So, have you seen the latest?
The orange turd brought a lectern with the presidential seal into the Oval Office to make comments today.
See the clips below:
Oh yeah…about those Tesla armored trucks:
A few other stories:
Not this next few items are about a horror bill called SAFE Act HR 22
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BREAKING NEWS:During a custody battle, Grimes — Elon Musk’s ex and intergalactic songstress — has dropped the wildest bombshell yet: X isn’t Elon’s biological offspring.She is claiming that Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) is actually his biological father, and that she has a DNA test that proves it.
I think these videos are very important. That kid is repeating what he has heard. And it should be bigger news
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas
Trump administration was set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
The Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles, according to a new State Department document detailing procurement for fiscal year 2025.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk is a top White House official who has been leading the Department of Government Efficiency, a unit focused on shrinking the federal workforce and ferreting out corruption.
The document does not specify what Tesla vehicles will be purchased by U.S. officials, but Musk’s Cybertruck, with its militaristic design and stainless steel exterior, could be an option.
After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department’s intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of “armored electric vehicles,” but the word “Tesla” was removed.
Responding to a segment by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow about the $400 million contract, Musk wrote on X on Wednesday night: “Hey @Maddow, why the lie?”
The State Department and Musk did not return requests for comment.
Musk, who spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to help elect Trump, has used an X account devoted to DOGE to highlight what he views as excessive or unnecessary federal contracts.
As Musk’s deputies have gained access to nearly two dozen federal agencies, ethics experts have raised concern about the billionaire running into conflicts of interest, since Musk runs six companies, some of which are under investigation by government authorities. Musk’s companies, including Tesla and SpaceX, also have multibillion-dollar contracts with the federal government.
Most of the federal money Musk has received has gone to SpaceX, the rocket company, for projects including work for NASA to launch Musk’s Starship with astronauts to the moon.
A new Cybertruck starts at around $82,000, and about 38,000 were sold last year, according to Cox Automotive. The truck, which was unveiled in 2019 and began reaching customers in 2023, has faced complaints about rust, finger pinches and defective accelerator pedals.
The State Department document also shows that some Tesla competitors are set to receive lucrative, yet considerably smaller, contracts for armored vehicles, including from BMW, which is expected to supply about $40 million worth of SUVs to the federal government.
They just rescinded plugged in electric vehicles so no one knows exactly what the deal is now.
https://www.businessinsider.com/state-department-buy-400-million-worth-armored-teslas-2025-2
State Department removes mention of ‘armored Teslas’ from its 2025 procurement list, replaces it with ‘armored electric vehicles’
I fell asleep, I think big things are going to happen rather fast in the next couple of days
“During Wednesday’s broadcast of the state TV program 60 Minutes, host Olga Skabeeva described the events as ‘unthinkable’ and ‘unimaginable.’ She asked Mikhail Antonov, the network’s correspondent in Europe, ‘What does it all mean? Ukraine is left without NATO? Ukraine is left without money?’ Antonov said that the era of American dominance had ended and surmised that Europe wouldn’t be able to compete with the volume of military assistance America used to provide. Throughout his commentary, Skabeeva smiled broadly and couldn’t hide her glee.
Co-host of 60 Minutes Evgeny Popov marveled at the fact that Trump is doing Moscow’s job by destroying Western alliances and ‘sawing’ Europe into pieces—something that the Kremlin dreamt of doing all along.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/laughing-kremlin-insiders-say-trump-has-given-putin-greenlight-to-expand-the-war/ar-AA1yYnN1
Laughing Kremlin Insiders Say Trump Has Given Putin Greenlight to Expand the War
wow no wonder he uses him as a human shield