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Can You Overdose on Schadenfreude? Let's Find Out Together! GNR [1]
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Date: 2025-06-07
My friends, the days we have all been waiting for have finally arrived.
Those fucking assholes turned on one another!
Honestly, i thought it would happen earlier but I had no idea it would be this public and this amazing.
It is living up to every dream I could have had!
This schadenfreude should be enjoyed in its most simple and amazing form. we should be swimming in a sea of schadenfreude. Floating on clouds of it. Eating delicious bites of it.
These are truly terrible, terrible men who joined forced to ruin our democracy and this break between them is as delicious as it is good.
This post is going to be divided into three sections. The first will celebrate the best celebrity breakup since… ever.
The second will celebrate Democrats. Who, despite what some people whine about, are actually amazing.
The final will include other good news that you may have missed and will want to enjoy.
A feast in three parts! Let’s get to it!
Schadenfreude
Let’s get started with how this is likely to affect MAGA:
The ugly end to the alliance between the president and the richest man in the world will change the trajectory of the MAGA movement.
The toxic bromance of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk was always going to end ugly. These are not guys who take two deep breaths — or even one — before they post or care whether a scorched-earth insult also makes them look bad. in just a few easy steps, Musk went from politely leaving the White House to giving self-pitying interviews about how hard he tried to save America to publicly blasting the bill to declaring Trump “is in the [Jeffrey] Epstein files. That is why they have not been made public,” and calling for his impeachment. Musk, who just a few months ago wielded his bags of cash in a failed attempt to get a GOP candidate elected in Wisconsin, even mused about forming a new political party. What a year this week has been. Musk and Trump are bound by many traits, but of great relevance today is the fact that each is surrounded by a slavish cult of personality. And the whole point of a cult of personality is that there can be only one true master. lines are already being drawn. On one side you have the old-school MAGAs: the pizzagaters, QAnoners, Jan. 6ers and Trump 1.0 all-stars like Laura Loomer and Steve Bannon. Included among Elon’s team are the Silicon Valley tech utopians, various fascist-adjacent online influencers, heterodox pick-me podcasters whose work he has promoted ... and the antisemitic white nationalist Nick Fuentes
and people are taking sides and splitting with one another
x All the worst people were fighting last night. — Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-06-06T11:34:44.027Z
A DOGE architect leaves the movement after Musk feuds with Trump
James Fishback, the chief architect behind the proposal to send “DOGE checks,” told POLITICO Friday he’s stepping away from the movement after Elon Musk lashed out at President Donald Trump. “The truth is that Elon set expectations that he relayed to the president, me, and the country that he did not come close to fulfilling. That’s disappointing, but okay,” Fishback said. “What’s not okay is his baseless personal attacks against President Trump.”
and some people are picking Musk’s side...
x Ruh roh. Republican Massie: “I trust the math from the guy that lands rockets backwards over the politicians’ math.” — Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-06-06T12:19:01.573Z
regardless of who you pick...
MAGA's mutually assured destruction
To honor the end of Elon Musk's "incredible" government service, President Trump presented his friend, adviser and billionaire benefactor with a golden key to the White House. Six days later, Musk lit the place on fire. Why it matters: The most powerful civilian ever has effectively declared war on the president of the United States, incinerating their relationship — at least for now — in one of history's most extraordinary political meltdowns.
in the Oval Office, on Truth Social, and above all, on X. The long-predicted rupture built over months, but exploded in hours — unfolding in real time in the Oval Office, on Truth Social, and above all, on X.
The consequences were tectonic, shaking the foundations of a MAGA-tech coalition that has mapped out grand ambitions for Trump's second term. The big picture: The conflict between two of the world's most powerful men seemed like it was quickly barreling toward mutually assured destruction. Musk, who spent nearly $300 million to support Trump and GOP candidates in 2024, views the swelling deficit as an existential threat, and has promised to target any Republican who votes for the bill.
spent nearly $300 million to support Trump and GOP candidates in 2024, views the swelling deficit as an existential threat, and has promised to target any Republican who votes for the bill. GOP lawmakers, many of whom have spent years terrified by the prospect of a Trump-backed primary threat, are now praying the president's endorsement is worth more than Musk's war chest.
Why Trump-Musk Feud Has White House in “Full Panic Mode”
Wilson: Look, when I shuffle off this mortal coil at some point, I will be remembered for one rule: Everything Trump touches dies. And for as smart as Elon is supposedly, the idea that he never heard this rule—or didn’t understand that Trump is a man with no loyalty to anyone ever, that no vow, obligation, oath, promise, relationship, contract, deal is ever anything but fungible and ephemeral with Trump—was insane. So look, Elon is not going to be in a happy place here for a lot of reasons. The Trump people are going to try to screw him on his contracts and things like that. But it’s really hard for me to mount a whole big pity party for this guy who jumped into bed with Trump. Was he living in a cave before this? Was he in orbit somewhere? No, he was a human being on the planet Earth. He had to know who Donald Trump was. Wilson: It will end up, if Elon reshapes this battlefield.... Well, he could turn ... Again, on the back end of Twitter, we know that he boosts and deboosts accounts all the time. We know that he elevates certain content and knocks certain content below the threshold of visibility all the time. He could easily turn Twitter into a machine right now that bashed the tax bill—endlessly bashed the tax bill—and killed it. You want to take revenge on Trump, that’s a good way to kill the bill. You want to show Trump that you’ve got the power, take away his signature piece of legislation. Wilson: Oh, it is. It’s beyond funny to me because he is a guy who was ready to use his power to victimize a lot of Americans. He was ready to use his power to tear down people who did jobs in this government that were important to the American people. And watching him be on the receiving end of the tornado of Trump’s attacks—karma is a bitch, but occasionally she shows up dressed for the garden party. This guy has gotten, he is really.... In the “fuck around and find out,” he is well into the “finding out” phase.
and this from Wilson
Epstein is the heart of that and he’s talismanic for them in that storyline. Even though Trump and Epstein were close, close, close friends—Trump rode on the jet; Trump partied with him; there were contemporaries quotes by Trump saying, Jeffrey’s a good guy to party with and he likes his ladies on the younger side; all this creepy, gross stuff for years—at the end of the day, Trump never got held to account for being close to Epstein because they hived it off in their mind. They’re like, Nope, nope, nope, nope, didn’t happen. It’s all fake news. It’s not fake. And this idea that we’ve been hearing for a couple of weeks now—that Bondi and Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are slow rolling the Epstein file release—has made MAGA very angry. And now this is like throwing a big old chunk of sodium in the water. It’s going to explode, it’s going to boil over, and it’s going to be lit as hell.
Trump tells ABC Musk 'lost his mind'; 'not particularly' interested in talking to him
In a phone interview Friday morning, hours after his blistering exchange with Elon Musk, President Donald Trump sounded remarkably unconcerned about their feud, as if it weren't even the most interesting thing that happened Thursday. Speaking on a phone call Friday morning shortly before 7 a.m., ABC News asked him about reports he had a call scheduled with Musk for later in the day.. "You mean the man who has lost his mind?" he asked, saying he was "not particularly" interested in talking to him right now. He said Musk wants to talk to him, but he's not ready to talk to Musk.
Trump's fight with Musk reveals MAGA's biggest delusion
Even if Musk fails in his efforts to kill Trump's bill, this battle is exposing a deeper truth that the White House can't hide: The MAGA coalition is fragile and some of the differences are starting to tear at the seams less than half a year into the second Trump term. Trump's slim win in 2024 was no doubt due in large part to Musk, and not just the eye-popping quarter-billion-plus Musk spent to push the old man's orange carcass over the finish line. It's because Musk and other influential figures, especially those associated with Silicon Valley or who pretend to be former liberals, were able to convince a chunk of more secular, largely male voters to throw their lot in with the Christian nationalist base that is the backbone of the MAGA movement. But while these two groups joined together based on a shared animosity towards racial minorities and women, it was always a far more uneasy alliance than Musk or Trump wanted to admit. And now it's getting shakier as two narcissistic billionaires are at odds. "The Silicon Valley tech world does not like this bill," Tim Miller of The Bulwark explained on his podcast Wednesday. It's not just Musk, but many wealthy leaders who are deeply invested in the energy and tech areas that President Joe Biden's administration invested so heavily in. They stabbed Democrats in the back as a thank-you for that money, and now are shocked they are being similarly betrayed by the Republicans they joined up with.
and this!
The fallout from the very public breakup could engulf Republican hopes of holding onto the House.
and this asshole: Bannon Promises ‘Punk’ Musk: ‘I’m Going to Rip Your F***ing Face Off’ Steve Bannon is milking the raging feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk for all that it’s worth, warning the Tesla boss: “I will rip your f---ing face off.” After positioning himself squarely on Team Trump and calling for investigations into Musk and his businesses, now the MAGA loyalist has turned to physical threats to demonstrate his loyalty to the president. and these assholes! ‘Fox & Friends’ Host Freaks Out About Musk’s ‘Crazy’ Trump War: ‘What Are You Doing?!’ Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade struggled to comprehend just how badly President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s bubbling feud dramatically escalated during Thursday’s back-and-forth. “The Epstein file thing was way over the top and just crazy—to say that Trump was in the Epstein files. I mean, what are you doing?” Kilmeade said Friday morning. “Sometimes when people get drunk, they do crazy things. But this is a total escalation.”
and the memes have been great
x Elon vs Trump is the MAGA version of Kendrick vs Drake except they're both Diddy — Wildstyle (@mrwildstyle.bsky.social) 2025-06-05T23:34:57.403Z
Democrats are Amazing
So much hating on Dems out there and I am so done with it!
Some people hate just to bring us down and demoralize us.
Some hate because they have picked people they don’t like as “the democratic party” when really we have a big tent and there are tons of people doing tons of stuff YOU would like (no matter who you are).
Some hate because you can find some things you don’t like (or would not have done) because, again, we are a big party MADE UP OF HUMANs who are not perfect but HUMANS.
Some hate because they are uninformed and don’t fact check the freaking internet.
Some hate because they have literally no understand of what a party out of power can and cannot do.
Some people are just haters.
Here is one example of something tons of people hated on WITHOUT CHECKING THEIR FACTS
x Multiple Dems went to El Salvador. Multiple Dems have been arrested over their fight on immigration. One is suing in a way that could be very useful. Sometimes I wonder if these pundits ever read the news. — emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) 2025-06-05T13:31:45.543Z Here are a bunch of examples of Dems doing great stuff FROM JUST THE LAST FEW DAYS. And I could have included 10 times the number of things I included. Many amazing people in our party!!!
Dem Keishan Scott won a special election—becoming the youngest member of the SC State House. Scott won by a landslide, with nearly 71% of the vote.
Democrats had a strong night in Mississippi on Tuesday, flipping several seats from red to blue. They even defeated a few incumbent Republican mayors. All in all, it was a horrible sign for the GOP, mirroring Dem gains in other recent elections.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued Alina Habba—Trump’s acting US Attorney for NJ—for what he calls a false arrest and malicious prosecution. This stems from the ICE arrest of Baraka, for which charges have now been dropped.
Chris Murphy
Rep Dan Goldman
x Goldman: "The idea of focusing on President Biden is a way of distracting from Donald Trump's efforts to completely undermine our democracy, to grift and engage in corruption, and to help out his billionaire buddies by cutting their taxes while taking Medicaid away from the American people." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-06-05T01:44:29.771Z
Speaking of Musk, Dem Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a report detailing 130 examples “of unethical or potentially corrupt actions that benefit Musk or his companies.” A statement from Warren says these actions “may have violated laws … against bribery and gratuities, or the rules prohibiting use of government positions for private gain—all while benefiting Musk’s companies.” Eric Swalwell x Marjorie Taylor Greene was roasted for admitting she didn’t even read the full budget bill, saying she would’ve voted no if she knew what was in it. Dem Rep. Eric Swalwell responded: “You have one job. To. Read. The. Fu**ing. Bill.” More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/wednesdays... — Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) 2025-06-04T17:57:47.891Z Schumer x Leader Schumer is now calling Trump's budget bill the "Well, We're All Going to Die Act." — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-06-04T18:05:10.321Z Jasmine Crockett x My latest: Jasmine Crockett is making MOVES!!!! — Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-06-04T17:48:40.276Z
The intellectual firepower of the Trump cabinet was once again on display today as the moronic Education Secretary Linda McMahon testified in Congress.
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