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Washington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future

For years, Washington, D.C., was insulated from many of the economic forces that decimated many older U.S. cities. Now, as Elon Musk’s mass layoffs shake everything from employment to real estate, the region faces the prospect of decline.
propublica.org/article/washing

ProPublicaWashington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future
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Good afternoon. It's 12PM, Thursday, 13th March. The headlines: US special envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow for #ceasefire discussions, while a US delegation also travels there. Poland seeks US nuclear arms as a deterrent against #Russia. The #UK Prime Minister pledges to cut #government regulatory expenses. #Germany's #Bundestag considers easing its debt rules. The CEO of Roblox speaks to the BBC about the firm. #BBC #News

Suite du fil

Another two years go by and things are running smoothly. Then, at two years two months, without warning, a second unsolvable problem comes up. The leader decides that since the first letter had such good advice, he has to open the second letter now.

The leader opens the second letter, and it just says, “write two letters.”

Musk/45 has used up the first letter.

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#USpol#joke#funny
Suite du fil

The new leader thanks their predecessor, and quickly forgets. Six months pass, all is well. Then, a month more and a huge problem with no solution comes up. The leader is inconsolable. Then he remembers the letters. He opens the drawer, takes out letter one and tears it open. On the predecessor’s letterhead, it says only, “blame me.”

The new leader blames his predecessor and the people accept that. The leader weathers the storm.

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Old joke: a new leader of a far off country is congratulated at their inauguration by their predecessor. Their predecessor mentions they’ve written the new guy 2 letters, and left them in the presidential desk. “Open letter one when you have your first unsolvable problem, and letter two when you have your second.”

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Can't be repeated enough:
"Elon Musk is not engaged in an “efficiency drive”. He is not trying to save money. He is trying to cripple the state and destroy the public sector, since oligarchs of his ilk think these are by nature a waste of money and that their functions should be privatized. Media should report it as such."
ft.com/content/6d938875-d9c8-4
#Musk #DOGE #Trump #government #politics #USA