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Elon Musk deployed his vast resources to help Trump get elected, and now he’s poised to remake the US government to serve his interests.
But that was only possible because far too many people chose to ignore who he was to tell a more appealing story of a founder moving humanity forward. They should be held accountable.
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#tech #elonmusk #trump #uselection #politics
Shame on the Elon enablers
Media and politicians created a monster and lost control of himParis Marx (Disconnect)
"It’s difficult to convey to people how much the GOP has radicalized, how much the power centers of conservative politics are in the hands of extremists, how much the rightwing intellectual sphere is dominated by some really radical ideas that are being pushed into the mainstream."
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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"One of the most frustrating things about U.S. politics is that people who aren’t engaging with it much will look at you like you are some kooky leftist propagandist if you simply outline what the Republican Party is doing wherever it is in charge and explicitly promises to be doing in the future."
~ Thomas Zimmer
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
/17
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It Could Definitely Happen Here
Many Americans struggle to accept that democracy is young, fragile, and could actually collapse – a lack of imagination that dangerously blunts the response to the Trumpist RightThomas Zimmer (Democracy Americana)
"It’s easy to look back at the Trump years and declare, “We survived!”—unless you’re one of the thousands of Americans whose death from COVID might have been avoided if not for Trump’s mismanagement, demagoguery, selfishness, penchant for conspiracy theories, and incompetence. There’s no guarantee that any of us, in the next crisis, will be lucky again."
~ Cathy Young
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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Trump’s COVID Response: A Preview of Disasters to Come
Based on his past record, Trump should not be anywhere near American government during the next national emergency.Cathy Young (The Bulwark)
“'By my calculations he will need 58,201 flights in fully loaded Boeing 737-800s to fly them all out' and five large-scale staging grounds the size of Houston, Porter reports, concluding that it is an impossible enterprise and Trump will fail, not before creating immeasurable hardship."
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
/15
"When the goal is to crash the economy and cause widespread despair and ruin, depriving America of a labor force necessary for our productivity is just part of the plan. Here is the assessment of Washington Post economic columnist Edoardo Porter based on a 'reduced' proposal by Trump to deport 'only' 11 million 'unauthorized immigrants' from the U.S."
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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"If Trump returns to the White House, his plans for mass deportation would unfold on 'an incomprehensible scale,' as Melissa Gira Grant writes in an excellent essay for The New Republic. Removing 15 million people is equivalent to emptying out the populations of entire countries such as Belgium or Bolivia."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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Trump's Mass Deportation Machine in the Making
Trump's migrant detention system while president rehearsed his plans to turn the state into a mass deportation machine on an epic scaleRuth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)
"Some people talk about Trump’s economic plans; others about his intention to undo the rule of law. In this five-minute video, I try to explain how the two relate: how lawlessness will wreck the economy."
~ Timothy Snyder
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
/12
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Trump's Lawless Crash (video)
Ending the Rule of Law Brings Down the EconomyTimothy Snyder (Thinking about...)
Jay Kuo says that :Trump wants to destroy our government institutions, and he's recruited just the team to do it."
Kuo provides a list of Trump's proposed wrecking crew, led by Elon Musk and RFK Jr. He concludes,
"Fascism thrives in chaos and misery, and that is what a second Trump term expressly seeks to create."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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Trump's Second Term Plan To Empower Musk, RFK Jr. To Undermine Institutions
Donald Trump wants to destroy our government institutions, and he's recruited just the team to do it.The Big Picture
"This campaign is fueled by hate—hate for diversity, for progress, for women, for democracy, for expertise, for facts, for the truth itself. At its center is a pathetic, egotistical would-be dictator, fueled by his own petty, self-serving hatreds."
~ Elliot Kirschner
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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"Elon Musk could never have got himself elected into office in the US. But as the cost-cutting tsar, a made-up role Trump has promised him, he would exert extraordinary power to cause pain, with the only choice left to citizens being whether or not to hug it."
~ Zoe Williams
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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An excess of billionaires is destabilising politics – just as academics predicted
Politicians have always courted the wealthy, but Elon Musk and co represent a new kind of donor, and an unprecedented danger to democracy, writes Guardian columnist Zoe WilliamsZoe Williams (The Guardian)
"If Trump wins, we’re entering uncharted territory where private actors with vast wealth and power join with a corrupt president to pursue their own ends and not those of the people of the United States. Welcome to oligarchy, American style."
~ Mona Charen
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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Donald Trump’s American Oligarchy
The billionaires are lining up to get their bread buttered.Mona Charen (The Bulwark)
Boddie quotes Jake Tapper of CNN:
"Just a reminder, RFK Jr has no medical license, and has made wildly inaccurate claims about all sorts of medicines. Frankly, this is what he said — kind of a deranged remark — about coronavirus."
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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"'I'm gonna let him go wild on health,' Trump said this week, referring to Kennedy. 'I'm gonna let him go wild on the food. I'm going to let him go wild on medicines.'"
~ Maya Boddie
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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CNN’s Tapper slams Trump and RFK Jr’s plan: 'There aren’t even words to describe what hackery that is'
CNN host Jake Tapper on Wednesday blasted Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to join forces to take over medical government agencies. "I'm gonna let him go wild on health," Trump said this week, referring to Kennedy.Maya Boddie (Alternet.org)
"Last night, antivax crank Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—a man who once said Covid was possibly a bioweapon that had been 'deliberately targeted' to spare Ashkenazi Jews—told a group of supporters on a video call obtained by CNN that Trump had promised him 'control' over America’s public health agencies."
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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"And on Monday, he replied to an X account predicting 'markets would tumble' thanks to an 'initial severe overreaction in the economy' if Trump followed through on his mass-deportations strategy, before ultimately resulting in 'a healthier, sustainable economy.'
'Sounds about right,' Musk replied."
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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"Elon Musk, Trump’s richest and loudest backer and his 'secretary of cost-cutting'-to-be, has repeatedly suggested that the opening act of a second Trump presidency could be a period of serious economic turbulence. On a call last Friday, he warned that 'some temporary hardship' would be necessary to put America back on a sustainable fiscal course."
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
/3
"In the closing days of the election, one party and its leading candidate are promising to inflict economic pain on the electorate; stating that they will turn over the top health agencies to one of the country’s leading vaccine skeptics; and pledging to pursue a disruptive, 'massive reform' to the nation’s healthcare system—historically, the sort of move that has proven extremely unpopular."
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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"MAGA’s closing pitch to voters: economic pain and health care sorcery:
With days to go, top Trump surrogates are laying out a presidency that they admit will include some suffering."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #ElonMusk #RFKJr #economy #oligarchs #EconomicElites #healthcare #vaccines
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"Independent analysts such as Edison Research said in March that X’s usage in the United States dropped 30 percent since last year. Fidelity this month estimated that X’s value has plunged by about 80 percent since Musk’s takeover."
~ Robert Reich
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #ElonMusk #Twitter #EconomicElites #Trump
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#ElonMusk’s PAC launched an X Community supposedly focused on “exposing voter fraud & election interference."
But it's being used to dox election workers, who will likely be threatened. As far as the DOJ is concerned, threats to election workers will be investigated & prosecuted.
This is another case of Musk using his platform to interfere with the election.
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Threats to election workers must be prosecuted, esp from Elon Musk
Now that it’s clear that Elon is “Dark Gothic MAGA” he’s using multiple ways to help Trump return to power. Here’s one I spotted the other day, from Doge Designer (a s…Spocko's Brain
“America PAC door knockers were flown to Michigan, driven in the back of a U-Haul, and told they’d have to pay hotel bills unless they met unrealistic quotas. One was surprised they were working to elect Donald Trump.”
Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
#politics #ElonMusk #Voting
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Elon Musk’s rightward turn includes an extreme right fascination: Civil war
Musk has posted about an impending civil war on his social media platform X at least eight times in the past 10 months. Some warn it’s dangerous rhetoric.
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What Elon Musk Really Wants
The Tesla and X mogul has long dreamed of redesigning the world in his own extreme image. Trump may be his Trojan horse.Franklin Foer (The Atlantic)
NEW: Elon Musk’s pro-Trump America PAC has spent $144 million and over 40% went to Phil Cox - I analyzed FEC filings and found that $61.7 million was paid to firms linked to former GOP and DeSantis operative Phil Cox, who helps run America PAC.
#ElonMusk #Musk #AmericaPAC #Trump #PhilCox
My latest:
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Musk's America PAC spent $144 mil, 40% to firms tied to PAC head
Elon Musk’s Pro-Trump America PAC has spent $144 million and over 40% was paid to firms tied to Phil Cox who co-manages America PACWendy Siegelman (NewsTRACS)
#ElonMusk 's PAC will be gathering unverified stories of voter fraud & election interference.
They will use this information in combination with their own, " media" in order to make the appearance of widespread voter fraud.
General Flynn's organization has said that they will use this information to protest at the State House in NC, demanding that they investigate before verification.
#Election #
I think we all knew this was happening—why else overpay by $25b?—but I guess confirmation is good.
Imagine being the kind of chump who clings to Zombie Twitter because “that’s where the conversation is” only to have your work throttled while everyone is guaranteed to see Catturd’s latest insights.
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#elonmusk #trump #Election2024 #media #fascism
The final episode of DATA VAMPIRES is here! We end this four-part series by digging into the harmful worldview driving the massive buildout of hyperscale data centers and AI.
Will we accept tech billionaires charting the course of our future?
Listen to the full episode: techwontsave.us/episode/247_da…
#tech #ai #datacenters #elonmusk #samaltman
Data Vampires: Fighting for Control (Episode 4) - Tech Won’t Save Us
A left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.Tech Won't Save Us
"Elon posted his MAGA hat which uses the Fraktur font, popular in nazi Germany. He wore this at a rally meant to evoke the 1939 nazi rally at Madison Square Garden.
He's telling you who he is." @esqueer
I wondered where I've seen that font before! Then I remembered, it was on the book #Hitler wrote in prison, #MeinKampf
BTW, Steve Bannon couldn't attend the rally, he was still in prison working on his own book. My Struggle.
#Nazi #MadisonSquareGarden
#Trump #ElonMusk #MyStruggle
NBC News:
Elon Musk’s X is boosting election conspiracy theories with AI-powered trending topics
The misinformation boosted by X’s AI model Grok has included conspiracy theories about voter fraud and unsubstantiated smears about Vice President Kamala Harris...
The dubious content is spreading in the app’s “explore” section, which says it uses Musk’s AI software...
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#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #ElonMusk
Elon Musk’s X boosts election conspiracy theories with AI trends
The misinformation boosted by X’s AI model Grok included conspiracy theories about voter fraud and unsubstantiated smears about Vice President Kamala Harris.David Ingram (NBC News)
Elon Musk has spent the past couple years railing against “illegal” immigrants, but new reporting confirms what we’ve long suspected: Musk himself worked illegally in the United States and deceived officials when investors finally forced him to get a visa.
The Gov. Shapiro and DoJ need to act NOW! Crooked billionaire #ElonMusk is funding fraudulent voter registration drives in Pennsylvania. He is a threat to election integrity in #America.
#election2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #uspol #uspolitics @KamalaHarrisWin
In August the NYT reported Elon Musk hired Chris Young a senior political official at PhRMA, the trade association of the pharmaceutical industry and nat'l field director for the RNC in 2016.
The story noted Young would be Musk's eyes and ears at America PAC.
A 10/22 filing shows Young is now treasurer of America PAC
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The Justice Department warned Elon Musk’s America PAC in recent days that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law
In related news I just saw a 10/22 filing showing America PAC changed the treasurer from Chris Gober to Chris Young
And an important piece of information we may need to assess why Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris: as Sewell Chan, previously an editor at Los Angeles Times, reminds us:
"Elon Musk … is friendly with Soon-Shiong — they are both South African-born billionaire entrepreneurs."
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Hitler #media #sanewashing #LosAngelesTimes #PatrickSoonShiong #ElonMusk
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Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after owner blocks presidential endorsement
Mariel Garza, the editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigned on Wednesday after the newspaper’s owner blocked the editorial board’s plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president.Columbia Journalism Review