President Donald Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military.

The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.

Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels. Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.

WE will decide the fate of our Country — NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

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panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
So they signed a contract, decided they don’t line the teens, now they’re trying to extort Anthropic and gaslighting to claim Anthropic is strong arming them?

I fucking hate this administration man.

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- RamRabbit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Anthropic was taking a stance against their AI in weapons systems. The government wants that ability and therefore cannot use Anthropic as a supplier.
  
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  - panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yes but they already signed a contract WITH the safety limits in place.
    
    I get that obviously they would want them removed, bit that is not what they signed.
    
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  - dellish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Ahhh, the good ol’ cut off your nose to spite your face. Instead of finding another product to fit their niche use case, they throw all the toys out of the bath tub and have a cry.
    
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- Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This is exactly what he did with every single trade deal he spent the last year working on. It’s a pattern of behavior.
  
  And basically why we’re where we are with Iran.
  
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  - panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, you can’t do business with the US government anymore. It’s just not feasible.
    
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- ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The funniest and dumbest part of this is how he doesn’t want the "radical left AI making military decisions… When what he was pissed about is the denial of anthropic in making the final military decision to launch missiles and fire weapons to kill.
  
  So he’s pissed at what was allowed, and he’s pissed at what wasn’t allowed?
  
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freeman@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You have to realize, what exactly Anthropic refused: To extend the current contract to two things:

Autonomous Weapons (AI deciding on killing or firing weapons)

AI-powered mass surveillance of american citizens

refusing those two things makes the only AI company radical left. Now Google, OpenAI or Grok will do what Anthropic has done already, plus mass surveillance plus AI-killcommands
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- Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s crazy how not only ethnics but now safety is “radically left”
  
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  - muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well, extremists love to abuse the concept of context
    
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  - GamingChairModel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, one of the two was a pure safety play, not even ethics.
    
    If I sell the military an ATV for shuffling things around on base, I might engineer a speed limiter to prevent the ATV from going faster than what its safety features are rated at. But a demand that I remove the governor so that the vehicle can go all lawful speeds totally misses the point. Whether it is illegal or unethical to do so, it’s still bad engineering to use dangerous technology beyond the scope of what it (and its safety features) has been designed for.
    
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- Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  At the very least, didn’t Sam Altman/OpenAI say they intend to have these exact same restrictions?
  
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  - homes@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, Sam Altman has a lot of things…
    
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  - foxwolf@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Hahahahahahhahahhahahahahhahhaha
    
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  - SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Sam Altman the infamous grifter? The same Altman whose foot in the door into the tech industry was inflating user numbers to get his app sold? That Sam Altman?
    
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  - XLE@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I don’t want to paraphrase him out of context, so here is his full statement:
    
    “I don’t personally think the Pentagon should be threatening DPA against these companies. But I also think that companies that choose to work with the Pentagon, as long as it is going to comply with legal protections and the few red lines that the field, we have, I think we share with Anthropic and that other companies also independently agree with, I think it is important to do that. For all the differences I have with Anthropic, I mostly trust them as a company, and I think they really do care about safety, and I’ve been happy that they’ve been supporting our warfighters.”
    
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  - freeman@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    aaand he gave up on them already 😂
    
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  - Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well, there’s news about them being the replacement. So, no, they won’t.
    
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- foxwolf@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Just listened to the “Search Engine” episode about anthropic that I think came out today? I am happy they stuck to their guns, but also, yeah google, open AI, grok, whatever, will happily do whatever crimes against humanity
  
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  - SavinDWhales@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, it’s going to be Grok. Who wouldn’t want an autonomous Mecha-Hitler killing things?
    
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- ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  And Anthropic refused? Surely they must be the evil ones!
  
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ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology

There will be a Six Month phase out period

What a fucking moron.

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- WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  He used Claude to write this. Also, it’s a false flag, Anthropic will still snitch on you.
  
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  - boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Don’t think it’s a false flag, he’s personally pissed at them and they’re losing their juicy contract to ClosedAI.
    
    Doesn’t change the fact that they’re an American corporation and will absolutely snitch on you though.
    
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  - PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I don’t think that’s what ya mean with “false flag”, that’s a little specific (could also be me missing your point of course).
    
    But hard agree. Even despite this, it looks good, sure - but let time earn trust, it will find it if there’s any to be found.
    
    Until then - nonetheless, I say reward the moves that look like “we don’t need you”, to fascists. It ain’t much but it’s something.
    
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  - ulterno@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Most probably what went on was…
    DoW decided to go with OpenAI for military stuff and Anthropic for covert surveillance.
    So they are now giving a PR boost to Anthropic, to increase market permeation and increase their short term effectiveness.
    
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- echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Anthropic will release 17 updates in that time. They don’t care.
  
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jwiggler@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m just so tired of seeing 1984 and Brazil and Idiocracy and every other political warning and satire played out in the real world every goddamn day of my life

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- myrmidex@belgae.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Time for some V For Vendetta me thinks.
  
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  - Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah. A good thick slice of Anarchism might be what we need to reset things.
    
    That is Anarchism, with capital “A”, the anti-authority ideology.
    
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- Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You forgot wargames
  
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MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The absurdity to claim that Anthropic is strong-arming the DoD and forcing them to do anything when just the other day it was reported that the DoD was threatening this exact action if Anthropic didn’t comply with their demands is laughable.

It feels like a pretty low bar to clear to tell this orange fuck to piss off, but at least one of the AI companies has a spine.

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- brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Anthropic is self righteous and self serving.
  
  Like, I like local LLMs more than most and Anthropic models are great at the moment, but don’t mistake Anhropic for having a spine.
  
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  - Hazzard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I mean… this is losing them a 200 million dollar contract. And to one of their competitors who will gladly acquiesce, so it’s hard to argue that this benefits them.
    
    Good marketing to a bunch of left-wing people who hate AI, I guess, but that feels like Elon joining the Trump administration in hopes of selling Teslas to rednecks, it might work on a few, but I just can’t imagine this is 4D chess that will make them a fortune when they’re abandoning that much money immediately.
    
    Their statement also came after the DOW threatened to put them on the list of companies that are totally banned from doing any business in America, usually reserved for Chinese companies that are deemed a national security threat, which would make it illegal for any company doing business in America to do any business with them, as they’d be added to the same list, which would have essentially killed Anthropic as a business entirely.
    
    You don’t have to love Anthropic because they did a good thing, they were fine with anything less than automatic killing and mass surveillance, after all, but I don’t think it’s correct to say this was sneaky and spineless somehow.
    
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  - Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’m betting this ends with Amthropic somehow giving him money.
    
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  - muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    You are asking for eternity from that which is temporary.
    
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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Every day I am more astounded that anyone voted for this absolute moron.
  
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  - Jolteon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Unfortunately, I’m not surprised in the least.
    
    During his first term, he wasn’t nearly as unhinged as he was during this term, because he was still building his cult, which he continued doing after he lost the 2020 election. With the 2024 election, virtually everything lined up in his favor. The Democratic candidate was somebody who had not even been in the primaries, the size of his cult was at an all-time high, and the political division was even further increased from 2016. Even with all that in his favor, he still didn’t show his most unhinged ideas until after the election.
    
    Anybody with a reasonable amount of intelligence would obviously have voted against him, but forward thinking doesn’t seem to be a common trait these days.
    
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- Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m not too familiar with the specifics, but didn’t they put their foot down about just two safeguards? Sure, it’s having a spine, but I have to wonder if the line they draw isn’t a bit too far either way.
  
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twinnie@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
How are Anthropic left wing? I thought they were regarded as being not much better than ChatGPT?

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- Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  everything 47 personally doesn’t like is lunatic left. AOC? lunatic left. eating his broccoli? lunatic left. when his phone runs out of battery mid toilet tantrum? lunatic left
  
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  - Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Two of the Supreme Court Justices he appointed? Believe it or not, lunatic left.
    
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- Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They’re not. Standard lying and propaganda that they do. You can’t trust in anything they say, in any reasoning they claim.
  
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- mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They said something once and now Trumpet is upset.
  
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  - Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I wonder what kicked the tantrum off.
    
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Hackworth@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.

Anthropic yesterday:

Should the Department choose to offboard Anthropic, we will work to enable a smooth transition to another provider, avoiding any disruption to ongoing military planning, operations, or other critical missions. Our models will be available on the expansive terms we have proposed for as long as required. -Dario’s Post

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socsa@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
How can anyone read this shit and not cringe?

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- JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Because it’s a fucking cult and Trump’s word is about as good as fucking Moses’.
  
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  - Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Oh god. Are you telling me Trump is the racist white man’s modern Moses?
    
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- goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  that’s my president, he tells it like it is!
  
  Trump supporters who wear Trump that bitch shirts proudly
  
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  - logi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Add a comma and I might wear it.
    
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- OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They’re not reading but looking for keywords. People with low literacy do that.
  
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- b_tr3e@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Even by Trump’s standards it seems quite unhinged, indeed. Sounds bat shit crazy, tbh.
  
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
HE IS A DEMENTED RAPIST CONMAN

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- nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Literally none of those words are hyperbole either. This comment is closer to factual reporting than what’s left on American TVs.
  
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  - goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It’s also just reasons they vote and support him
    
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- XLE@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Sounds like Sam Altman would be a better match for Donald Trump.
  
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- thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You forgot Pedo and Felon… not that anyone cares. Honestly at this point he could sign his emails with that list and people would still vote him in and back him.
  
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muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Dude, this just gave Anthropic so much credibility. They can literally own the entire AI market now.

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- pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Before this, I hated Anthropic, and now I just feel neutral.
  
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  - kilgore_trout@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    You should still hate it.
    
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kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
“pedophile Donald J Trump yells at the cloud”

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XLE@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
When the AI company only wants to be 99% Hitler (They’re okay with their bot recommending bombing minorities overseas, but they don’t want to be held liable when it pushes the button and the bomb comes down in America instead)

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- ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Still. I will happily take a company with some moral fiber over one with none when it comes to this AI race to the bottom.
  
  Not saying Anthropic are the good guys here (there are none IMHO) but they are clearly trying to be the “less bad guys”.
  
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  - XLE@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Reports of Anthropic’s moral fiber have been greatly exaggerated:
    
    Leaked Slack Messages Show CEO of “Ethical AI” Startup Anthropic Saying It’s Okay to Benefit Dictators
    
    Anthropic’s CEO admits compromising with authoritarian regimes to secure AI funding
    
    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei backs President Trump on AI policy, pushes back on criticism
    
    Anthropic publicly praised President Trump’s AI Action Plan… We have been supportive of the President’s efforts to expand energy provision in the US in order to win the AI race.
    
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- yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Moral absolutism benefits only the status-quo.
  
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- desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  “we programmed the AI leopards to not eat our faces”
  
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Loce@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Maybe i should give Claude a try, thanks for recommendation pedo j. trump

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0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
A spoiled brat writing a angry letter to santa saying his parents don’t let him do stupid things.

Only it’s the elected US President.

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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is the kind of stuff I think about whenever a Democrat tries to tell me that Biden or Obama were powerless.

They could have done this to the makers of assault rifles in order to spur greater regulation in the wake of mass shootings.

That is, if they gave a shit.

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- Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Unless fully rewritten to the form of bully pulpit, this would still have been considered explicitly dictatorial, erratic and unhinged behavior from a leader, so I assume you just mean “what if dems were more action less talk” and I’m with you.
  
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amorpheus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This reads like a Star Wars opening crawl: starwarsintrogenerator.com/scroller?u=26zznrtq

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- shane@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This is amazing. Thank you!
  
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- Ghostie@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Imagine if Star Wars opening crawls read like midnight Palpatine rants on ForceSocial.
  
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Carnelian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Heartbreaking: worst person you know makes a good decision

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humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Serve Skynet or die… you traitorous scum, is exactly how Skynet gets started and ends.

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thlibos@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
He is like a spoiled child, just like his shitstain cabinet. I wish there were some way we could identify those who voted for him in 2016, 2020, or 2024 and tattoo an orange T on their foreheads so they could never go anywhere again without ridicule and harassment.

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balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Good, let the nutjobs fight

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narinciye@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Best advertisement for a product ever. I will go and buy 5 subscriptions now

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RadioEthiopiate@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
What a fucking snowflake. Cry harder, bitch.

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BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Republicans used to be against governments that told businesses how they should be run. 🙄

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bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This just in: toddler throws tantrum because someone took his toys away

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Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
lol these statuses always read like trembling balled up fists on a fat angry toddler

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wuffah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This man is literally insane.

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phutatorius@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Ethics might be contagious, better not take the risk.

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CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Well that settles it then, guess we’ll just have grok manage the nuclear arsenal

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flop_leash_973@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
What AI to use for murder automation probably shouldn’t be at the whim of a guy that can probably barely work a TV remote.

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DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I love how he thinks capitalising a word gives it some kind of magical authority.

or I will use the Full Power ™ of the Presidency (LLC)

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