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Musk took over the US government with graft and is using it—in combination with his space launch firm—to exploit an allied country that’s suffering under Russian invasion for its mineral rights. The scheme is so imperiously evil I feel like audiences wouldn’t find it believable in a Bond villain.

DITCH HIM 🇨🇦🇺🇸

AOC: And he is running around because he thinks he got a bank account with a lot of zeros in it that it makes him some kind of super citizen. I don't think so.

⚡️US refuses to co-sponsor UN resolution condemning Russia, resists labeling Moscow 'aggressor' in G7 statement, media report. "In previous years, the United States has consistently co-sponsored such resolutions in support of a just peace in Ukraine," a source told Reuters.

Austrian editorial cartoonist Marian Kamensky weighs in on Vance’s bizarre and confrontational speech that assailed U.S. allies attending the Munich Security Conference.

Truth Social lost OVER $400 MILLION last year in $3.6 million in revenue www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...

This is what oligarchy looks like.

Musk is trying to gain access to everyone's tax returns. This is insane. He'll be able to do whatever he wants with it.

time to dig up the @adamkotsko.bsky.social tweet

There are protests today at Tesla showrooms around the nation. actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

I’ve signed this open letter, please consider signing it as well.

For those who sneer at this: It doesn't fucking /matter/ if lawsuits like this are meritless. It doesn't matter if it'll get dismissed. What matters is that companies now know that they will have to spend money defending expensive lawsuits like this from state AGs. Because they hire women & POC.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"Elon Musk’s team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has posted classified information about the size and staff of a U.S. intelligence agency on its new website, raising bigger concerns about where Musk’s programmers got this information and what they are doing with it."

Measles is WAY more contagious than COVID-19; spreads like wildfire anywhere there are unvaccinated populations. And once it gets a foothold in one state, more chances for outbreaks elsewhere. Very, very dangerous for public health.

...they're eating the protections for the people who live there.

This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!

That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/

Check this out y'all! I'll be performing at Mariposa this summer for the first time in years. Hope to see you there! RS

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

If Elon Musk can afford to pay people to look at your taxes, he can afford to start paying his own.

This is the system that works so well for the Supreme Court

Oops 😬

When you're trying to get people to notice that your country is being taken over by techno-oligarchs

FACT: The entire federal civilian workforce accounts for 4 PERCENT of the federal budget www.ft.com/content/3bb3...

When President Trump announced his proposal for the U.S. to take ownership of Gaza, he shocked even senior members of his own White House and government. His administration hadn't done even the most basic planning to examine the feasibility of the idea, people with knowledge of the discussions said.