Via Kyle Griffin:

Sen. Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee:

"I'm ready to stay here through Christmas because we're not going to let Elon #Musk run the government. Put simply, we should not let an unelected billionaire rip away research for pediatric cancer so he can get a tax cut."

Elon #Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/20/elon-musk-is-becoming-a-one-man-rogue-state-its-time-we-reined-him-in

Elon #Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/20/elon-musk-is-becoming-a-one-man-rogue-state-its-time-we-reined-him-in "even interplanetary amounts of wealth don’t mean impunity, and that some things – like democracy – are not for sale."

"Trump has brought #Musk into the central circle of power... He’s practically co-president. Musk is erratic, volatile, impulsive, mercurial. He introduces a huge source of unpredictability and chaos into the presidency that for once #Trump doesn’t control. See it clearly: Musk did this. Trump thrives on chaos, but his chaos. Not someone else’s chaos.

Trump is following. He’s trying to pretend otherwise but he’s following."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trumps-trump

#ElonMusk #PresidentMusk #GOP #Politics #News

#ProLifeMyAss

Via Sawyer Hackett:

Thanks to Elon #Musk and Donald #Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill.

Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.

Muchísima atención está puesta en lo que proviene de #Rusia/ Putin. ¡Con razón!
No menos peligroso es lo que viene del Oeste: #Musk, #Trump y, sobre todo #Milei.
Milei es la pieza clave para juntar toda la ultraderecha internacional, que tb va a interferir en nuestras libertades vía la plataformas.
Recordar que desde este fin de semana, Milei tiene más poder internacional (UE etc.) al haber recibido por la neofascista #Meloni (muy amiga de Uvd #Leyen) la ciudadanía italiana.

¿¿¿Dónde está el contrapeso democrático internacional???

Milei llama desde Italia a la unión global de la ultraderecha: “Hay que ser como una legión romana que se impone a ejércitos más grandes”

https://elpais.com/internacional/2024-12-14/milei-llama-desde-italia-a-la-union-global-de-la-ultraderecha-hay-que-ser-como-una-legion-romana-que-se-impone-a-ejercitos-mas-grandes.html

The European Union will create an alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink satellites.

A €10.6 billion constellation of 290 IRIS2 satellites will be launched by 2030. It is expected to serve European governments and the military, as well as private customers.

This will be an alternative to Musk's Starlink satellites - so the unit will have an independent, encrypted connection to the internet.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Musk #starlink

In 2018, #Farage was apoplectic with rage at the thought of Billionaire George Soros interfering in #British politics using political donations.

Fast forward 6 years, & Nazi Nige the grifter is in the #US negotiating with Billionaire Elon #Musk to interfere in British politics with a £100m donation to #ReformUK. 🤷🏾‍♂️

The two faced stench of tobacco, sleaze & beer are never far away with this steaming lump of dog shit...

#Brexit #EU #Europe #MAGA #USPol #UKPol #USPolitics #RejoinEU

Do tell...
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Via ‪Ryan Mac ‬ ‪@rmac.bsky.social‬:

Big scoop from
@kirstengrind.bsky.social
,
@ericlipton.nytimes.com
and
@sheeraf.bsky.social
There are at least 3 federal reviews into Elon #Musk for failing to report the details of his foreign relations as required by his security clearance

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/elon-musk-spacex-national-security-reporting.html

If you haven’t listened to Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer Prize winner speak before, then you’re in for a treat, eloquent, brutally honest and very clever and a true North Star!

#gaza #palestine #syria #israel #usa #uk #trump #musk

https://youtu.be/LliyK19WvM4?si=T3ShDBcyEgLJ8Vuv

#Musk laughably promotes himself as a self made Billionaire when nothing could be further from the truth. He started life 3-0 up because his dad owned valuable emerald mines in #SouthAfrica. No bank loans or business brains needed!

Musk is brilliant at spotting opportunities & brown nosing with those in power to gain government subsidies & contracts. The more his wealth accumulated, the more he used it to gain friends & influence people.

The $42bn he spaffed on #X seems cheap at the price! 🤷🏾‍♂️

I don’t like to post stories from the Quisling publication called the Guardian, but this is worth reading:

“Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracy”

by Carole Cadwalladr

“Techno-authoritarianism is here. That’s the message of the film: that [..] there’s a terrifying & all too believable roadmap for Trump that is clearly laid out in 2073.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/15/asif-kapadia-2073-amy-winehouse-senna-maradona-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Press #UK #Kapadia #2073 #Film #Trump #Musk #Thiel #Zuckerberg #Bezos

“Meet Farage’s rich cronies: Reform’s donors are hardly ‘anti-establishment’ ...

by Sam Bright on Substack

“From Old Etonians to the owner of 55 Tufton Street, listed below are some of the people that Farage has been courting for cash over recent months, who helped to bankroll Reform’s 2024 election campaign, and who may once again dip into their deep pockets to help Farage goose-step towards Downing Street…”

https://open.substack.com/pub/writesbright/p/meet-farages-rich-cronies?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

#Press #UK #Reform #Farage #Donors #Musk #Trump #Csndy

#billionaires #trump #musk #usa #uk #ukraine #gaza #syria

Elon #Musk besitzt jetzt 400 Mrd.$. Für gerade mal 14 Mrd.$ pro Jahr ließe sich der Hunger in der Welt beenden und damit eine große Fluchtursache beseitigen.
Natürlich ist es viel billiger, einfach gegen Migranten zu hetzen. Warum finden das so viele gut?
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/was-kostet-eine-welt-ohne-hunger-li.111170?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Musk threatens Trudeau and Canadians across the country have a message for Space-boy--it starts with an F and ends with a U🖕

" Billionaire Elon Musk is calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “an insufferable tool” in a new social media post on Wednesday.
👉 “Won’t be in power for much longer,” Musk also wrote about the prime minister on “X.”

#News #Politics #Musk #Trump #USA
#Canpoli #Canada

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/elon-musk-calls-trudeau-insufferable-tool-in-new-social-media-post-1.7142131

We are in for a huge shock come Jan 20th 2025.

True Colours!

#trump #musk #usa #uk #syria

Ministers may be jolted into action by reports this week suggesting that Elon #Musk could donate a staggering £79 million to Nigel #Farage's Reform Party. The figure is almost the total amount of cash handed to all UK parties last year.
It could completely transform politics – an oligarch’s bid to tilt the scales further against progressive policies. And it would put the hard-right’s culture wars on steroids.
(Byline Times)

If real #journalism doesn’t stand a chance…
We’re truly FF’d as a country!

There are those in new #media who do good work…

“….but they are surrounded by a clamorous sea of #partisans who operate under new & diff rules.
Flaunt your bias, get cozy w/your subjects, & don’t harsh their mellow by asking uncomfy ?’s.”

“You are the media now,” #musk told X users as the #election results came in.
It was the truest statement he had made in months.”

Musk = Todays “Pusher-man”
https://apple.news/A-YtsXagLQDi1PwSR75h6UQ

#Tesla Factory In #California #Pollutes So Much It Is Second Only To An Oil Refining Company
Did Elon #Musk ever actually care about the #environment, or was it just a scam to make people like him? https://jalopnik.com/tesla-factory-in-california-pollutes-so-much-it-is-seco-1851708615

"Remember, Andreessen, Rogan, Musk, and Ramaswamy are each fabulously wealthy. They are in the top .1 percent (Musk himself is literally the 0.00000001 percent, because he’s wealthier than everyone else in the world). Together, they have fabricated and laundered a story about the federal government’s consumer watchdog agency in order to justify destroying it.

But that agency, as I’ve written before, is dedicated to protecting ordinary consumers like you and me from the predations of the rich and unscrupulous, i.e., people like Marc Andreessen. What does the CFPB do? It investigates companies that have engaged in deceptive, abusive, and unfair practices, ensuring they treat their customers fairly. What kinds of practices? Well, have a look at their website, where they list all of their enforcement actions. CFPB victories include getting banks to get rid of or reduce overdraft fees, and pursuing Wells Fargo for “misapplied payments, wrongful foreclosures, and incorrect fees and interest charges,” resulting in billions of dollars being returned to customers. The associate director of the National Consumer Law Center has said that the CFP “has completely changed the consumer financial marketplace. Overall it has had a tremendous impact on making it more fair and transparent.”

This is the work that Andreessen calls “terrorizing” financial institutions."

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/billionaires-are-lying-shamelessly-to-convince-us-to-destroy-our-government

#USA #Trump #Musk #CFPB #Libertarianism #AnarchoCapitalism

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated

Musk attorneys attempted to sway the judge in the Delaware business court after the trial to reverse her opinion rescinding the CEO’s pay plan
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Musk #Twitter #socialmedia #Fediverse #Breaking #BreakingNews

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-loses-bid-get-56-billion-pay-package-reinstated-rcna182556

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X / #twitter - www.thelondoneconcomic.com

#EU #europe #journalism #printmedia #musk #twittermigration

🥥 From the Dave Troy article:
"If democracy-minded people don’t seize control of the information environment, powerful sociopathic autocrats will do so instead. We leave a power vacuum open at our peril, and at the moment, Musk and Putin are the ones with the most will to fill it." --DaveTroy
https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d
🥥
#Democracy #Autocrats #Musk #Putin #SocialMedia #InformationEnvironment #TuckersBalls

#EFJ:

"The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has decided it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from 20 January 2025, when Donald J. Trump will officially become the 47th President of the United States."

https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/11/26/x-odus-efjeurope-account-will-be-frozen-from-20-january-2025/

26.11.2024

#ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #hatred #media #Medien #Musk #propaganda #SocialMedia #Twitter #X

#trump #gaza #palestine #musk #usa #uk

Google and Amazon are complicit in helping the Israelis to commit genocide by hosting and enhancing their technical capabilities,

Big Tech Kills!

Elon Musk has started meddling in european political affairs. He will use his enormous power and X to influence the outcomes of european elections. Something to think about.
#Musk #geopolitics @geopolitics

Elon Musk’s Twitter backers gain windfall from xAI deal - Investors hit by losses following Musk's takeover reap rewards from shares in AI start-up - Musk has given investors that backed his $44bn Twitter acquisition 25% of shares in xAI

xAI is set to close a new $5bn fundraising round doubling valuation to $50bn in 6 months. Those to benefit include Fidelity, Larry Ellison, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Jack Dorsey, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz.

#Musk #Xai

https://www.ft.com/content/5c9ca1f6-b6fe-4c96-84e2-38e3eee90f3b

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-gets-trolled-with-proposed-rebate-for-electric-carsexcept-tesla/

Maybe if #Musk cared about worker safety (see article about 100 degree temp in the Texas plant b/c of faulty door) & maybe if he cared about product quality (see the hideous Cybertruck & stories about broken this/broken that) & maybe if #Tesla were not the #1 car for vehicular accidents (see articles about that), maybe just maybe #Newsom would reconsider. Oh & maybe he'd reconsider if Musk weren't a fascist, misogynist, transphobe, & all around dreadful human being.