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• @jaydolan Jay on bluesky

  Don't worry - you can also influence a national election if you have a spare quarter billion dollars and a social media platform.  [embedded post]

• @mjrharris Mike Harris on bluesky

  The fact this money is part borrowed against stock, not from free cash flows, is the ultimate end game of capitalism story.  [embedded post]

• @sethabramson Seth Abramson on bluesky

  +$44 Billion  —  Why in the world are we pretending that the purchase of Twitter was anything but a political donation to the Republican Party [embedded post]

• @samueloakford Samuel Oakford on bluesky

  Elon Musk bankrolled a mysterious campaign group that sought to convince voters in the final days of the presidential election campaign that Donald Trump would refuse to sign a national ban on abortion, according to new campaign filings.  —  www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2..…

• @jafkettani @jafkettani on bluesky

  The story is bigger than money or GOP.  Elon fundamentally does not believe in democracy or parties or constitution system.  He thinks he can use x and his power to set a new techno-fascist regime and fulfill his grand-father lunacy.  Trump is an opportunity and a pawn on a bigge…

• @kellblog Dave Kellogg on bluesky

  On top of the $40B into Twitter

• r/politics r on reddit

  The World's Richest Man Is Now America's Biggest Political Donor