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Derek Powazek 🐐Dec 20, 2024

To everyone who called me crazy when I said Elon was a nazi: I was right, you were wrong.
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-endorses-germanys-far-right/

Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far right

“Only the AfD can save Germany,” said the key Donald Trump ally.

POLITICO

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Nicole Parsons Dec 20, 2024

@fraying

Let's not overlook the fossil fuel money that backs Trump, Musk, Thiel, Andreesen, & Larry Ellison.

#KochNetwork
https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/leonard-leo-koch-networks-pour-millions-prep-potential-second-trump-ad-rcna144360

Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-arabia-has-its-own-deal-century-trump-1989311

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/15/the-saudi-payments-to-trump-are-more-important-than-the-suspected-egyptian-one/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/30/trump-arms-sales-saudi-arabia-uae-egypt-legacy/

Musk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/12/20/elon-musk-spotted-world-cup-final/

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/trumps-relationships-saudi-arabia-elon-musk-foreign-policy/

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/05/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-invests-elon-musks-24b-ai-startup

Ellison
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2022-05-05/elon-musk-gets-7-1-billion-from-larry-ellison-and-others-for-twitter-takeover

Thiel
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/07/1053132/saudi-arabia-slow-aging-metformin/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexzhavoronkov/2022/09/28/inside-saudi-arabias-20-billion-bet-on-longevity-biotechnology/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-11/thiel-backed-ai-startup-draws-more-funding-from-aramco-vc-arm

https://www.arabianbusiness.com/politics-economics/393608-google-thiel-feature-in-saudi-princes-silicon-valley-tour

6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025

More than $120 million from a few ultra-wealthy families who have spent years working to promote climate change denial has powered the Heritage Foundation and other groups that created the plan to remake American government.

DeSmog