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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 06:56:27 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   "Elon Musk appears to be trying to do to the federal government what he did at Twitter/X: massively disrupt its functioning and drive out experienced employees not on board with his transformations and his personality cult."

   ~ Seth Masket

   #Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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   https://smotus.substack.com/p/friday-night-musk-acre

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 06:56:26 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $288 million to help elect President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, according to a Washington Post analysis of new Federal Election Commission filings that offered an end-of-year snapshotof what was spent during the 2024 election cycle."

     ~ Trisha Thadani, Clara Ence Morse, and Maeve Reston

     #Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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     https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/31/elon-musk-trump-donor-2024-election/

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 06:56:26 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Musk truly believes he can do to America what he did to Twitter, to simply bend us to his will and make us more like him — a racist, rapacious psychopath — so he can fulfill his teenage destiny of being 'The Elon.'

     So far, I am sad to report, he’s right.:

     ~ Jim Stewartson

     #Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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     https://www.mind-war.com/p/hyper-racism-rage-and-the-twitterization