carloshenriquez125
      @carloshenriquez125 5 днів тому +10

      For a plutocrat a crime is anything that bugs him. It's dangerous mentality.

  • @LTHappilySad211
    @LTHappilySad211 5 днів тому +62

    The fact that a super rich old guy is surrounding himself with a bunch of young men working for him should be worrying by itself............totally ambercrombie vibes!!!!!!!

    • @lordbauer5983
      @lordbauer5983 4 дні тому +7

      I wonder how many of them got offered their own horse.

    • @PietroRusso-s8i
      @PietroRusso-s8i 4 дні тому +1

      "Noooo how dare these men look out for their people" ha

    • @grimroten3299
      @grimroten3299 4 дні тому +1

      @PietroRusso-s8i lol gonna report anyone who says mean things to you loser? Free speech unless it hurts your na zee feelings
      You loser

  • @danlwarren
    @danlwarren 5 днів тому +351

    I believe Democratic leadership are taking this very seriously indeed. As a fundraising opportunity.

    • @outtahere156
      @outtahere156 5 днів тому

      I voted democratic to stop this shit and they are doing nothing. I fucking hate them.

    • @justjukka
      @justjukka 5 днів тому +12

      Damn if this isn't the truth 😞

    • @gapsule2326
      @gapsule2326 5 днів тому +14

      All the Dem ops are too busy celebrating FAFO.

    • @Octopugilist
      @Octopugilist 5 днів тому

      The DNC Chair debacle sealed any hopes I have for them in the future. They are completely out of touch with reality

    • @literallyanythingelseother
      @literallyanythingelseother 5 днів тому

      Literally

  • @uncletyrone
    @uncletyrone 5 днів тому +49

    28:45 The Road to fascism is lined with people telling you you’re overreacting. And it’s the insidious way that fascism wins: people don’t feel compelled enough to do something until it’s too late

    • @djangofett4879
      @djangofett4879 5 днів тому

      yeah I see people in this very comment section blaming the left and saying we need to stop calling people fascist. as usual the left gets blamed for being correct. we are proven correct over and over and over as centrists and right wingers try to blame us for all the problems they created.

    • @loorthedarkelf8353
      @loorthedarkelf8353 3 дні тому

      Not that alone.
      Because those who are so afraid They Are Locked In Place, Teeth And Nails Dug Into A Status Quo many decades dead? Sees anyone Taking Action as Inviting Disaster. They're in survival mode, and so scared of things getting worse that they'll police conversations of total strangers if it sounds like they're going to Actually Do Something.
      Because they had that choice, and battened down the hatches. And has been Holding themselves there for Decades.
      Fascism tells everyone the sky is falling, and changes all the flags while people hide in their homes and hope they're not one of the screams in the night.
      The force is Bigger Than Them, and they have convinced themselves Trying Will Not Help.
      So someone else Trying isn't just Out Of Line, they are Dangerous.
      And that's why they hush people who are suffering and dying. Because Their Comfort has been made the first priority. They assume their feeling of discomfort means If They Don't Stop The Loudest Voices, They Will Die In The Retribution
      By complying first and trying to demanf the compliance of others, they Are the retribution for anyone who didn't get in line whom they have a personal relationship with.
      It is very much like the dynamic between siblings under an abusive parent.

  • @djtoxxikk
    @djtoxxikk 5 днів тому +135

    I never got to go to the circus growing up. Imagine my surprise when i realized I've been living in one the entire time!

    • @sea_triscuit7980
      @sea_triscuit7980 5 днів тому +2

      Surrounded by clowns haha even those kids look like clowns

    • @ecosta
      @ecosta 5 днів тому +7

      That's mean to Circus people. Whoever work on a Circus are actually trying to make your life lighter. They have to do some hard work training and performing.

  • @robertcharlottemaxwell
    @robertcharlottemaxwell 5 днів тому +16

    Every day is a fresh new hell and I thank the little baby Jeebus we have this pair.

  • @andrew-en5cv
    @andrew-en5cv 5 днів тому +371

    that mypillow guy must really hate elon musk right now

    • @fabiansauer9188
      @fabiansauer9188 5 днів тому

      lol, good one! totally forgot about that clown

    • @coaldoubt2879
      @coaldoubt2879 5 днів тому +35

      lol, I love how noone uses his name.
      It's always "the mypillow guy" 🤣

    • @catberts6499
      @catberts6499 5 днів тому +2

      😂😂😂 good point

    • @smvanderlouw
      @smvanderlouw 5 днів тому +2

      Omfg.. 💀☠💀☠

    • @yangtse55
      @yangtse55 5 днів тому +4

      whatever happened to him ?
      And Tina Peters - rotting in Jail.

  • @ZombieDragQueen
    @ZombieDragQueen 5 днів тому +19

    36:01 To paraphrase Homer Simpson: ”If you don’t like your work you don’t strike. You just go every day and do a really half-bad job. That’s the American way!”

  • @kriscerosaurus
    @kriscerosaurus 5 днів тому +164

    Getting me to root for the CIA might not be the most obnoxious side effect of all this, but it's up there.

    • @dnkmarci
      @dnkmarci 4 дні тому

      plz don’t be so dmb…. educate yourself on what they actually did to the n@zis…. i’ll give you a hint, they did not sabotage them.

    • @RebeccaOre
      @RebeccaOre 3 дні тому

      Competent intelligence people have to be realistic. The CIA lost Chinese agents when they bought some on-line contact system that one of their employees warned them was insecure. Some higher ups always wanted to automate systems without understanding problems with those systems. The whistle blower was fired. The torture people were also outside contractors with no experience with high level interrogations, ignoring the advice of interrogators who'd gotten results.

  • @vizzzyy190
    @vizzzyy190 5 днів тому +64

    i am 25, been working as an accountant for 2 years. i wouldnt TOUCH the treasury system. its insane that these kids have access

    • @comochinganconesto
      @comochinganconesto 4 дні тому +6

      I'm an Application Development Manager with over a decade of experience with enterprise level software and I'm right there with you.
      I would be too afraid to touch it for years. I would take years of reading and familiarizing myself with it's code base and documentation before even touching it.

    • @millerrepin4452
      @millerrepin4452 4 дні тому +2

      I'm a college dropout with no financial literacy. I'd take the job. Let me at it Elon.

    • @vizzzyy190
      @vizzzyy190 4 дні тому +1

      @millerrepin4452 😂😂 youre just as qualified as the people working it!

  • @f0rth3l0v30fchr15t
    @f0rth3l0v30fchr15t 5 днів тому +229

    Time to call on the services of that famous Irish-Indian, Ghee O'Teen.

  • @maritimeretro2855
    @maritimeretro2855 5 днів тому +80

    Whats crazy is how many people are like "No I want to be stepped on and dictated to by an authoritarian"

    • @nachomanrandy
      @nachomanrandy 4 дні тому +14

      While weaving a yellow snake Flag that read "dont tread on me".

    • @gremblorthesackgoblin7953
      @gremblorthesackgoblin7953 4 дні тому

      ​@@nachomanrandyYou know they would put up the gimp snake flag if the oligarchy told em to

    • @millerrepin4452
      @millerrepin4452 4 дні тому

      Stop kink shaming

    • @genzo454
      @genzo454 4 дні тому +3

      Seriously. I thought America was the land of personal freedom. Whatever happened to that, folks?

    • @sinistersam
      @sinistersam 4 дні тому

      Instagram comments are frightening. I saw someone say that USAID has been “mooching off” of us for years and that they’re glad it’s getting shut down. I thought we’d all be wiped out by the climate, but it looks like misinformation might lead us to our doom first.

  • @MrNoelyG
    @MrNoelyG 5 днів тому +117

    I'm British and you guys are the best USA news source i've found, you guys are great but the news is still grim

  • @xnortheaglex
    @xnortheaglex 5 днів тому +12

    I used to listen to Car Talk in the mornings on NPR. You guys manage to emulate their style and banter while you are talking about serious topics and I really appreciate that. Glad to have been here since the Machinima days :)

  • @dairallan
    @dairallan 5 днів тому +273

    Less than a month? So like 25 days, maybe 4 weeks?
    No. Its been two weeks and 2 days.

    • @catberts6499
      @catberts6499 5 днів тому +18

      Feels like decades

    • @justjukka
      @justjukka 5 днів тому +8

      Shush, you! 😭

    • @Trefox87
      @Trefox87 5 днів тому

      I really read the 4 weeks and thought, "that makes sense," and got smacked with that 2 weeks

    • @reburgcam
      @reburgcam 5 днів тому

      2 wees is definitely less than a month.. math checks out.. wierd argument to make.

    • @Asukol
      @Asukol 5 днів тому +2

      Good god

  • @ZatoichiBattousai
    @ZatoichiBattousai 5 днів тому +22

    I am Canadian, and what is happening in your country is terrifying!

  • @jonutz4944
    @jonutz4944 5 днів тому +222

    The more I hear it, the more I think that the approach of the EU to regulate stuff BEFORE it gets dangerous ain't that bad ...

    • @coma_TOES
      @coma_TOES 5 днів тому +26

      No kidding...The EU with diverse societies and so many vastly different regions religions, countries and cultures are frequently able to meet and hammer out laws, regulations, etc. so rapidly in contrast to our own single US government where the political parties are playing games, freezing out or blocking everything from another colleague or state and refuse to budge or compromise.
      IMHO, we should work harder at equal representation by electing women to balance the country's big picture interests and neutralize the stubbornness and competitive male nature in Catch 22 power conflicts !
      When I worked in law enforcement, security and even as a short statured female bouncer, I definitely had better luck and became adept at diffusing conflicts when tempers threatened to boil over between male-male subjects.

    • @Arewethereyet69
      @Arewethereyet69 5 днів тому +4

      You mean the Amish way. The Amish regulate things and question new things before taking them on.

    • @jonz23m
      @jonz23m 5 днів тому +2

      The fact that you think they regulate anything for the benefit of anyone but their lobby friends is hilarious.

    • @TheBadassTonberry
      @TheBadassTonberry 5 днів тому +5

      @@jonz23m
      They mostly do

    • @mooncalf191
      @mooncalf191 5 днів тому +9

      @@jonz23m If the regulations are good, I don't care why they get passed. I don't care about political motivations, I care about what gets done.

  • @garrettslobey9204
    @garrettslobey9204 5 днів тому +47

    America will never put a billionaire in jail. Period. I hope I'm proven wrong, but I'm 99.999⁹% sure that'll never happen.

    • @MadMadNomad
      @MadMadNomad 4 дні тому +12

      Well...if you can't put 'em in jail, and you can't vote 'em out.... gosh, I wonder what option that leaves us?

    • @genzo454
      @genzo454 4 дні тому

      ​@@MadMadNomad Deport them, they don't belong here! 😂

    • @lordbauer5983
      @lordbauer5983 4 дні тому +3

      @@MadMadNomad I wonder when that new Super Mario Bros. game is coming out.

    • @sharimeline3077
      @sharimeline3077 4 дні тому +3

      There's a certain tipping point when you have so much money, you can wriggle out of anything.

    • @brianmckee2267
      @brianmckee2267 4 дні тому

      ​@@lordbauer5983I hear luigi is going to be the main character?

  • @comlitbeta7532
    @comlitbeta7532 5 днів тому +85

    The cia getting rid of trump to keep on being shady bastards would be top antihero move.

    • @Redactedlllllllllllll
      @Redactedlllllllllllll 5 днів тому +12

      😂

    • @butterfish-g9f
      @butterfish-g9f 5 днів тому

      Honestly that option is terrifying too. There are so many politicians complicit in the chaos alongside Trump what if the best option they decide is to replace the old, now ruined centers of control to themselves? Another coup on top of a coup.

    • @waterwomaninFL
      @waterwomaninFL 5 днів тому +11

      Do it

    • @-in-the-meantime...
      @-in-the-meantime... 5 днів тому +5

      Brilliant!

  • @Monet137-17
    @Monet137-17 5 днів тому +16

    I am pissed that AOC lost lead on the Oversight Committee. She would have torn into Musk with efficiency.

  • @___warren___
    @___warren___ 5 днів тому +96

    Always know it's an Internet Today video when I get a UA-cam notification at midnight.

    • @JanaeSmith
      @JanaeSmith 5 днів тому +1

      I wish they used dark mode when they take those article screenshots. the white is so bright late at night

  • @sebaseba6710
    @sebaseba6710 5 днів тому +12

    Thank you bois, depression has been killing me and even tho the news is shit it's nice to hear from you

    • @urlamnavi7749
      @urlamnavi7749 4 дні тому

      I put this on my phone and took a shower while it was playing. Havent done that in days. Glad to hear someone else being unhealthily dependent on them

    • @aquaticborealis4877
      @aquaticborealis4877 4 дні тому

      I would take action. That will help you and the country

  • @cattibingo
    @cattibingo 5 днів тому +131

    Everybody file your taxes before elon decides he just doesn't want tax refunds to be paid out

    • @deanwoodward1353
      @deanwoodward1353 5 днів тому +26

      Tax refunds are now woke

    • @butterfish-g9f
      @butterfish-g9f 5 днів тому +8

      There's no guarantee that won't happen if you do file them.

    • @Seal_Enthusiast_
      @Seal_Enthusiast_ 5 днів тому +12

      Trump has talked about getting rid of personal income taxes, which sounds great until you realize this will only really benefit the rich. This was also the reason behind the tariffs.

    • @Chas-OTE
      @Chas-OTE 5 днів тому +2

      ​@@deanwoodward1353I'd be more surprised if they didn't call it woke/socialist.

    • @MrDuckyJones
      @MrDuckyJones 4 дні тому +2

      I filed already but at this rate anything can happen before I get that deposit

  • @cosmogyrella
    @cosmogyrella 5 днів тому +78

    Can we please stop calling comp sci nerds engineers? As an actual engineer, doing aerospace, this offends me. Like, all the comp sci boys in uni were incels who thought they were gods. Nice to see the entire industry is like that. Breaking shit and leaving the rest of us to actually do the real work.

    • @christianjuarez4449
      @christianjuarez4449 5 днів тому +13

      I'm an artist, so non engineer, and I was confused by the titles given these kids who seemed more like code tech dudes. Sorry they are dragging your profession into this bud.

    • @natthaddeus
      @natthaddeus 5 днів тому +18

      There are Software Engineers and then there are "Computer Scientists" who are generally more like script kiddies. Let's not confuse the two. I don't appreciate being associated with the script kiddies with no engineering education.

    • @cosmogyrella
      @cosmogyrella 5 днів тому +8

      @@natthaddeus i get that. Software engineers are fine. I just don't like people who code call themselves engineers. In my mind, you must go through the pain of thermodynamics and its tentacles to have that right.

    • @bramstayer
      @bramstayer 4 дні тому

      Also Elon id neither an Engineer or a Genuis just more LORE & mythology he created himself.

    • @comochinganconesto
      @comochinganconesto 4 дні тому

      ​@@cosmogyrellaMaster in Computer Science here. We go through the pains of Algorithm Analysis and Data Structures and Complexity theory.
      We are engineers because we engineer software that is reliable, stable, and fast.
      The problem is that most of our undergrads can "hello world", interact with a server, or break something and they think they are gods. For most, it's not until you get into the real world and see a well engineered enterprise level application is like that they are humbled and earn their engineering title.

  • @LocoJandro
    @LocoJandro 5 днів тому +36

    Expose them all. Cheers WIRED 🍻

  • @zachwood3774
    @zachwood3774 5 днів тому +8

    how much you wanna bet one of those boys leveled Elons POE2 character.

  • @neilkirkley1500
    @neilkirkley1500 5 днів тому +117

    Nevermind Gooner Squad, looks more like Groomer Squad...

  • @ballapeti
    @ballapeti 5 днів тому +14

    The definition of fascism isn’t “they do holocaust”.

  • @JeffPDX
    @JeffPDX 5 днів тому +78

    Hey fellas. Leon Skum and the Gooners is a great wedding band name.

    • @adammant07
      @adammant07 5 днів тому

      I like arranging his name to Onle Skum = pronounced Only Scum

    • @JanaeSmith
      @JanaeSmith 5 днів тому +1

      bmp

    • @WiseSageBum
      @WiseSageBum 5 днів тому

      Edolf and the Twitler Youth

  • @GideonLupine
    @GideonLupine 5 днів тому +15

    We can't see Trump's taxes but they can see our SSN and everything else?

  • @melissamaddron6171
    @melissamaddron6171 5 днів тому +17

    Why do I feel like pretty soon we're all going to be living in Love Canal, getting our water from Flint, and working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory while going through the Great Depression?

  • @aremel42
    @aremel42 5 днів тому +8

    I petition for a name change:
    Department of Government InEfficiency = DOGIE

  • @rainbowcrash6990
    @rainbowcrash6990 5 днів тому +63

    "How to sabotage efficiency" Honestly, this seems like a guidebook for normal middle management.

    • @populistprogressivenewswit4301
      @populistprogressivenewswit4301 4 дні тому +1

      Unless people use litigation they shall keep seeing what laws they can break when nobody will try to punish them.

  • @ScottLahteine
    @ScottLahteine 4 дні тому +5

    I was once a 20-something nerd with system access, and I definitely didn’t follow proper security protocols. And, I might have even done some things on the fly without making a backup because “I don’t see any bugs, let’s go!” There are very good reasons for auditing and oversight, because accidents happen and everyone can’t just wing it.

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings 5 днів тому +100

    29:40 In the UK they teach us about WW1 and WW2 as one big thing. Including how Hitler rose to power. I didn't know in the US you're not taught about the middle part...

    • @thathobbitlife
      @thathobbitlife 5 днів тому +9

      Not at all

    • @kellieyang77
      @kellieyang77 5 днів тому +21

      But you know they never taught us who funded hitler during his rise to power. I had to find out that that was us.

    • @cameronwilsey9334
      @cameronwilsey9334 5 днів тому +29

      We aren't taught any cause and effect. We just go from event to event. It's wildly unhelpful

    • @steevetremblay1954
      @steevetremblay1954 5 днів тому

      They were afraid too many americans would fall for the type of propaganda promises the ultra-right had to offer, unfortunately the weakness has never been fixed, greed and weak education system...

    • @SPQRKlio
      @SPQRKlio 5 днів тому +3

      My school covered it throughly. But also, it wasn’t a public (as in US government funded) school, so...

  • @JohnSmith-qm5xu
    @JohnSmith-qm5xu 5 днів тому +6

    Don’t make ma call the gooner squad!! “I’m on the gooner squad.”, you ARE the gooner squad!

  • @benunder50
    @benunder50 5 днів тому +51

    Oh boy time for another late night “everything’s terrible” session. At least we’re all suffering together.

    • @SmokeyChipOatley
      @SmokeyChipOatley 5 днів тому +6

      I get a double dose of terrible nearly daily as I watch the Phillip Defranco show in the afternoon. I much prefer this show though.

    • @benunder50
      @benunder50 5 днів тому +2

      As do I my friend. I Save PDS for my drive home every day, but I try and catch Internet today as soon as it comes out.

    • @raeorion
      @raeorion 5 днів тому +1

      🫶🏻 solidarity! We're going to need each other in all the days ahead

    • @SeptSapphire277
      @SeptSapphire277 5 днів тому +5

      Seriously, at least knowing there are people who think all this is just as horrific and downright nuts as I do is unbelievably valuable rn

    • @justjukka
      @justjukka 5 днів тому

      Sharing is caring 💜

  • @stewybob123
    @stewybob123 5 днів тому +6

    Y'all should give props to Aaron Parnas he shot out of nowhere to become a leading voice on everything legacy media won't cover. Operates on TikTok and Substack

  • @GoonerSuperStar
    @GoonerSuperStar 5 днів тому +15

    Thanks!

    • @GoonerSuperStar
      @GoonerSuperStar 4 дні тому

      I’d just like to apologize on the behalf of the Australians for the propaganda machine that is Murdoch media machine. I’ve been watching this unfold from the outside and now realize just how many aussies are on board with a trump administration.

  • @Living_Life242
    @Living_Life242 5 днів тому +9

    So theoretically someone could just pester Grok enough and now it’ll share my social security information? And it’s not even 3 weeks in? Sounds about right….

  • @darkcult99
    @darkcult99 5 днів тому +26

    OMG dat thumbnail 😂 .. baby’s first coup d'état haircut 😙👌

  • @ecosta
    @ecosta 5 днів тому +10

    I have been working to US companies for a decade. I'm surprised how the "Sabotage Book" is not the #1 reading list in US, because dang it... That book is word-by-word how my employers seem to work.

  • @shmackydoodRon
    @shmackydoodRon 5 днів тому +55

    Stop paying federal taxes. Who would even notice? What resources will they deploy if they do?

    • @ryno4ever433
      @ryno4ever433 5 днів тому +11

      @shmackydoodRon They take it out of your paycheck. You file to get a refund if you're owed one.

    • @DominusSalus
      @DominusSalus 5 днів тому +7

      No brain gang

    • @kellieyang77
      @kellieyang77 5 днів тому +8

      They will build more prisons for you

    • @jacksonchambers5034
      @jacksonchambers5034 5 днів тому +4

      They’ll deport you

    • @butterfish-g9f
      @butterfish-g9f 5 днів тому +14

      @@jacksonchambers5034 I can't be deported, but at this point that would be a better option.

  • @mikegwillis
    @mikegwillis 5 днів тому +34

    We are really seeing the last days of US hegemony ... this is Nero's horse level of empire collapse ...

    • @SPQRKlio
      @SPQRKlio 5 днів тому +11

      Caligula’s horse, but I get you. But there’s hope-after Nero was messily deposed, and after the mess after that, Rome had a golden age of strong, smart rulers. And one blip. But also, they were all still dictators. Nothing’s perfect. Ok, I’ve lost my hope.

    • @mikegwillis
      @mikegwillis 5 днів тому +8

      @SPQRKlio sorry bro that's really embarrassing yes of course it was Little Boots Gaius Caesar not Nero ... my high school ancient history teacher would be so disappointed in me ... one of my childhood cats was even named after him!

  • @Rush215
    @Rush215 5 днів тому +6

    He needs to be disbarred from ANY government contracts

  • @derrickmarais
    @derrickmarais 5 днів тому +36

    US Aid shutting down is already having effects here in South Africa, and I understand all over Africa. While the South African government provides the HIV medication USAid funded the NGOs that ran the specialized clinics inside the effected communities. Most HIV clinics have had to close down.

  • @nab-rk4ob
    @nab-rk4ob 4 дні тому +1

    Ty for getting the word out! Free press!

  • @PhantomCook760
    @PhantomCook760 5 днів тому +33

    Morning boys. Gonna watch this before heading to work. Keep up the great content.

  • @LatinaCreamQueen
    @LatinaCreamQueen 5 днів тому +29

    I needed something to watch after this smoke. And at JUST the perfect time this gets posted. LA Rain magic.

  • @buckythepunky
    @buckythepunky 5 днів тому +4

    I hope you guys will be here. I can see the government closing you down. Thanks again for your perspective.

  • @DOUGHBOY420.
    @DOUGHBOY420. 5 днів тому +19

    thank you boys

  • @OmegaUberDeathbot
    @OmegaUberDeathbot 5 днів тому +6

    You wouldn’t believe the emails I have been getting for the past week working in the government. OPM is wild.

    • @Markusewitz
      @Markusewitz 3 дні тому +1

      Hand them over to the media...and if not to US media send them to for example British or German media! German media like " Der Spiegel" offer contacts for whistleblowers.

    • @OmegaUberDeathbot
      @OmegaUberDeathbot 3 дні тому

      @ not gonna happen. With how things are that would just open me up to retributions.

  • @cameronlovesevolve
    @cameronlovesevolve 5 днів тому +8

    Back in my days nickels had pictures of bee's on them!
    "GIVE ME 5 BEES FOR A QUARTER!" We'd say!

    • @Markusewitz
      @Markusewitz 3 дні тому

      And we wore onions on our belt...which was the style at the time! 😁

  • @BodyByBenSLC
    @BodyByBenSLC 4 дні тому +4

    Everyone should read "the Jungle" by Upton Sinclair if you want to know what no regulations look like.

  • @RM_VFX
    @RM_VFX 5 днів тому +41

    How can you pass a background check when you're too young to have a background?

    • @tdylan
      @tdylan 5 днів тому +2

      "nothing in your background looks suspicious," I guess.

  • @tylerdanger35
    @tylerdanger35 5 днів тому +2

    The Homestar reference finally got me to crack a smile

  • @jacobrzeszewski6527
    @jacobrzeszewski6527 5 днів тому +113

    Any bets on when Trump declares marshal law on all of the peaceful protests?

    • @bear4278
      @bear4278 5 днів тому +25

      3 weeks ago, I would have bet it would happen in just before the midterms… but with the rate things are moving, I’m starting to think it might be closer to 2 months than 2 years 😅

    • @Pulstar232
      @Pulstar232 5 днів тому +12

      @@bear4278 make that 2 weeks.

    • @gapsule2326
      @gapsule2326 5 днів тому

      Hitler took 50 days so we got a few weeks.

    • @saraghhh
      @saraghhh 5 днів тому

      Thanks to Biden’s reworking of the definition of terrorist, he could even say that they’re terrorists and have them locked up indefinitely.

    • @jacobrzeszewski6527
      @jacobrzeszewski6527 5 днів тому +10

      @@Pulstar232 Two days. If the protests persist for two days.

  • @moneymanjoe9639
    @moneymanjoe9639 5 днів тому +9

    But Hilary's email's?

  • @Woozy.0
    @Woozy.0 5 днів тому +24

    Goondolences fellas, but they're the Broccoli Brigade

  • @jonpopeadventures
    @jonpopeadventures 5 днів тому +2

    One of the best thumbnails you've produced, I tip my cap to you both good sir's

  • @sps6374
    @sps6374 5 днів тому +30

    It’s either the Gooner Squad or Kids Nation 💀

    • @s2kkyle
      @s2kkyle 5 днів тому +4

      Kids Nation 100%

  • @arielleritchie2011
    @arielleritchie2011 4 дні тому +2

    Here’s a fun convo I had yesterday:
    After my yoga class an older male student commented, “can you believe what’s happening w the government right now??”
    Assuming he was on the same page as me I responded vaguely, “yeah I know, I can barely look at the news without getting sick to my stomach these days.”
    He says, “you see all this stuff happening on X??”
    I reply, “No I’ve never really been on twitter.”
    He continues with, “oh you gotta get on X. They just released that USAID has been funneling millions of dollars to George Soros! It’s CRAZY what our government has been doing. It’s crazier than we ever thought!
    I was just. . . Flabbergasted. Like damn I really thought this man kind of had his shit together.
    He went on to say something like, yeah I did a lot of my own research when I was unemployed for a while and every last politician is up to some evil stuff.
    I tried to say, “yeah the only senator I remotely trust is Bernie Sanders. he’s been fighting the same good fight since like the 70s”
    “No, the pharmaceutical industries donated a million dollars to him and he voted for the lockdowns!”
    I hate to say that it took a few hours to shake off the dread he left me with.

    • @cathyburrows8162
      @cathyburrows8162 4 дні тому +2

      Sorry you went though that, hard to believe they walk along us in great numbers without an clue what Musk and Trump have planned for them.

    • @arielleritchie2011
      @arielleritchie2011 4 дні тому +1

      @@cathyburrows8162 for real. It is disorienting. I’m trying really hard to stay hopeful that progressives will be vindicated after all this. I mean, if there’s even a proper government at the end of all this.

  • @Grant918Tulsa
    @Grant918Tulsa 5 днів тому +13

    3:36 man, I remember that twenty year old that leak classified information on a gaming forum.

    • @goonerOZZ
      @goonerOZZ 4 дні тому

      just to impress strangers they don't even know...

  • @APineappleKnight
    @APineappleKnight 4 дні тому +1

    Im so sorry guys. I wish there was more I could do to support you during this absolutely terrifying and trying times ❤

  • @masterelf12
    @masterelf12 5 днів тому +77

    > Having Gen Z kids being in the government
    > Wanting to remove the department of education
    > Elon Musk
    It has never been this level of over before and it’s only the second month of year 1

    • @therealvbw
      @therealvbw 5 днів тому

      Because things don't happen if the government doesn't do them for us! 🤡

    • @DominusSalus
      @DominusSalus 5 днів тому +3

      You do know they prob more skilled than any person in the government if you look into it.

    • @mac533
      @mac533 5 днів тому +2

      Aww, does Alphys have a fever? I hope she feels better!

    • @cauthrim4298
      @cauthrim4298 5 днів тому

      @@DominusSalus They are barely interns and Musk's personal lackeys lmao, what skills are you talking about here? Boot licking ones?

    • @gapsule2326
      @gapsule2326 5 днів тому +13

      ​@@DominusSalusat programming and hacking maybe. Those skills do not transfer to managing funds and day to day operations of an agency they've just entered...

  • @rustkitty
    @rustkitty 5 днів тому +3

    I had very limited exposure to Homestar-related stuff, but what I know is that watching the news these days makes YOUR HEAD A SPLODE!

  • @japplebarry5627
    @japplebarry5627 5 днів тому +13

    Zyn thumbnail goes hard 💯

  • @CoilingSliver
    @CoilingSliver 5 днів тому +84

    Heartbreaking: Old people yell at the youth who just try to act responsible, just because they might be "under qualified" and maybe "a unchecked threat to key US Treasury systems"😢

    • @TraceyTra-kv1xe
      @TraceyTra-kv1xe 5 днів тому +16

      There only a group of 8chaners what's the problem it's a reputable place nothing bad happened on

    • @Therian_Puppy
      @Therian_Puppy 5 днів тому +11

      they must be so fkn easy to bribe lmao

    • @EllTeePDC
      @EllTeePDC 5 днів тому +11

      Boohoo grandpa, it’s not like they’re trying to dismantle the US government or anyth… oh wait

    • @arcadeinvader8086
      @arcadeinvader8086 3 дні тому

      @@Therian_Puppy hey kid here's a nickel and half a hershey's stop destroying the government

  • @V3cna.
    @V3cna. 5 днів тому +6

    As a disabled veteran,yeah this fine. Except I’m screaming into a pillow especially with project 2025. Especially with Elon and his little boy squad going near the VA recently. Also If it smells a coup looks like a coup walk like a coup it’s a coup.
    Edit: Also it’s been reported he’s also accessed the department of education data.

    • @05Matz
      @05Matz 4 дні тому +1

      Link up with other like-minded veterans (and other trustworthy individuals) and prepare.

  • @kadaluarsa-316
    @kadaluarsa-316 5 днів тому +21

    these news are too much for me lately, but i still click the like button and comment for engagement

    • @skunkrat01
      @skunkrat01 5 днів тому +3

      Doing the Lord's work

    • @justjukka
      @justjukka 5 днів тому +1

      Start strong, friend ✊

    • @Vaeldarg
      @Vaeldarg 4 дні тому

      Just remember that avoiding it altogether is how he managed to get re-elected. He doesn't have any such "mandate", he simply traumatised people into not staying politically informed enough to remember the need to vote against him regardless of how imperfect the Democrats were.

  • @cfitz9823
    @cfitz9823 5 днів тому +2

    At one point the history channel actually showed history. Everything happening now is eerily familiar to pre wwII.

  • @colinbauer6725
    @colinbauer6725 5 днів тому +6

    Of all the references that could have been made, a Homestar Runner reference was the last thing I expected.

  • @Dogpool
    @Dogpool 5 днів тому +6

    The cia manual just seems to describe an average worker

  • @Bootsz2010
    @Bootsz2010 5 днів тому +10

    And I heard a bunch of senators went to the building and they were at denied access. This it's so illegal but who's going to stop it? 🙄

  • @WanderWisley
    @WanderWisley 5 днів тому +5

    I’ve started playing old PlayStation one games to help take my mind off the situation of the country.

  • @maxmadrazo2286
    @maxmadrazo2286 5 днів тому +13

    Thank you guys !

  • @TetrisAddiction
    @TetrisAddiction 5 днів тому +1

    Two homestar references in the last week… loving it

  • @Zhorith
    @Zhorith 5 днів тому +11

    Make that confetti fly 🎉🎉

  • @mall1138
    @mall1138 5 днів тому

    I really appreciate getting to start my work day with y’all’s videos.

  • @bitsandbobs42
    @bitsandbobs42 5 днів тому +16

    Regulations are written in blood for the most part but we can just spill some more.....

  • @afterthought3746
    @afterthought3746 4 дні тому +4

    Feels like just yesterday you guys were talking about how tired you were of elon musk. Little did you know how much he would consume your life

  • @GameMusic4All
    @GameMusic4All 5 днів тому +15

    I fired up UA-cam just in time to hear the boys with the news

    • @justjukka
      @justjukka 5 днів тому

      It isn't his news, but they're good boys 💜

  • @renzibenzi
    @renzibenzi 5 днів тому +10

    Ricky I’m sorry but the boys at wisecrack already proclaimed the “goonersquad” title a day or two ago on livestream 😅

  • @tisalltrue
    @tisalltrue 3 дні тому

    Thank y'all for your service

  • @vvvvia
    @vvvvia 5 днів тому +8

    we’re gonna need a thesaurus to explain how increasingly unhinged this country is becoming

    • @trashcatlinol
      @trashcatlinol 5 днів тому

      The nice thing is online thesaurus is much better than paper. You can look up word definitions on the fly to ensure you find the right word to explain how fucked we are.
      Flipping all those pages got old.

  • @ctndiaye1
    @ctndiaye1 4 дні тому

    Thank you for your service.

  • @deathisonyourcards
    @deathisonyourcards 5 днів тому +9

    Oh hell yea! I literally just sat down after a long day's work.

  • @ashketchup247
    @ashketchup247 5 днів тому +2

    Ricky wants you to like the video at the end but true fans know Eliot wants you to like it at the beginning

  • @milot2311
    @milot2311 5 днів тому +6

    Keep Informing us on the Hell We are Living.

  • @Mikes_NotSane
    @Mikes_NotSane 5 днів тому +15

    Everything I learn about 19-24 year old males in this country is against my will. Elon Musk has to pay for this.

  • @snoopstheboss994
    @snoopstheboss994 5 днів тому +37

    The billionaires live in the same world. I do not understand why they don't get that destroying infrastructure, nature, public health and so on.... does make the world more dangerous for them, too. We only have this planet. I really do not get it.

    • @vivienclogger
      @vivienclogger 5 днів тому +2

      You have a point - but some would also argue that we know that the world is burning, that there is famine in East Africa, political suppression in China and genocide in Gaza - but we also turn away from those tragedies and hope that others will take on that burden. But yes, I agree that Billionaires have money as well as influence, and should have the intelligence to see the bigger picture. Unfortunately, that bigger picture seems to include outer space, which makes the earth seem rather small by comparison.

    • @JJ-es9np
      @JJ-es9np 5 днів тому +23

      Addicts don’t care about their actions as long as they get what they want, and money, power, attention are addictive.

    • @Icynova
      @Icynova 5 днів тому +28

      They DONT live in the same world. They don’t do their own grocery shopping. They don’t get their own coffee. They live in Elysium, where they don’t have to see the effects of their actions on anything more real than a spreadsheet.

    • @HoneyknuckleSandwich
      @HoneyknuckleSandwich 5 днів тому +12

      @@Icynova 100%. They are so assured of their own self-named godhood, the "mortal world" is only an obstacle

    • @justjukka
      @justjukka 5 днів тому +10

      Someone who has a healthy level of empathy will struggle to understand someone's complete lack of empathy. I struggle with this, too, and need to remind myself that they really don't feel as we do. 😔

  • @zombiechicken7114
    @zombiechicken7114 2 дні тому

    We are thankful for the 2 Internet boys keeping us sane. Ish. In these trying times!