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Personally, I think this is a good reminder that these people aren’t your buddies, and you shouldn’t idolize them as they are looking out for their own power. They go whichever the way the wind is blowing.
This post was submitted to hackernews within 1 minute of Saleforce’s massive data breach was pre-scheduled to leak by hackers going live.
An interesting coincidence, but that's all it is. This is the first I've heard of the data breach. I saw the Techcrunch article on social media and considered it relevant.
There seems to be a certain paranoia among the wealthy and those in power, namely that peaceful cities are burning to the ground. Maybe they get this from their "news sources", presidential posts and speeches, but it's entirely untrue. Perhaps it's a kind of deliberate mass hysteria.

As an example, A group has set up a website to give the "ground truth" of Portland [0].

San Francisco has always had its problems, but under the control of local authorities with domain knowledge. And the same, no doubt, for every liberal city being occupied under the false pretense that it is in ruins. People go to work, schools and even zoos normally and peacefully.

You see, in this case, rampant crime, raging fires and anarchy are to be found in the mind of the beholder.

[0] https://isportlandburning.com/

"He praised Elon Musk’s government efficiency efforts and said he hadn’t closely followed news about immigration raids or Trump’s attacks on the media."

It's become a bit of a strategy for Trump supporters to pull 'oh I've never heard about that, let's move on' when confronted with damning evidence of Trump's corruption or incompetence.

I 100% support the US military carpet bombing the entirety of the bay area.