Not a NYT fan but these pieces apropos
U.S. Supreme Court Erased Part of Constitution
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/opinion/supreme-court-trump-colorado-constitution.html
Why Elon Musk Is 2nd Most Important Person in MAGA
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112033080534029602
h/e: columnist David French 😠
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_French_(political_commentator)
* served as a senior counsel Alliance Defending Freedom
* co-author of Nashville Statement, affirming immorality of homosexuality or transgenderism
#SCOTUS #MAGA #Trump #insurrection #originalism #USconstitution #neofascism #democracy #ADF #discrimination
Opinion | The Supreme Court Just Erased Part of the Constitution
Its ruling on Trump’s eligibility for the presidency contradicts the clear language of the 14th Amendment.
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Elon Musk's PAC misdirecting/scraping data f. unknowing swing-state voters
Right-wing billionaire's election-swaying efforts include campaign to data mine/misdirect key voters
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/02/elon-musks-pac-is-misdirecting-and-scraping-data-from-unknowing-swing-state/
* Musk pledged $45 million/mo to PAC to boost Donald Trump’s re-election bid
* data-scraping practices
* peanuts to Musk, worth $227B USD 2024-Aug-02: https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#63472c23d788
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111049297750914546
#ElonMusk #Trump #GOP #ElectoralFraud #capitalism #billionaires #PAC #conservatism #RightWing
Elon Musk's Trump-supporting PAC is misdirecting and scraping data from unknowing swing-state voters
Elon Musk's Trump-supporting PAC is misdirecting and scraping data from unknowing swing-state voters
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Elon Musk’s Insidious New Strategy to Help Trump Win
Collecting personal data f. people in swing states under guise of helping them register to vote
https://newrepublic.com/post/184517/terrifying-way-elon-musk-stealing-peoples-data-help-trump
* Musk effort to boost Trump’s pres. campaign
* America PAC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_PAC
* backers: Musk, Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Winklevoss twins
* Lonsdale: Cicero Institute (anti-homeless model acts)
#ElonMusk #Trump #GOP #ElectoralFraud #capitalism #billionaires * #AmericaPAC #RightWing #FarRight
Elon Musk’s Insidious New Strategy to Help Trump Win
Elon Musk is collecting personal data from people in swing states under the guise of helping them register to vote.
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Musk's pro-Trump America PAC under investigation: falsely claiming to register voters
Musk's PAC that is collecting voter data under guise of registering them to vote
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/05/elon-musks-pro-pac-is-now-under-investigation-for-falsely-claiming-to-register
Michigan Secretary of State Investigates Elon Musk’s Pro-Trump Super PAC
America PAC accused of misleading voters: how it collects personal data of swing state residents online
https://truthout.org/articles/michigan-secretary-of-state-investigates-elon-musks-pro-trump-super-pac
#ElonMusk #Trump #GOP #ElectoralFraud #capitalism #billionaires * #AmericaPAC #RightWing #FarRight
Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC is now under investigation for falsely claiming to register voters
Is Elon Musk Weaponizing X to Help Trump Win?
Musk’s social media platform is promoting content that directly helps Donald Trump
https://newrepublic.com/post/184555/elon-musk-x-help-donald-trump-kamala-harris
* Twitter/X appears to be helping the Republican presidential nominee Trump in covert ways
* 2 deepfakes of V.P. Kamala Harris racked up 100,000's of views on X
* violate Twitter/X’s own terms of service
https://xo.wtf/search?q=musk+deepfake_harris
#ElonMusk #Trump #GOP #ElectoralFraud #capitalism #billionaires * #AmericaPAC #RightWing #FarRight #Twitter #XCorp
Is Elon Musk Weaponizing X to Help Trump Win?
Musk’s social media platform is promoting content that directly helps Donald Trump.
Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading election misinformation on X
https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-misinformation-x-twitter-elon-musk-230cc0e99b3f490585bdff66a29e079a
* top election officials f. Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Washington
* X’s AI chatbot, Grok, producing false information about state ballot deadlines
* in most U.S. states the secretary of state oversees elections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_state
#ElonMusk #Trump #GOP #ElectoralFraud #capitalism #billionaires #AmericaPAC #FarRight #Twitter #XCorp #Grok #disinformation
Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading election misinformation on X
Five secretaries of state are urging tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to fix an AI chatbot on his social media platform X, saying in a letter that it has spread election misinformation. The state election officials said the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, produced false information about state ballot deadlines shortly after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. The secretaries of state from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington wrote that X has a responsibility to provide users “access to guidance that reflects true and accurate information about their constitutional right to vote.” Social media platforms such as X have faced mounting scrutiny for their role in spreading misinformation, including about elections.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose purged nearly 160,000 people from the state's voter rolls • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose removed 154,995 inactive and out-of-state voters from the Statewide Voter Registration Database, according to his office.
U.K. government calls on Elon Musk to act responsibly amid provocative posts as violent unrest grips country
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/u-k-government-calls-on-elon-musk-to-act-responsibly-amid-provocative-posts-as-unrest-grips-country-1.6990571
* tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash barrage of inflammatory posts
* Musk posted "Civil war is inevitable" in U.K.
* then doubled down: Islamophobia, other divisive rhetoric
* U.K. gov: "Use of language such as a 'civil war' is in no way acceptable"
#ElonMusk #Twitter #UK #billionaires #Trumpism #capitalism #fascism #discrimination #hate
U.K. government calls on Elon Musk to act responsibly amid provocative posts as unrest grips country
The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that officials say risk inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country.
Social media platform X sues advertisers over alleged boycott after Musk's Twitter takeover
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-x-advertiser-lawsuit-1.7286618
Advertisers fled X over
* ads appearing next to pro-Nazi content
* hate speech
* Musk's own posts antisemitic conspiracy theory posts
Elon Musk’s New Lawsuit Proves He’s a Whiny Little Baby
https://newrepublic.com/post/184629/elon-musk-twitter-advertisers-lawsuit
* tantrum over dumpster fire he created
#ElonMusk #Twitter #billionaires #Trumpism #capitalism #fascism #discrimination #hate #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories
Social media platform X sues advertisers over alleged boycott after Musk's Twitter takeover | CBC News
Elon Musk's social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a "massive advertiser boycott" deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws.
Elon Musk Is Giving Trump a Massive Assist Before X Interview
It’s not just the interview itself. Elon is going out of his way to help Donald Trump.
Elon Musk Throws a Trump Rally
X is a safe space for the far right
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/08/elon-musk-donald-trump-interview-x/679450
* tech billionaire Musk offered some context for listeners
* Musk would not be interviewing Trump but instead facilitating a conversation
* for 2h Musk did not ask questions so much as offer softball topics for Trump to do whatever he wanted
#billionaires #Musk #ElonMusk #Twitter #Xplatform #Trump #Trumpism #capitalism #fascism #discrimination #hate #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #EnablingFascism
Elon Musk Throws a Trump Rally
X is a safe space for the far right.
Elon Musk’s Twitter Space With Donald Trump Was a Dumpster Fire
A rocky night for X—but a great night for scammy AI
* Trump & Musk’s conversation on Spaces, X’s live broadcast service, promoted for weeks
* livestream froze & repeatedly crashed
#billionaires #Musk #ElonMusk #Twitter #Xplatform #Trump #Trumpism #capitalism #fascism #discrimination #hate #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #EnablingFascism
Elon Musk’s America PAC Shifts Into High Gear to elect Trump in Nov 2024
https://newrepublic.com/post/184932/elon-musk-america-pac-spending-save-trump-election-doom
* Musk’s pro-Trump America PAC ramped operations, spending initial $5.8 million
* $3.6 million of that toward canvassing/field operations
* PAC raised $8.8 million: donations f. Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale; Winklevoss twins
#billionaires #Musk #ElonMusk #Twitter #Xplatform #Trump #Trumpism #capitalism #fascism #discrimination #hate #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #EnablingFascism #JoeLonsdale
Elon Musk’s PAC Shifts Into High Gear to Save Trump From Doom
Elon Musk’s America PAC has officially ramped up spending to help Donald Trump before November.
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