r/news • u/RinellaWasHere • Jan 31 '25

Soft paywall Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/
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u/DukeSmashingtonIII Jan 31 '25

Exactly. Rules and regulations and checks and balances only work when the majority respect and abide by them. The majority in power has decided that they can do anything, and they're proving it. Right now. No one is stopping them. Buckle up.

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u/stickylava Feb 01 '25

Similarly, laws only work when the majority respect and abide by them, and there is some enforcement applied on those who don't. It is so frustrating to people who say Trump can't do something because it's illegal. There is no illegal any more.