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• @stanphylcap @stanphylcap on x

  Funding the midterms to buy Trump's friendship: EXPENSIVE Staying out of prison: PRICELESS

• @alexbruesewitz Alex Bruesewitz on x

  Great decision @elonmusk. @NateMorris is BY FAR the best candidate running in that race and he is also the only one who truly understands “America First.” He would be an excellent Senator.

• @cortessteve Steve Cortes on x

  Great news! A huge campaign contribution from ⁦@elonmusk⁩ for ⁦@NateMorris⁩! Nate Morris is a 9th generation Kentuckian — an entrepreneur, family man, and patriotic populist. He's the America First warrior that Kentucky deserves in the U.S. Senate! [video]

• @jacobrubashkin Jacob Rubashkin on x

  Here's the thing: Morris has already spent $3m of his own money at the candidate rate trying to boost his candidacy, and it hasn't fundamentally changed the shape of the race, with Morris in a distant third place. Could $10m in super PAC money change that? Maybe, but not a given.

• @chafkin Max Chafkin on x

  i've been saying this for six months, but he never was “out” of politics https://www.axios.com/...

• @zhoujaron Jaron Zhou on x

  After that Musk donation, traders vault Nate Morris above the other two top contenders, Congressman Andy Barr and former state AG Daniel Cameron. [image]

• @ryangirdusky Ryan James Girdusky on x

  Wow

• @berniesanders Bernie Sanders on x

  Are we really living in a democracy when the richest man on earth can spend as much as he wants to elect his candidates? The most important thing our nation can do is end Citizens United and move to public funding of elections. Billionaires can't be allowed to buy elections.

• @jimvandehei Jim VandeHei on x

  🚨 Scoop: Musk shocks with $10 million donation in Ky. Senate race https://www.axios.com/...

• @varadmehta Varad Mehta on x

  “The stunning gift is the biggest sign yet that Musk plans to spend big in the 2026 midterms, giving Republicans a formidable weapon in the expensive battle to keep their congressional majorities.” The real question here will be whether Trump endorses or not.

• @quinnemmett Quinn Emmett on x

  World's richest white nationalist who gave 2 intentional Hitler salutes on live TV and then put the world's poor into the wood chipper donates $10 million to single candidate to help spiritual descendants of Confederate Nazis keep the Senate. https://www.axios.com/...

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  .@axiosalex reports Elon Musk cut a $10 million check to bolster Nate Morris, an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) https://www.axios.com/...

• @axios @axios on x

  SCOOP: Elon Musk has cut a massive $10 million check to bolster an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell. The stunning gift is the biggest sign yet that Musk plans to spend big in the 2026 midterms. https://www.axios.com/...

• @melindameyer @melindameyer on bluesky

  www.axios.com/2026/01/19/e...  You tried to buy your way into Virginia and Wisconsin elections and failed miserably.  I'm confident you're wasting money here, too.  Just the mention of a Nazi financing a candidate should be enough to secure a Dem win, or at least it should be.

• @emptywheel @emptywheel on bluesky

  For those looking for a way to incur a cost for politicians associating with Elon Musk's CSAM machine, this might provide an opportunity (especially if you're in KY).  —  Literally taking the proceeds of the Child Abuse machine to run for office.  —  www.axios.com/2026/01/19/e...…

• r/PoliticalOptimism r on reddit

  Scoop: Musk shocks with $10 million donation in Ky. Senate race

• r/InterstellarKinetics r on reddit

  BREAKING: Elon Musk donates $10 million to Kentucky Senate candidate Nate Morris 💰