It certainly does not, and their choice of “managed relationships with government officials at all levels” is a very eloquent way to say “timber lobbyist.”

They know it’s a lie and not cognitive decline. He wrote it in a Truth Social post, and said it in two different videos, all in the last two weeks.

My opinions on working there vary from topic to topic. There were plenty of things I could be critical of, but not how they treated us as employees. Besides the great environment, there is high pay, benefits, employee stock plan, and bonus RSUs, even for entry-level employees. It’s very rare in today’s corporate culture.

The bar was raised while Tate was in Romania. He’s gonna have to step it up to fit in now. A couple of swastika neck tattoos ought to do it.

Again, I didn’t say anything is working. I said our constitutional government is still intact. Read the link above, or do your own research on constitutional crisis and what it entails. It not simply a failure to follow protocol. It would require us to redefine the foundation of our democracy.

He didn’t openly reject the order. He is appealing.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-5293132/trump-vance-constitutional-crisis-court-rulings

It’s true that fasces is an Italian word, but Fascism was coined by Benito Mussolini in 1915. I do see your point about the characteristics being present throughout Ancient Rome though.

I was referring to the ungovernability of the empire due to its sheer size, not just the barbarian invasions they were spread too thin to defend against.

The Roman Empire’s overexpansion is considered a major factor in its eventual collapse, as the vast territory it controlled became increasingly difficult to manage and defend, leading to logistical problems, strained military resources, and vulnerability to external threats from barbarian tribes, ultimately contributing to its decline and fall.

https://www.history.com/news/8-reasons-why-rome-fell

Rome’s fall was due to overexpansion, not fascist self-destruction.

Did you have a different experience working there? I’m a white cishet man and was the minority in my location of hundreds of employees.

Guaran-fucking-teed we’ll only see the Democrats and Trump’s Republican enemies.

The US will collapse like WWII Germany. Although, there’s a possibility of collapse due to over-expansion if Trump tries to take North America.

Come to think of it, both are possible.

That was after already declaring their stance on DEI and receiving pushback. It was merely a way to shut up their largest shareholder, Vanguard. The economic imperative was a way to try and convince them that it’s in the best interest of protecting the business against lawsuits to maintain the practices in place. That fell on deaf ears.

If you own even one share of Apple stock, you can live stream the shareholder meetings. It went back and forth until it was clear that Tim had to say something to move on, but as it says in the article, he committed to nothing tangible.

He’s also on the flight logs that were released in 2019.

I guess you didn’t read the article.

“As the legal landscape around this issue evolves, we may need to make some changes to comply, but our north star of dignity and respect for everyone and our work to that end will never waver,” Mr Cook said during a question-and-answer session at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.

He noted that Apple did not use “quotas” for hiring - a practice that has come in for some of the fiercest criticism - while saying the firm’s strength came from a culture where “people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives come together”.

“We’ll continue to work together to create a culture of belonging where everyone can do their best work,” he added, saying the company would remain “committed to the values that have always made us who we are”.

They committed to nothing but a vague concept of change to stifle the shareholders. Apple has made diversity a priority for decades. They’re not changing their values for money.

Source: worked there for 10 years

Technically, yes. The unconstitutional actions taken by the executive branch have been challenged by the judiciary branch. If the executive branch does not comply, the next step is pressing charges. Failure to do so would be a constitutional crisis.

This is far from the first time that a president overstepped their authority. Trump was checked in his last term over the Muslim ban, for example. Even Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus without authority.

This would be the first time in US history that the president is not held accountable for failing to comply with a federal court order.

You’re probably right, but our failing system is still intact. Once a constitutional crisis occurs, our system will be definitively proven to be a failure, and will require revision or replacement.

I’m not saying he’s innocent, but he wasn’t convicted of having anything to do with it. That’s not a constitutional crisis, it’s a failure of our court system.

It does though. It has a P/E ratio of 148.55, which is 20x the industry average. It’s absurdly overvalued as it is. If he can’t pull it out of this dive before the Q1 earnings call on April 29th, the stock will take another hit.

Down 40% to $290 from $485 in December. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.