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• @crumbler Casey Newton on threads

  You're Putin me on!  (The phone!)  (With Vladimir Putin)  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/...

• @paul_rietschka Paul Rietschka on threads

  How does this man still have a security clearance?  How is he allowed to maintain an executive position at his defense contractor companies?  —  What is even going on?  I feel like I'm going insane, or as if I'm living inside some kind of laudanum-induced hallucination.  —  RE: h…

• @martinsfp @martinsfp on threads

  How does this man have * any* government contracts?  It is terrible for Western security to have this man operating as a sovereign individual, operating above the law and against American nation interests.  SpaceX and Starlink are horrifying leverage for one person to control.  —…

• @yasharali @yasharali on threads

  I think Elon Musk, with Twitter and SpaceX and his other assets, may be the most powerful non-government figure we've known in modern times.  Liberals on here may think Twitter is dead but it's still huge in countries like Saudi, India, Japan, Turkey, and Brazil.  It still moves …

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on threads

  This is why — as I have said over and over — he is backing Trump.  The money he will reap and the power he will get without pesky issues like national security worries or need for loyalty to anything but himself and his interests.  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/...

• @dangillmor@mastodon.social Dan Gillmor on mastodon

  We're learning more about the serious threat that Musk poses to U.S. national security.  —  He's completely wired into America's security apparatus, and has been one of Putin's secret phone pals.  —  Democrats need to recognize that much of this got going under Obama, whose admin…

• @quillmatiq.bsky.social Anuj Ahooja on bluesky

  This is why I don't care when SpaceX does something innovative.  The megalomanic billionaire owner of these vital innovations has and always will use them to serve his international oligarch fantasy at every turn.  [embedded post]

• @kasparov63 Garry Kasparov on x

  Before the inevitable wave of bullshit trying to wave this off, remember that Putin and his terrorist mafia state are avowed enemies of the United States and its allies and consider themselves in a war footing against them.

• @semaforben Ben Smith on x

  News from the Semafor World Economic Summit: NASA head says reports of Musk-Putin calls should be investigated https://www.semafor.com/...

• @garymarcus Gary Marcus on x

  We are basically living in a horror film in which The White House gets taken over by the Kremlin, and nobody can do anything to stop it.

• @bryfitz Brian Fitzgerald on x

  “Regular contacts between world's richest man and America's chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters” https://www.wsj.com/...

• @garymarcus Gary Marcus on x

  This is terrifying, and incredibly important. If you read one thing this week, read this, in its entirety. And, remember, it's from the conservative-leaning Wall St. Journal.

• @pkafka Peter Kafka on x

  Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a linchpin of U.S. space efforts, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022 - WSJ I saw this story here via @Techmeme; very curious to see how it travels.

• @rebeccaballhaus Rebecca Ballhaus on x

  Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin since late 2022. At one point, Putin asked him to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Big @WSJ scoop: https://www.wsj.com/...

• @hugolowell Hugo Lowell on x

  New on WSJ: Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022. At one point, Putin asked him to avoid activating his Starlink internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, said two people briefed on the request

• @michaelsobolik Michael Sobolik on x

  Good grief. Putin asked Musk to deny Starlink services to Taiwan as a favor to Xi Jinping. @elonmusk's parroting of CCP propaganda about Taiwan takes on an even darker dimension... [image]

• @jamessurowiecki James Surowiecki on x

  I would love to hear Musk explain how he squares his supposed support for free speech with his cozying up to a dictator whose political opponents regularly get poisoned or fall out of windows. [image]

• @mikebutcher Mike Butcher on x

  Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin since late 2022!? Putin even asked him to avoid activating Starlink over Taiwan as a favour to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Surely Musk is in contravention of US rules over sanctions? @WSJ scoop: https://www.wsj.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  WSJ tweeted this to its 20 million followers and it has under 400 retweets - presumably suppressed due to the link out. “Elon Musk has secretly been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022” [image]

• @quinnypig @quinnypig on x

  Concerning.

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  Look!  Our favorite billionaire has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022.

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  Remember when Ian Bremmer revealed Elon Musk was in contact with Vladmir Putin, and then Elon said that was a lie?  Well, it's true.

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