The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Yeah, but that’s, like, just the opinion of you and the founding fathers, man
And all the king's men gathered around and applauded.
Surprise no one has offered up a twelve year old's virginity. trump's a pedophile.
The Constitution no longer exists! 😢
Burn him
📌
If only our representatives would stand up!!
COLLABORATORS
Constitution, what’s that?
Been a Apple product fan & defender for 30+ years. As a dyslexic, Apple comp saved my ed. life when I threw a DOS machine off a balcony. Cook kissing a$$ is very bad & it looks like my MacBook is going for a Superman ride & I haven’t even paid it off yet. This shit sucks. #HowsomeTeslaownersfeel
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
It’s still visually caving & capitulating….as I see it. In these times, I personally prefer business leaders that speak up. Trumplestilskin will never stop until the voices he will listen to - stand up. Gawd knows the ghouls don’t listen to We The (insignificant) people.
🤔, sounds exactly like something Nixons VP ( Spiro Agnew) was doing before he was forced to resign or be charged with multiple felonies. They called him the bag man. People were known to bring him in bags of cash. So what do we call the felon?
Please name the company and the source. Unless you are afraid of getting sued if you just make up the name
Tim Cook - Apple Here's one source...I'm sure I can provide more since you seem so determined to remain ignorant that you didn't just look it up yourself. Almost every major source has covered it. finance.yahoo.com/news/tim-coo...
You're a thick cunt, kiddo.
Tim cooked Apple
I will stick with my Android..
Supreme Court said bribery is legal now . Lt Governor Dan Patrick took a 3 million dollar bribe to not impeach AG Ken Paxton . Republicans are okay with this .
Make American fool again ( all the time) 🤣🤣🤣
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the Oval Office is open for personal (and illegal) business.
So cool they do this out in the open and everyone there is just fine with it 🫠 "Look everyone, this is the courpution... No... We're not saying anything? Ok."
It worked tho...AAPL market cap increased by $400B in the next two days. Vulture capitalism at its worst: "f**k you! I gots mine!"
Gangsterism in full view.
😡...Of course the Felon isn't interested in following the Constitution or any Rule of Law...🤬
And now the supermist Court is going to help them skirt the law I know God can’t wait for them to coming begging for forgiveness asking for a healing - can’t wait for one of them to pass away nothing but congratulations to the family your hate one has finally entered the gates of hell!
The Constitution only matters if you can twist it to take minorities rights away
If only there were a means of punishing criminals
"Constitution? Hmm, not my lane but I can look into it" - every GOP congressman.
Fact
SCROTUS has made clear that the constitution does not apply to 🍊💩 or themselves. If they continue down this path it is going to spark civil war IMO.
UK resident here... Can US Supreme Court judges have their life tenure status removed if, say, they're guilty of egregiously going against the Constitution?
They can be impeached. That would be very unlikely because the majority which is Republican are all complicit in dismantling our checks and balances.
The House and Senate combined can impeach any supreme court justice. They have hundreds of legitimate reasons to do this, yet they won't. The blatant crimes that are going on with the dipshit in chief and all his cabinet heads, there's monumental evidence, yet nothing. This country's a dumpster fire
So, you'd have to flip a fair number of Repubs to suddenly vote for that. Is there any way of showing them of the error of their ways? Large amounts of money, coercion, persuasion of a more specialised nature, etc. With a big enough war chest, could it be done? Otherwise, it looks like civil war. ☹️
Their heads are buried in 🍊💩’s ass. If we still have elections in 2026 it can change but I have a bad feeling we won’t be.
I think the redistricting thing is a backup plan. I think he's trying to provoke those protesting the ICE kidnappings into actual violence so that he can invoke Martial Law and postpone the midterm elections.
I agree. But also I think it’s a distraction from him being all over the Epstein files. It’s really getting to him. When he goes to declare Martial Law he will just make something up. Laws don’t apply to him. Seriously.
The Constitution does not actually require impeachment. It says 'in good behavior'. They are *specifically* not listed in the very few offices that require impeachment. The court, however, decided that was an oversight.
Only if they pass away naturally.
For 6 of them I’m ok with that.
We’re seeing a lot of firsts here in the US. A new, unbelievable one every day.
That is what Americans say the second amendment covers
The answer is no lifetime appointments. No one is so pure of heart or ethical as to be given this power. Wake up folks, they are “political appointees)! 12 year appointments would help fix this.
12 years of a good choice because it would span 3 terms and that would provide continuity across 2 presidents/parties.
What is not mentioned…is that the iphone glass covers are made here…..but then they have to be shipped to China for the phone to be assembled…..gaslighting all of us.
Apple's relationship with Corning's Harrodsburg plant goes back to 2013 at least (as I recall they began planning for expanding Gorilla Glass production before 2010) but the press around here are giving DJT the credit. So much for "journalism". www.npr.org/2013/10/21/2...
Shit’s seriously fucked up.
But it hasn’t been upheld - so useless
😡😡😡
Governmental integrity is lost in so many areas, and in too many people. If only the creators and signers of our Constitution had known what lie ahead. Could of, would of, should of...
The problem is our costs don't adore all Americans to call "lack of independent leadership" harm to give standing. I really don't know why these aren't considered criminal not civil offenses.
They require some other company to sue for loss of profit. And they denied it to even competing hotels last admin.
The Supreme Court, John Roberts specifically, handed Trump an opinion that said, commit as many crimes as you can and no law will contain you and no court will hold you accountable (I’m paraphrasing). Thank John Roberts for the corruption of the White House and the defiling of the Constitution.
His court is corrupt, so he figures the presidency can be also
Roberts is all about corruption — he is the epitome of corruption — the living beast of corruption
This comment reads like an old testament bible verse.
Hahahaha 😂
A multi-multi billionaire contributed more than t $250,000,000, and ran million dollar lotteries to get the president and other Republicans elected. We, all Americans, should hang our heads in shame.
So, of course, you've stopped using or buying the company's products, right?
They also made very clear that impeachment was possible, and necessary. Weird how they keep acting like the Dems are doing it.🫏
And no one in the GOP cares.
Right, but just like the ban for insurrectionists doesn't count for Trump (according to his Supreme Court plants), the bans on bribery only count if you belong to a party that starts with a "D".
But when you remember Trump is a king and the gold is merely tribute then it makes a lot more sense.
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
Not to mention, there is no obligation for Tim Cook to do anything that is being announced. The orange dipshit just wants a media moment trying to pretend he's doing something and a gold-plated plaque. That's all.
Exactly! He gave him an incredibly tacky dollar tree tchotchke and the PedoFotus is too narcissistic and stupid to realize it. Tim Cook is gay and woke and has to protect the company from the tariff debacle. It was actually quite brilliant. I hope people cut through the anger and understand.
BRIBERY
Absolutely, and I’m convinced that Tim Cook, were he asked about it by a subsequent administration, would confess to the bribery charge and leave his position. It was still a very effective way to avoid enormous tariffs.
Notwithstanding the fact that millions of 401Ks have AAPL in their portfolios. He didn’t do this just to save himself like ummmm Ghislaine Maxwell for instance.
There are briberies that are extremely problematic, like pardoning scammers, polluters and insurrectionists. This action normalizes that, and I can see why people see this as a betrayal. But what they hoped for wasn’t within Tim Cook’s capacity.
The perceived value to Trump is what matters. Even if it is the case that Tim "tricked" him into thinking he was receiving something far more valuable that it was, a bribe is a bribe.
I have not argued that this wasn’t a bribe. My point was the insult. Additionally, if every person including @meiselasb.bsky.social hating on Tim Cook stops for a second, they need to think of the millions of 4O1Ks that have AAPL in portfolios and how these egregious tariffs will affect them.
Yeah, yeah, suck that Cook dick. Does his cum take like apple sauce?
🧠☠️🤡
I'll take that as a yes.
And the look on his face while he had to sit in a room with Trump talking about whether they were or were not holding a meeting to strategize on how to make it look like he's not a sexual predator tells you he knows he only had to sacrifice any remaining morals he had left to do it.
Yet, it's happening right under our very noses - it was even on t.v. and there's zero accountability.
Anyone telling you that Cook handed Trump gold or a gold bar is lying.
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
Tim Cook is a spineless slug of a human
You mean Tim Apple?
The SCOTUS...has aready rule Trump has full immunity and is above the law, it doesn't matter what the constitution might say. The founding fathers never dreamed that someone like trump could ever be elected president - to be honest neither did I! Talk about rude awakenings!!!
(PSSSTTT...) HE WASN'T!
The founding fathers never imagined SCOTUS would create law that says that one person who is above the law, either. To be honest, any immunity given to any government official in any capacity is outrageous. Including qualified immunity to cops.
In the simplest of terms—he’s a bully shaking people down for their lunch money. We need to use plain, simple language. Too many Americans can’t get it if they can’t relate it to their own life. Example—he’s the abusive Dad who has money for golf but no money for kids braces or school books.
How sure is these
The most corrupt administration ever dementia Donny pedophile
The billionaires have to be extremely stupid to support trump. They will have to keep going back for more and bigger bribes and eventually have to compete with each other to see who can pay the biggest bribe. This will only end in disaster for the oligarchs.
Bought my last iPhone.
The Constitution is a joke to this administration and no one will stand up to protect it. The founders persposly included the emoluments clause to prevent a president from being bought. No more! #shit4brains
They took a lot of things seriously enough to tut-tut about while providing stupidly unworkable remedies for same. Of *course* the Executive would never share a faction with large parts of the other two branches how could you even think such a thing.
👍🏼 If that isn’t bribery, nothing is!
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
All anyone has to do to play Trump is give him trinkets and tell him he’s wonderful!
The Constitution you say? The document that Trump swore to uphold and since has violated countless times? The document that he wipes his butt with?
All of the institutions and laws we thought would prevent this sort of thing? They didn't. They bent the knee. All those people with their pocket constitutions, raging about tyranny? They joined it, because it's their guy. The hope we had that *someone* would step up and stop this?
Whoa! Why are we bringing my pocket constitutions into this‽ And this is definitely not my guy!
So where are all the guys who were with you, raging about tyranny? Why aren't you out there, standing on corners like you were under Biden? Where are the constitutional protests?
I've been raging about tyranny under Trump more than Biden, I never actually took to the streets under Biden, never said I did, you just added that. And it isn't just guys out here.
Well I was just pointing out that there was a whole little movement about carrying those things and protesting the Biden administration, and where the fuck are those people NOW? You jumped in to say "Me, not me".
My point is that pocket constitutions are cool, and they are apparently catching strays.
I only there was some evidence of his crimes so in the future we can use it t- -Oh ,wait, he filmed it.
Until someone really does something about all the illegal activities this administration is engaged in, he will continue to do more and more outrageously illegal acts. He doesn’t care about America or Americans. He doesn’t care about the law or the constitution.
Well, he is a convicted felon. Criminals are going to crime. It’s what they do
And apparently the military and others who have the power to do something about it have no interest in stopping him. It’s so frustrating.
That is for the best - honestly. We don't want a country that is defined by military uprisings and armed coups. We don't. But there is such a thing as disruption. Just use your imagination. The opposition did. They realized that the populace was made apathetic and complacent.
Which is why almost 1/3 or registered voters didn't even participate in the 2024 election. The military is (supposed) to be for defense, let's try to keep it that way. Remember, light switches turn off, doors get locked, cars run out of gas. Things happen which slow life down...
One soldier stationed in Cali said that he was not going to go out and arrest ‘illegals’. He told them to arrest him. They put him on another job. So, yes, even ppl in the military can stand up if they really wanted to.
Exactly so! Often, a simple “no” is all that’s required.
"I'd prefer not to"
Bartelby for the win!
HA!
It will take a lot more for the military to get involved, and we are all assuming they are not already on his side...
Every one of the many maga I know are still 100% behind him. Sickening
I just can’t believe people think he is great. Are they that stupid too? I don’t know MAGA people. At least none that admit it to me.
I'm an Irish man who has been to really rural American in the late 90s and early 00s. Yes they're that stupid but equally they've been screwed over for decades. It was all gonna break some day...
Ireland built its success by giving everyone free education (at the point of delivery, for the pedants at the back) India and other countries do likewise . If MAGA actually meant anything it would be billions for education and health care.
And he has no fear on that face. Like he knows he’ll never be held accountable. It’s scary.
30 pieces of sliver
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
It's going to gall Donald Trump no end when he has to turn that 24-karat gold bar with the glass disk slotted in it over to the National Archives to hold for the American people, right? ...Turn it over, right? Right?
Good point
Is it guillotine time? Tell me when you all are ready.
I think Steve Jobs would’ve flambéed Trump publicly Tim Cook is a fucking coward
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
There should already be a running list of the crimes Trump will be impeached for, so no one gets the idea that the GOP is going to get away with this unscathed.
Illegal means nothing to them if their doing it.
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Shared, thank you.
What’s the Constitution? Is that that old document that they PARTIALLY REMOVED FROM GOVERNMENT WEBSITES because they aren’t using it anymore???
What's a constitution?
Pay to play. ☹️
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
Boycott Apple products from this day forward!!!
Sometimes I realize I’m numb to just how corrupt this administration is because there’s so little pushback or accountability, that I see Tim Apple in the WH with a gift of gold for the King, and I somehow push it away like it’s just normal sycophancy or flattery instead of criminal bribery.
Anyone who owns any Apple Products should put them in the trash.
Call it what it is, fascist dictatorship. SCOTUS retroactively nullified the Constitution July 1, 2024, simultaneously nullifying the fed gov’s authority to govern, dissolving the Union. The fascist dictatorship is cosplaying constitutionality. I do not consent to tyranny. #NQNQ247
ICE are also destroying businesses and looting. Criminals and pedos are running the country bsky.app/profile/lore...
Great post! I am so p***d off with Apple 😡
Welcome to Extortionland!
It's these bums that document and complain to others about the actions of others while doing absolutely nothing about it like a whiny useless losers who can't participate in life or for society. Social media needs to go. It has made us dumber & made everyone into observers instead of participants.
FOTUS is a walking crime spree.
THIS IS BEYOND BULLSHIT USA!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT NOW?! HOW MUCH MORE DO WE HAVE TO SUFFER YOUR COLLECTIVE STUPIDITY?! YOU BLAME HIM BUT THIS FUCK UP IS ALL ON YOU WHITE PEOPLE. HOW MUCH MORE DOES THE WORLD HAVE TO SUFFER FOR YOU??!!😡😡😡😡 fuck😡😡 #cdnpoli #Palestine #usa #news #un #eu #uk
Name the CEO so the world knows🤷 Like wtf, is this real or not???? How can cabada ban said corporation if you guys don't name it
Tim Cook, aka Mr Apple - a slimey POS 🤬
No way!😳😱 guck Are there videos anything?! Fack So is this the 100billion deal thry were talking about a few days ago?? I'm in canada, I didn't see this in news up here much less on bluesky
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WHAT. A. FUCKING. TOOL. apple added to the boycott list.
Trump is so venal it doesn’t take much. Will Cook ever look back at that & have regrets? Did he feel soiled afterward?
I’m looking for a Canadian built phone, because of this… 🤬🤬🤬
Call the CEO by name
Tim Cook.
Republicans are above the law
So they think.
I wonder if Mr. Cook understands that a justice department beginning in January 2029 may investigate him for bribery. Our corporate leaders need to understand that they can be held accountable in the future.
The Supreme Court has made bribery of public officials legal. I'm sure that sounds like a joke or exaggeration, but it's neither. They have.
If it's the business of the supreme court to answer & to only work for a dictator & not for we the people, the majority in this country, do we really need this court? It's a system that is antiquated & easily manipulated. The GOP & cog control this court. It's gone. Impeach the six fascist judges.
Critical, though, is that the "unitary executive theory" has been a BIG part of the Conservative Legal Movement, since the early Reagan administration - of which John Roberts & Samuel Alito were members, and helped develop. Kavanaugh was a top WH official in GW Bush's. All 6 are longtime advocates.
Well, we need *a* Supreme Court. An expanded one. It would be very easy to do: Get a Dem Senate, a Dem House and, in Jan '29, a Dem president. Kill the filibuster in order to pass the legislation. Voila! BUT DEMS NEED TO CAMPAIGN ON IT. Intensely, beginning next year.
Impeachment of anyone is impossible. If you can't impeach and convict Trump you can't anyone else.
Couldn't he just say he was being held for blackmail? Like, it's not illegal to be the victim of a shakedown, is it?
Quid pro quo. Apple gives payment and gets exception. Yes, Cook could try to argue that Trump initiated the transaction. That’s what an investigation would resolve.
A deal under duress is still under duress. We definitely can't do much about it unless we change SCOTUS, though. Their non-definition of bribery and their basic Republicans-win, Democrats-lose view of administrative actions has got to go. Like Buttigieg said, we need to find a new way.
I hope there is justice someday.
The greed and corruption in this administration is beyond anything I've ever see anywhere
To be fair, it looks like some crappy office-job award for 5 years of loyal service.
Don't give Trump anything that isn't gold!
This is why I'll be voting to get those fckg a$$h0les out of congress.
It’s later than many of us think. #SOSUSA
Pretty fucking sickening. And the GOP doesn't seem to give any damns about it.
Why would they? all their wildest dreams are coming true! If you're one of the in crowd steering tax breaks & favors to your friends what's the down side?
Welcome to Germany 1938. Afraid to do business, Gift to the „Führer“, a little later you are told what to build to support war the „Führer“ wants. Still doing business but different.
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
Maybe, but keep in mind it‘s the act bending knee, celebrating a Moment for a facist. This is how things start. Normalization.
This is a good point ~ and this article really hit it home for me: theconversation.com/trumps-first...
Exactly! Tim may have pulled a fast one and given nothing of any real consequence, similar to what Canada did, but it all still reinforces for Trump that his approach "works" and that he can get away with it.
It’s not Tim Cook’s job to enforce the Constitution.
Sure it isn‘t. And it wasn‘t Boehringer Ingelheims job to create Zyklon-B until it wasn‘t. It was just businnes right? (Drastic argument, agree) Everyone plays his/her job building society and you can choose what to contribute.
No one is arguing that Apple should be paying hundreds of billions of tariffs to reimport the glass screens of their phones. Police opposition does nothing to prevent that; Courts are, at best, fellating the guy. Tim Cook found a way to avoid paying undue taxes, not commit genocide.
Sure he did not! I‘m not addressing Tim as a person, it’s companies and their responsibles. It startet small applease the tyrant hoping to „get away“ and then demands got bigger. And the small turned ever bigger.
Apple still has its DEI initiatives on their website, www.apple.com/diversity/ they haven’t caved to the FBI and given them the ability to unlock migrants’ phones. They are holding a lot better than any administration who either quit in protest, leaving the field clear for extremists, or caved.
Yes agree, they are one of the strongholds so far and that‘s good.
One of the most prominent features of a fascistic state is the close relationship between the government and the big business private companies. It’s a really, really bad look for Apple.
It would be if that were not an obvious tchotchke with no value.
It doesn’t matter what gift itself is. The only thing that matters is how Trump percieves it. The act of flattering is a bribe in itself.
It’s not, and you know it.
It’s flat out bribery, that’s what it is
Too bad MAGA can’t read.
White House nothing more than a whore house.
Boycott Apple? Anybody?
Tim Apple boycotted his own dignity.
I've basically been doing that my entire life.
Already there, man. Have been for a while.
DONE!
Need a new phone and it might be a touch more but time for the Fairphone @fairphone.com
I’m not buying android.
Yeah, that’s a real problem. Android’s OS is much more hackable. Late state capitalism is action… we, the worker class, basically have only 2 selections.
Well I don't buy apple, except their stock, so...
Will you be selling the stock?
Only to take profits but I'll wait and see how it does this quarter.
Why?What did Apple do,it should not have?Remember,this is not a President,or an Administration,this is a mob boss presiding over a regime. Cook has one job.To keep his company where it is.His shareholders demand that.So,he did the only and right thing. Bribe. In public, everyone can see where we are
Bending at the knee for New Hitler is okay as long as the price is right?
What is the alternative?Apple is the largest tax payer ever, over 150000 people work for Apple, over a million have some or all there income from Apple stocks in the US alone, you rather have that company disappear or severely hurt because of a temporary mob boss?Cook did not elect him, people did.
I'll never buy an iNazi phone.
Cool,no idea why you think this is but hey,you are free to buy whatever you like.If Apple had to pay the tariffs,iPhone would go to $2000-$2800.You would not have bought it then either.I think, Apple did not lose out. Apple did not display Nazi behavior, like f.e. Tesla. Apple is quite the opposite
Tim Cook displayed Nazi behavior that will cost Apple a lot of business. Your apology won't change my mind.
I like my samsung.
If you are a billionaire, there are alternatives, but none that can be stated on social media.
Old Donald is behaving like a confused mob boss. If the GOP had any decency, they’d step in at this point
GOP and decency is an oxymoron. They needed to step in 5 years ago. Today they would go down with him, so no hope. They will go down anyway but hope they can stretch it somehow. The future for any GOP member is dark, non existent. It's not if, but when they sleep below the water line.
On one level, there’s the open immorality, brazen audacity, and patent illegality of it all. On the other, there’s the willingness to take full advantage of a fecklessly corrupt president who may not realize, or have sense enough to care, that he’s being played like a fiddle.
Our fantastically corrupted SCOTUS has re-defined bribery almost out of existence. All Hitler 2.0 has to do is lie about the chain of events and a bribe becomes a tip/gratuity. supremecorruption.com/home
Hence why they were all in on no taxes on tips. It wasn’t about Vegas workers. It was a way to not have to report these “tips”
How can SCOTUS create rules against bribery when many of them have received similar “gratuities?” We are living in such corrupted times. Everyone knows that every leader in the United States can be bribed.
The United States went from kinda corrupt, but putting up the illusion of opposition to corruption, to full-blown racist crookery fairly quickly.
Amazing how the mighty have fallen indeed.
When a single party, person really, controls all 3 branches of Govt they can piss all over the Constitution. We are seeing that now. It has been a plan for some time and they were finally able to manipulate the election results.
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nno tax on tips
trump has fully proven the constitution is meaningless
It is meaningless if "we the people" do not fight for it.
Once upon a time, back in the days of Macintosh, Apple represented rebellion against big tech and powerful corporations. And now they are amongst the worst of the new oligarchs.
They stopped innovating and realized there's more money selling pretty packaging to rubes every couple of years.
Johnny Ives leaving might have been a clue.
James Madison. Federalist 10. 1787. On non-enlightened statesmen & the levers of power.
Could we skip ahead to the part beyond the screenshot, where he’s talking about a faction capturing the majority (even if it represents a minority of the populace, exactly as Madison et al. designed it)?
Sounds like you may have. I find it almost amazing how those guys thought through so many eventualities. Not nearly enough of course. But many of the potential eventualities have come about.
Bribery in plain sight. It’s disgraceful.
Anyone telling you that Cook handed Trump gold or a gold bar are lying.
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
Who was the CEO/ company? We the people need to know.
Cook/Apple
Got his Asher handed to him
What Constitution?
100% Criminality wide open !
Man. I can't help but wonder. How many Tesla/Apple Owners - Will Admit To Being One Of Those Estimated 83-89 Million 2024 Eligible Voters - WHO DIDN'T VOTE? A More Painful Lesson NO ONE Has Ever Had To Learn! Those People KNEW-and SAID #Trump Was Bad! And They Were GASLIT That #Harris Was, Too!
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If you read the fine print, it says, “this document only applies to soy-boy-libs.”
Pretty sure it's only the visible part of the deal. Apple users' data may be the submerged part of the iceberg.
Did You see trump’s face as he was shown it? Positively giddy. Like a kid on Christmas morning….
😡 Do you have proof? ( I believe you)
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Not a golden Apple?
Besides being absolutely illegal (ahem, John Roberts?!?!)… maybe it is now a winning strategy? Do we just have to spray paint some shit gold and carry it to his ballroom to get what we want? 🤔🤔🤔
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Waiting on Congress to address this - not holding my breath!
God bless you for praying and supporting us, ukraine 🇺🇦
Our dubious GOP ghoul Congress live day to day off the backs of their constituents & Constituents live day to day thinking Oh my congress members have my back & even if they don’t what can they do to change it Yes the prez is loving the arrangement of fixed for him deals He’s well subsidized
So why won't the courts recognize it and hold him accountable. He continues to repeat the same behavior no matter what and he's still never held accountable.
One of those weird things The Judicial Branch doesn't have any cops Cops are run by the prosecutors Oversight for prosecutors is not as Effective as one would like Who cares what the courts says if the enforcement mechanism is corrupted? SCOTUS continues to punt
SCOTUS religious nut bags.
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Wondering if that $5,800 bottle of whiskey given to SoS Pompeo has ever shown up?
And congress doesn't do its job by impacting and removing him.
People keep buying those iPhone. Fuck Apple and Tim with his nut licking ass. If I had any Apple products at all I'd shit on them and send them back to Apple.
Apel is naxi company
Details please. Who is the CEO & what company?
As a state employee we had to take ethics CBT every year and couldn’t accept gift cards, lunch, or really anything from vendors.
Literally, not a day goes by without us witnessing how Chump brings out the very worst in people, and that applies to his sycophantic followers and many others.
Bribery is illegal, except when the president does it.
Was that the 🍏 CEO? 😁
When has Trailer Trash tRump ever bothered to read the Constitution, let alone abide by it?
Dems when they get back in power should be prosecuting Trump AND Cook to ensure this stuff stops. Trump may get off but if we can get the bribers then they will think twice about this. Look into all other similar exchanges.
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
Are you talking about Tim Cook of Apple Inc?
Yet, the founders made the bar for punishing it so high that no president has come close to being ousted for bribery. Might have helped if they hadn't granted the president the limitless power of the pardon and made him above the law. Fascism arrived in the USA, constitutionally.
So disappointed at ceo and board of directors. His customers must come first. I guess he forgot who is buying Apple phones.
Charge them Impeach trump . By now quite a few Republicans would be glad for him to be gone.
And every year, Apple employees have to sit through mandatory compliance training only to watch the CEO publicly violate it. www.apple.com/compliance/p...
Exactly! This is why he had to “donate” his own money to the inaugural fund. I’ve lost admiration for Apple and Tim Cook…used to be a hardcore fan.
Call the compliance hotline. I'm sure the policy also says whistleblowers can't be targeted for retaliation
They should all quit. Watch Apple take a nose-dive. Tell their employer what integrity and morality is. And not ass-kissing some slimy fat bully.
I doubt they'll lose any employees - working for Apple is almost as much of a cult as MAGA. But since Steve Jobs passed, the cult is centered around the mythos of the brand, and not its leader. So it's more likely that there will be internal dissent about this.
I forgot, courage.
Why not? He’s at the top and he makes the rules 🤪
Compliance retaining is CYA for the company, not ICs.
That's why he's the CEO and they all know what side of their bread is buttered.
And of course it's not unique to Apple. (obligatory image)
George Carlin has really turned into the American conscience, more and more over the years.
My hope is someone will “resurrect” Carlin through AI and absolutely roast captain cankles…so much so that he tries to cancel resurrected Carlin.
I sure miss him, especially during these trying times.
Imagine if he had to see all this shit.
He was doing it in the 1970's too.
Was he always sort of a leftist? Sure, he cracked jokes about the oversensitivity of the left, but I’m pretty sure that’s something the left can be self-aware of.
He was always pretty liberal. He always punched up not down. Hated capitalism.
He is dearly missed!
Carlin is perhaps more responsible for instilling apathy and nihilism in left-leaning voters than any other stand-up comic.
Nah, that would be the centrists who control the Democrats that have done that.
Apple corp contact info here: www.apple.com/contact/
Good point
I guess next year’s trainings will discuss the difference between “good” bribery and “bad” bribery. Tim Cook can fuck off into the sea. What a sad, low quality Steve Jobs photocopy with none of his positive OR negative qualities. (Jobs’ temper was legendary) An insipid accountant in a turtleneck.
Enriching lives.
If anything, I had to sit through FCPA and AML regulations for the US when I worked at a bank in India. I did not work in forex or any international facing roles. But we did have to be really careful around these things.
At Facebook they just taught us how to expense bribes. Much easier way to do business.
So, is Tim Cook resigning? I didn't think so.
I’m guessing that is the part Trump cut out
If we aren't ready to make these people afraid to leave the house , we're fucked. just gonna sit and wait on our trip to the train station.
I seriously want to get rid of anything apple in my house. I’m so bummed. But then why would I think any other CEO would have any kind of scruples in this day and age?
I use Apple products, but Apple also has to be punished for this.
Boycott his company
Evidently not enough 😒
Will the pendulum swing the other way in regards to accountability? When we get the orange feces out of the White House, he will die someday. Will there be a movement to get big/dark money out of our government? That is the real problem. Can real change happen? Americans first not billionaires.
SCOTUS Conservatives: "N/A to our boy Trump"
IT REALLY IS A SHAME ALL THESE RICH ASS PEOPLE OUT HERE, COMMITTING CRIMES RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS, AND NOBODY'S SAYING A THING
No longer trying to be subtle about his bribery day job! 🧌
What’s this Constitution you talk of? Tell me more…
The constitution is now about as accurate as the Bible. Just stories/ amendments written down long ago, but are skewed to allow the rich and powerful to pick and choose what is to be truthful and lawful for just the few of them, and not for the majority of all the rest.
“President Trump’s receipt of a gold bar from Apple CEO was plainly within the sphere of his ‘core Executive functions’ and presumptively immunized from criminal liability. Likewise, the simultaneous lifting of penalties against Apple was too attenuated to be an ‘official act’ under McDonnell.”
It seems to happen frequently. But, - This would be a more powerful post with a link or reference.
Nothing but a fucking grifter!
Slightly unrelated, the FBI is raiding John the Warhawk Bolton’s house as we speak for the crime of disapproving of one of his former bosses. Can there be doubt that he USA is a dictatorship? Myself, I would prefer Fidel if I had to choose dictators. At least he had style.
Why am I so reminded of the corrupt and insane Roman emperors? And their impotent senate?
Just like trumps taxes, and tariffs. The consumers will flip the bill for that "gift".
Constitution? ? ? Who cares!
Just one of the reasons *this* president finds it "inconvenient" and "doesn't know" if he needs to support and defend it. And his VP whines about its "bad policies."
SCOTUS made bribery legal again. Yay😔
Every silent Republican is complicit.
Every silent republican fucks children. And most of the loud ones too.
Oh, didn't you hear? He used a sharpie and took that out of the constitution.
Provide names, please.
Oh it's Tim Apple
Tim Crook
They feel completely untouchable. That's the whole problem. Kamala Harris: what I did not predict, was the capitulation youtube.com/shorts/vICdc...
Trump is the "Bribe Me" (p)resident. He can be bought. He has been bought.
High crimes and misdemeanors.
Bribery is what Congress and SCOTUS says it, which is to say he is immune.
Yep. The foundations and laws underpinning america are eroding faster than pier pilings in a tsunami. It is mind boggling to see.
The Drumpf regime is a well and truly a criminal enterprise
They’ll just erase that pesky line from the constitution
Bribing is legal now
“There seems to be an Apple rotting in that barrel.”
The Krasnov Regime's barrel is full of rotting apples
Yes, indeed I need to visit Tim Snyder’s 20 guidelines on how to resist a burgeoning dictatorship. Also, there are the excellent video summaries by @jayneconverse3.bsky.social to view.
The Supremes have decreed the king need not trifle with such trivialities as the constitution or rule of law.
This made me sick ! If apple products didn’t cost so much I’d trash it hem all. Yes.. apple is now one of trumps bitches . No respect for this company. And this is exactly what trumps tariffs are for , bribes & groveling at our expense.
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
I’ve given up Meta, Amazon and Target. Apple should be pretty easy as well.
Tim Cook played Trump. He gave him a little plaque with a gold-plated base, which cost less than $100. And he announced a $100B investment in U.S. manufacturing, which was already happening regardless of Trump. Apple glass has been produced in the U.S. for 18 years and this is just a continuation.
I'm sure Pam Bondage will investigate as soon as she finishes her cover-up of Trump's past that keeps molesting his administration!
DISGUSTING 'NAZI MAGA apple ceo'
So, why isn't Stupid impeached, in jail, or just out of the entire American Political forum? When is someone going to shit can this sleeze ball?👽
It's all abt tribute and grift. The levels of corruption are staggering. And so blatant. We're not even pretending to have a Constitution now.
My God, it is a parody cartoon show. What “courage” are you talking about?
The courage to speak up when nobody else in the MSM will I know you're a veteran, but there's a lot more to courage than shooting Iraqi kids.
How about a big “Fuck you asshole”? I am a Vietnam veteran you idiot. Get your time period right. Then you can call me a “baby killer” Too many clowns like you on social media
Clowns? I'm not the one who fought for a country that doesn't give a shit about me. You're a fucking tool
Actually you are right. This country doesn’t give a shit about cowards like you. Better off for it
Also, I was talking about you. Our government, and especially this regime, does not give a rat's ass about its veterans. If they did, NONE of them would be homeless.
Oh, I'm a coward? How exactly am I a coward? Because I didn't enlist? Go fuck yourself. I didn't enlist and I'm never going to enlist in the US military, army, navy, or even the fucking air force bc I'm not a pawn in some rich asshole's chess game.
Just a coward. Works for you go with it
What the fuck have you been doing to fight this regime?
I'm not a coward. I've been going to protests to fight for what I think is right, even when our government doesn't wanna hear it. Trump HATES the protests. I could be killed or arrested or worse for going to a protest in this political climate. I am prepared to die for what this country means.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
They're frauds who probably voted for Trump www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Yeah they were fucking with you.
The courage your Fox Noise does not have
If you don't know, you've never watched South Park.
I have seen every episode. They parody everyone and I enjoy it. Just don’t see the appropriateness of the word “courage”.
I can think of thousands of things that have happened in the last six months that deserve the honest reaction “My God” more than this.
If you think their last two episodes were simply parody, you're an idiot.
The SP creators.
A lot of "parody cartoons" throughout history have had a big effect on the masses.
There risking there fucking livelihood, moron.
At least this “moron” knows how to spell “their” correctly
Seriously? Trump and Noem are having conniptions over it.
And your point is what?
My point is that if it was "just" a parodying cartoon (implying that SP isn't worth thinking about or discussing) then why are Trumpie and the puppy/goat-killer so upset.
Appears they are only upset in your mind
Many reports say otherwise. We're done now.
Never got the name of the company so?
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www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Tim Crook am I right.
Lol yeah
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www.cnbctv18.com/technology/a...
What a prick
Honestly what is wrong with you? Does being MAGA make your brain stop working? He’s literally talking about Apple. Jesus
What brain???!!!
It’s Apple, you meatball. Apple. There you go.
Well thank you for answering for Nicholas.
The hell difference does that make.
Satire is such a powerful tool for truth-telling and speaking truth to power that the Library of Congress has a whole exhibit dedicated to the case law protecting it: www.loc.gov/exhibitions/...
They have a lot more courage than these institutions and corporations bending the knee to fascists
Are you kidding?
Your God, did you read your post? Can you comprehend the ridiculousness of your response?
To tell the truth to the masses, what do you think dipstick.
Yeah. That guy is an idiot. Drumpf is targeting everyday people and the SP creators are standing up for free speech- unlike universities, law firms, and the cowardly GOP.
They have openly been transphobic. Quit your lies.
They openly championed the Iraq War among other things, don't give them too much credit
Or any wealthy person that has a platform and a voice because of their wealth.
They surely do.
Fuck Tim Cook
What is this “Constitution,” that everyone keeps talking about???
This is so far beyond Spiro Agnew. Disgusting and pathetic, as well as a public damnation for Cook.
I really hope you understand that the current president is a barely functional illiterate, who is incapable of reading and understanding anything more complex than "see Spot run"
But what to do about it, eh? Apart from pointing out the fucking obvious.
Buy a share & vote is one option
I can imagine him showing off his bribes to friends and family. "And this is the gift Tim Cook gave me when I fucked the country"
You mean “Tim Apple”
Haha. My kingdom for an edit button.
More like Mr Apple these days
😉😂
Djt doesn’t even like him…
Can these be displayed in The Smithsonian? LOL!
They will be after he renames it after himself.
it is a pity that the constitution is no longer upheld.
It’s not like he swore to uphold it, though. Publicly. In front of billions of worldwide viewers.
He didn’t actually have his hand on the bible when he was sworn-in… theres that!
Why is this a thing now? I counted a bunch at the inauguration paid for by who? AND Musk ran around the WH, flew on AF1 and did whatever he wanted, got his AI into the FED, fucked up everything... ...but Tim Apple is an outrage.
Two things can be true at once. Musk helped rig an election in favor of a corrupt monster with bad hair, and Tim Cook is cozying up to the same homophobic (important detail here) corrupt monster with bad hair. Takeaway: All billionaires are deplorable.
Yeah, but according to the online version of the Constitution, bribery is in! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Maybe we should ask the Commanders if Washington, D.C.—District of Columbia—should be renamed Washington, S.D., for Shake Down.
Where is the link to the actual story?
We don’t even know if Epstein’s business isn’t still operating out of Trump Spas.
And the Republican Party saw nothing wrong with it. Now imagine if it had been Biden…
Tim Coke is one pathetic, weak, little shyt.
All of us know it, but not one Republican in Congress or the Senate is willing to stand against this sort of corruption. I just wonder how much Republicans get in kickbacks each month?
Can’t wait to see which CEOs are bringing the frankincense and myrrh.
And yet nothing comes of it
Buy a Single share and vote in the next general meeting. Vote against the board and Tim Apple?
