Okay, let’s take a deep breath and unpack this—because when the rhetoric hits a boiling point, that’s exactly when we need a little clarity. First, yes Elon Musk holds a ridiculous amount of influence for someone who tweets like your conspiracy-minded uncle on Red Bull. No, that shouldn’t be acceptable in a functioning democracy. And yes, any political leader who claims to stand for the working class should be seriously questioned when they roll out the red carpet for billionaires with private space programs and a thirst for regulatory rollback. Now, the idea that Trump is a “moderate MAGA” is… well, let’s call it strategically optimistic spin. It’s not a claim most centrists would comfortably stand by without a fire extinguisher nearby. If anything, Trump’s continued tolerance—if not celebration—of oligarchic power (Musk included) shows exactly where his priorities lie. Spoiler alert: it’s not with the guy clocking in at the steel mill. But let’s not pretend this is a clean “workers vs. oligarchs” binary either. Because while Trump may enable people like Musk, let’s not forget the tech elite and corporate donor class aren’t exactly strangers to Democratic fundraisers either. Both parties have cozyed up to billionaires. One throws money at them through tax breaks; the other throws TED Talks about equity at them while quietly greenlighting market consolidation. So when you ask, “Whose side are you on? The oligarchs or the workers?”—my centrist answer is frustratingly simple: Neither extreme gets a free pass. Power should be accountable, no matter who wields it. And if you’re aligning with workers, that alignment has to mean policies, not just slogans. It means opposing corporate overreach regardless of whether the CEO has a flamethrower and a libertarian podcast, or a climate pledge and a startup incubator. If Trump gives Musk a pass, he deserves to be called out. But let’s not forget: you can’t fight the billionaires effectively by replacing them with a different set of billionaires who simply have better PR. It’s not about whose team you’re on it’s about whether you’re holding everyone to the same standard.
Wait -are you telling me you backed the wrong horse Steve??
We need an Independent Alliance for worker rights and conditions and to fight pollution. If Bernie doesn’t want to bother setting up a vetting mechanism for that, so be it.
Populist Plank is something; but not enough about WORKERS and fighting pollution (the two big issues neglected by the corporately-owned parties…) I don’t like the continued tests of Insanity: trying to change the Dem Party, and expecting a different outcome. Sanders should know by now. I welcome you to try to get the Populist Plank to change the Dem Party, Cenk; but for reasons stated elsewhere, I’m skeptical. But I understand your efforts, Cenk, absent Sanders’ lack of an effort to organize a serious aligned Independent movement.
Ask us if we’re surprised!
Bunker Boy: the tech bros have your crypto payola ready for having done them that favor! Musk will be dropping it off.
Just all part of the fantastic effort to reshore jobs; right?
Hey, MAGAs who work: are you getting it now?? The chaotic tariff war; DOGE; these H1Bs -what’s the consistent thread? It’s all about capital accumulation for Bunker Boy and his entourage. Reshoring? Don’t make me laugh! He thinks that people who work are suckers. He’s completely about exploitation of workers (as the Dem Party has become, though it didn’t used to be…) “We’re working on DEALS…” -yeah; ““deals”” for him and his cronies; NOT for workers who make things and provide services that him and his cronies want for nothing. Why should they respect you with proper payment, if you always fall in with leadership that does not respect your interests?
While the tariff war was looming towards a disastrous outcome this week, what was Bunker Boy doing? Securing a “deal” for a completely useless AI data center in the Mideast?? He got them to buy some Boeings; but compared to the economic iceberg we are headed for, that’s just a rearrangement of the deckchairs on the Titanic.
Take note of the voluble silence the Dems will have on this -because they too have used voluminous H1B dispensations as a favor to donors for many years! Both monopoly parties will NEVER do things for workers, nor fight pollution. They want more money, and at this point are counting on guys like Sanders to not form an alternative alliance on the Independent ticket.
When many Senate Dems went along with passing the budget, they didn’t even require a provision to block any Medicaid cuts. They just sat back and hoped Repubs would do it for them -Profiles In Cowardice…
Wow; I’m surprised. The problem is not all the logical contradictions he is now facing; it’s a “Dem psyop”!
If you are not calling for an impeachment over this B2 strike, you are consigned to be an even bigger joke than Alex “They’re making the frogs gay” Jones!
But he will continue to handwave about Trump being a bitch for Israel -right?
Dude: give it the fuck up! Part ways with Trump, or shut the fuck up (or you can even go on kegislatively ineffective speaking tours, like Bernie!)
Sheez, even Alex Jones has gotten the memo on Trump being through!
Bannon:
We all know that Trump is a craven CHUD; for example: dodging military service. You, Bannon, were doing this I’m-a-real-man number with the former military service and your “anti-woke” viewpoints.
You liked talking about the USS Missouri at the end of WWII; if you were a real man, considering your hearty effort to rejuvenate Epstein, you should be doing the same thing that many Japanese military did in WWII: commit suicide!
Bannon says they will have their last chance at vote rigging this summer.
Has he done the honorable thing yet, after his latest release of Epstein files?
No?? I’m shocked.
Neither did Epstein.
Birds of a feather…
It’s becoming more and more humorous the way Bannon as of late continues to talk in a matter-of-factly way that Trump will be doing a third term in 2028. I think people need to start trolling Repubs saying that, that they will next be suggesting 2032:
ZOMBIE TRUMP 2032!
It’s extremely pathetic used car buying bad strategy: ask for $10K, get $5K. “Let’s talk about him running in 2028 to see him through this term…”
Fuck off; if you were a real man you would have done the honorable thing by now…
Just like the Trump-will-run-in-2028 gambit, the Repubs and Bannon trolls are now talking about enlarging the Supreme Court for the Repubs. Just another troll! The votes aren’t there for it.
And the votes for a supermajority won’t be there for the Dems either at the midterms if they continue their addiction to AIPAC and corporate monopolies…