Elon Musk spent $290 million to buy our government to be the shadow President, and is spending $400 million buying his own trucks — $110 million profit. Are you finally starting to understand why activists fought so hard to end dark and corporate money in politics? - ThreadSky

darrigomelanie.bsky.social • 10 days ago

Elon Musk spent $290 million to buy our government to be the shadow President, and is spending $400 million buying his own trucks — $110 million profit.

Are you finally starting to understand why activists fought so hard to end dark and corporate money in politics?

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ignorantme.bsky.social•10 days ago

We have been living under an oligarchy our entire lives. Politicians spend so much time fundraising they don't even read the legislation that corporate lobbies write for them. It has just taken a group of techbro billionaire clowns turning it into a ketamine kleptocracy to wake us to it.

sophiafhc.bsky.social•10 days ago

Well he is apparently kicking back 10 million to Trump by setttling the lawsuit for being deplatformed on X after the Jan 6 insurrrection so everybody is happy

jmilchen.bsky.social•10 days ago

Too true. Also, the locations of Tesla facilities in the US are not secret: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tesla_factories If we're serious about stopping the hostile takeover & looting of America, it's time to supplement symbolic actions with tactical ones & shut down Tesla, X, etc. @indivisible.org

atlantaarjen.bsky.social•10 days ago

How convenient, Cybertruck sales were way down.

tejanolos32.bsky.social•10 days ago

Tesla's Stock is Dropping! Keep it going! Hurt him till they all turn on him! Then Trump will be vulnerable! Dump the stock movement!

nicoleblu2.bsky.social•10 days ago

Putin paid 290 million- Buy and Destroy our Country.

jacquesleger.bsky.social•9 days ago

On the same day X “settled” its case with Trump for $10M - we live in a universe of coincidences. Jesus!!!

qortni.bsky.social•10 days ago

Funny thing about that:

https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases-democratic?ID=25910ABD-410C-4F05-A764-6E00C33A030E

mupx2.bsky.social•10 days ago

I do not want my taxes used to buy Tesla trucks for the State Dept. This is absurd. Where are they going to use them?

chumleyprelude.bsky.social•8 days ago

Pretty good ROI, sadly - difficult not to sign off on that BC*!

(*provided you can hold your nose on the *absolute stench* of corruption, of course)

thudnblunder.bsky.social•10 days ago

An armored Cybertruck will have very little range. What are these trucks to be used for?

hey.rupert.murdochbait.click•10 days ago

Dignitary shuttle.

#Bribes-R-US #CyberTank

qortni.bsky.social•10 days ago

Graffiti. 😆

taguilar7x.bsky.social•10 days ago

petek01.bsky.social•10 days ago

I thought trump wasn't a big fan of electric vehicles?

emissaryofthedeep.bsky.social•10 days ago

Only the ones where the brakes work

kesselrunner528.bsky.social•9 days ago

A failing company subsidized with public money

nilth.bsky.social•10 days ago

Omg there's no bottom.

melissa4thrivingmt.bsky.social•10 days ago

And the trucks explode, so a complete waste of money.

sattelitedog.com•10 days ago

blueresistencewv.bsky.social•10 days ago

And he gets 8 million a day in government contracts outside this....

isonope.bsky.social•10 days ago

Make sure they don’t get salt water on them

freakchylde.bsky.social•10 days ago

Would be a tragedy if protestors used water cannons...

isonope.bsky.social•10 days ago

Oh shucky darn

bsbeamer.bsky.social•10 days ago

His PAC is now a business deduction.

thecollectah.bsky.social•10 days ago

His money wasn’t even dark. He disturbing plain sight as if to say “fuck you.”

rhonnie-72.bsky.social•10 days ago

Good Gods and little fishes.

skiesabove.bsky.social•10 days ago

These creeps must be brought DOWN.

pinotnerobe.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sorry to say so, but this was a Biden administration decision…

https://electrek.co/2025/02/12/us-state-department-has-budget-line-for-armored-teslas-worth-400-million/

shakespearesgal.bsky.social•10 days ago

Isn’t this a conflict of interest?

ericbeasy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, apparently that phrase doesn’t exist in this godforsaken country anymore. There are no rules that can’t be broken. Our constitution is being burned before our eyes.

kesselrunner528.bsky.social•9 days ago

Textbook. But do laws still count there?

shakespearesgal.bsky.social•9 days ago

I guess we’re going to find out