What happened with Musk’s Trump “interview” is the whole conservative ambition writ small.

Gut infrastructure, get rid of anyone with experience or expertise, ban voices that disagree, then try to do the same big things the long-standing, oft-tested system you just broke took decades to develop and thousands of people to pull off.

All without anything or anyone that actually understands it or makes it work.

Then blame someone else.

Biden wants a 25% tax on billionaires.

Trump wants to double down on his tax cuts, which have already fueled billionaire wealth.

This isn’t complicated.

Billionaires are funneling cash to Trump’s campaign for a tax break.

Anyone else supporting him is being duped.

Judge Mark Scarsi Orders Briefing on Whether David Weiss Is David Weiss

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/03/20/judge-mark-scarsi-orders-briefing-on-whether-david-weiss-is-david-weiss/

Lemme see if I get this:

If I copy your shit as my own, that's plagiarism and it's bad.

But when I copy everyone's shit and run it through a mystery box that rearranges it until it barely makes sense, that's futuristic technology.

And if I take your shit and sell it, that's copyright violation and it's bad.

But when I make a place for people to post their shit and I just sell *access* to it so the mystery box people can have it, that's a viable business model.

Makes perfect sense.

Don’t think it has to be said but uh..

..no matter what, we do NOT sell our(your) user data/posts to companies for their ‘AI training’

In fact, we will do all we can to protect your content from those companies!

So. Since @taylorlorenz is now out here attacking, misquoting, deadnaming and dishonoring dead transchildren on her next clout chase to fame, it’s time to get into the predatory and delusional behavior across Clubhouse and Twitter that got her FIRED from NYT. I was there. I saw it first hand. She tried it with me. It failed. So now it’s time to tell the story.

Because what you WONT do is attack and disrespect #nexbenedict and not have me stand on business with this btch.

Quite the indictment of our financial system that there's nearly $4 billion in capital tied up in a shell company that is going to merge with the money-losing social network run by the insurrectionist conman who keeps racking up hundreds of millions in court judgments against him.

(gift link)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/business/trump-media-digital-world-acquisition-cash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk0.6qm7.k4vMS2dLR6_8&smid=url-share