kate conger: Scoops from me and @rmac.bsky.social! Musk has used Twitter to build influence with right-wing leaders, blocking the company from enforcing its policy against election misinfo after Bolsanaro's loss and telling workers he'd call Modi directly to resolve issues www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/t...

Scoops from me and @rmac.bsky.social! Musk has used Twitter to build influence with right-wing leaders, blocking the company from enforcing its policy against election misinfo after Bolsanaro's loss and telling workers he'd call Modi directly to resolve issues www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/t...

Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit.www.nytimes.com Mr. Musk has built a constellation of like-minded heads of state — including Argentina’s Javier Milei and India’s Narendra Modi — to push his own politics and expand his business empire.

Though he's boosting the extremist right in Ireland when all they are is a rabble burning hotels where refugees might be housed. There's no conceivable payback there. So in Ireland it's clear he's just on the far right by affinity.

reminds me of FB and its relationship with Duterte.

And Trump and Farage and India's BJP and

Have you seen the “”Twitter Files”” bullshit complex targeting of BZ lately? The writing by Shellenberger is revealing and also unintentionally funny (he’s on his own personal hero quest these days).

yes! I did a story a little bit ago about that & Australia

BZ?

Sorry! Wall Streetism. BZ was the country code for Brazil when I was a trader. I forget it’s not the preferred abbreviation. BR?

Ah, that makes more sense now. Thanks, and no worries.

True story: #ElonQ $TSLAQ

Crazy to think that now when you say ‘nazi rocket guy’, most people don’t think of Wernher von Braun… MT: @makeitsnow.bsky.social #ElonQ $TSLAQ

Nope

Also a true #ElonQ story;-) $TSLAQ

"If I can turn $44 billion dollars into $0 billion dollars in under one year, so can you!" So, that concludes my TED talk. Does anyone have any questions? #ElonQ $TSLAQ MT @passthebeano

part 2 will be "then I got them to give me another gob of shares so I could sell the remaining shares I already have"

He feels like a man who'll ben over backwards for despots but who'll cry foul in a democracy if people expect him to moderate his platform and stop Nazis

We’re going to hell in a Cybertruck.

If he's so powerful how come the Tories lost Thurrock eh Some things money can't buy. Thurrock is one of them, apparently. But did anyone put in an offer?

Would *you* put in an offer for Thurrock? “all of us know how far we have fallen, and how much effort and ingenuity it will take to even begin to lift us up.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We pay a lot more for a lot less and people know it. That’s why Sunak’s Tories were thrashed in these elections | John Harriswww.theguardian.com Come to Thurrock and things get clearer. People feel victims of a terrible injustice, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Does anyone have a non-paywalled version? I worked in political misinfo at Twitter until 11/12/22 and worked on the Brazilian election until fired by Musk. Musk didn’t have control over anything at that time and the Brazilian runoff election had occurred a week or so before he bought Twitter.

here ya go! time frame on this is after you left, in the lead up to the Jan. 8 storming of Brazil’s federal buildings www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/t...

Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit.www.nytimes.com Mr. Musk has built a constellation of like-minded heads of state — including Argentina’s Javier Milei and India’s Narendra Modi — to push his own politics and expand his business empire.

Oh gotcha. Thank you and sorry if it sounded like an accusation or something. I couldn’t fit it all in in 280 characters or whatever. I spoke to Ryan after I was fired and he did a great job on covering all this.

no worries! didn’t take it that way :)

Oh yes! I remember him tweeting that maybe we’d helped out Bolsonaro! Ha. I’d forgotten about that. What an ass. Thanks again.

They still aren’t going to be his friends.

They run him.

UAE and Qatar own twitter w Musk. You guys get close but the real story is all about who installed Trump in 2016.

How more clear do they have to display their fascism so that our media can report what we all can blatantly see? bsky.app/profile/kate...

Scoops from me and @rmac.bsky.social! Musk has used Twitter to build influence with right-wing leaders, blocking the company from enforcing its policy against election misinfo after Bolsanaro's loss and telling workers he'd call Modi directly to resolve issues www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/t...

Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit.www.nytimes.com Mr. Musk has built a constellation of like-minded heads of state — including Argentina’s Javier Milei and India’s Narendra Modi — to push his own politics and expand his business empire.

Musk has been a cheerleader for China communist party for years: bsky.app/profile/torr...

WSJ in 2021: “Musk’s response to the pressure has been to become a high-profile *cheerleader* of China’s ruling Communist Party, in sharp contrast to his “renegade” persona in the U.S., where he has clashed with the SEC and mocked President Biden…” www.wsj.com/articles/elo...

May his Tesla enjoy the ocean

Are Musk’s politics still “complicated” at The Times?

When is our government going to cut him off? This is fucking madness.

Such a shame 💩

might be a scheme to sneak around their broadcomm with starlink

What a deranged person.

Where does the International Democratic Union fit into this. Not the watered down Wiki version but its real-time connection to the right wing wannabe fascists everywhere..

Elon does not have political consistency. He goes whatever way the wind of money blows. He derides communism, yet courts the leader of the CCP. He speaks about his commitment to free speech, then goes out of his way to appease Modi by complying with takedown requests. He only understands profits.

I'm sure he also is a Putin Buddy...🤢🤢😅

bsky.app/profile/torr...

"Trump & his allies are hoping Elon Musk will speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July. They believe giving Musk a speaking slot could lead to some of his fans boosting what has been the GOP's historically lagging support among young adults." www.semafor.com/article/05/0...

Musk is also letting all the Nazis back on Xitter.

Yeah, I used to call this my Big Ern Theory, i think

Musk could run for President by 2028 or 2032. This thought terrifies me.

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