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Elon Musk on a tear as he shakes up politics in Europe. What's his endgame?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/musk-europe-uk-social-media-accusations-1.7424791

* having the ear of Trump not enough
* trashing Left/Right European politicians
* posts on X disrupting politics across continent
* smeared Britain’s prime minister
* other European leaders in his sights

#USpol #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #libertaranism
#EurPol #UKpol #GermanPol #AfD #FarRight
#ElonMusk #billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #WealthTax #ForeignIntervention

ANALYSIS | Elon Musk is on a tear as he shakes up politics in Europe. What's his endgame? | CBC News

Not content with having the ear of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk has been trashing European politicians on both the left and right, and using posts on his social media platform, X, to disrupt politics across the continent.

CBC

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 8

Musk helped Trump win. Now he’s looking at Europe; many politicians alarmed
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-europe-politics-germany-uk-f50d69d0d192a2d81c95f5d64c6d4acd

Musk ascends as political threat beyond his wealth
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113682140971438414

Musk throws support behind German extremist far-right AfD
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113686441530193055

Musk Doubles Down on Support German Ultra-Right AfD
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113687638348201692

#USpol #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism
#GermanPol #AfD #FarRight
#ElonMusk #billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #WealthTax #ForeignIntervention

Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he's looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed

Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win reelection, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe. That is setting off alarm bells among politicians across the continent. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany, demanded the release of jailed U.K. anti-Islam extremist Tommy Robinson and called British Prime Minister Keir Starmer an evil tyrant. Many European politicians have been left concerned by the attention. Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis says Musk’s behavior is “troubling," while Starmer has condemned online "lies and misinformation." Loughborough University politics professor Andrew Chadwick says Musk is using X “a bit like an old-style newspaper mogul,” to promulgate his political views.

AP News

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 19, 2024

[Canada] Jagmeet Singh/NDP targeted by misinformation attacks foreign interference inquiry hears
NDP nat. director fears online attacks will lead to real-life violence
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-interference-ndp-misinformation-1.7328215

* Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) task force
* monitors online disinformation
* Meta takes avg. 5-10 days to respond/act

Jagmeet Singh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagmeet_Singh

#Canada #FederalPolitics #NDP #JagmeetSingh #ForeignIntervention #disinformation #MetaPlatforms #Meta #Facebook #Instagram

Jagmeet Singh, NDP targeted by misinformation attacks, foreign interference inquiry hears | CBC News

NDP Jagmeet Singh and his party are being targeted by social media misinformation attacks that appear to be coming from outside Canada, the party's national director told the inquiry into foreign interference Thursday.

CBC

Wokebloke for Democracy Apr 3, 2024

Too bad the US doesn't have a law against this, like, say, the Logan Act.
"Richard Grenell, an extremist who served as Trump’s acting director of national intelligence, has been traveling around the world to meet with far-right foreign leaders, “acting as a kind of shadow secretary of state, meeting with far-right leaders and movements, pledging Trump’s support and, at times, working against the current administration’s policies.”
#DOJ #ForeignIntervention #MAGA #Treason #Trump

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