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  • originalucifer
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    16123 days ago

    while we would all love this, hes too rich and too important to the US military to be subjected to actual regular-people laws. sorry.

  • @Tylerdurdon
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    8023 days ago

    You guys understand that even the immigration system is pay-to-win, right? Regardless of what happens, I don’t think Elon will have any issues.

    • @clutchtwopointzero
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      2023 days ago

      Exactly. He would just reapply under the category of “director of a company” or as “individual of extraordinary abilities”.

      • @[email protected]
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        1623 days ago

        “individual of extraordinary abilities”

        No, you are not allowed to lie in immigration application forms, it says so right in the title!

    • @EnderMB
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      423 days ago

      While I don’t disagree at all, even in many of these instances lying to immigration officials is a fast track to being denied entry ever again.

      Obviously, Musk is going to get back in, but as a political pawn, kicking Musk out of the country being a legitimate option must be absolutely incredible.

  • @LEDZeppelin
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    6423 days ago

    Yeah. Court couldn’t even issue a warrant today after he didn’t bother to show up. Wake me up when rich people face consequences.

  • @slickgoat
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    5123 days ago

    Isn’t that cute? They think that laws apply to billionaires.

    • @[email protected]
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      423 days ago

      But liberty and justice is in the brainwash pledge that the kids have to do every day. It can’t be a lie can it?

    • @Maggoty
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      222 days ago

      Without straight up ignoring the law in this case, which State Department is more than capable of doing, it’s really not a different law.

      • @slickgoat
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        222 days ago

        I’m actually not a cynic, an attitude mostly lazy and unthinking, but straight up ignoring conventions and laws is what the right has normalised.

        Trump didn’t go to jail for Jan 6th, and never will. The paycheck mob did tho.

        “Go out there and fight like hell”.

  • @[email protected]
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    4123 days ago

    Filthy rich, white. He gets the wag of the finger treatment and nothing worse. Just like Trump.

    • @Maggoty
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      722 days ago

      In this specific case? It comes down to a civil servant getting paid 80k a year. If they get his case file for review and they flag it then the government starts doing it’s thing. Of course it will end up in court but a normal court can’t do much about it. Which is how Elon’s bestest buddies set it up. And once it’s on his file that he lied in order to gain citizenship or residency he’s straight up barred.

      In other words, if he lied then it will take a literal act of congress to save his citizenship.

      • @[email protected]
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        1022 days ago

        I appreciate the wisdom of your words, but the past few years have planted me squarely in the camp of “I’ll see it when I believe it” when it comes to any sort of consequence for powerful, wealthy Republicans.

        • @Maggoty
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          222 days ago

          Oh yeah, there’s always the possibility that despite the numerous articles on it the government just ignores him.

      • @WhatYouNeed
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        422 days ago

        “Uhhhh we seem to have lost his file…”

  • AFK BRB Chocolate
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    2923 days ago

    Remember all those headlines saying things like 'Trump could be found guilty of violating emoluments clause?" Yeah, put this in the same bucket.

  • @Rakonat
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    1723 days ago

    Deport the illegals! Confiscate their illicit gains!