@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialEthics Complaint in WI Targets Elon-backed Organization
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ethics-complaint-in-wi-targets-elon
"Yesterday, an #ethics complaint was filed with the #Wisconsin Ethics Commission against Building America’s Future, a #political organization backed by #ElonMusk. The complaint alleges that the organization failed to disclose its express advocacy spending, which is in violation of Wisconsin #law."
@benroyce@mastodon.socialOne of the side effects of the #gishGallop of endless hate and outrageous stupidity is that it obscures the abuses of yesterday, yet they continue, while outrage and attention shifts
Example:
the sadistic attack on #womensRights
"Two #Houston-area clinic employees arrested for allegedly providing illegal #abortion s"
We must confront the totality of the #plutocrat-#bigot #political axis in the #USA and not be endlessly distracted
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/texas-abortion-midwife-arrested/
Dark humour,
Trolling republicans comedy.
Political and on the dark side of humour but it made me laugh.
Artist: jenafriedman
Link : Tiktok
@benroyce@mastodon.social"Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website"
If you're #black and/ or a #woman, your sacrifices will never matter to #MAGA and their only reaction is to try to erase your history and ignore your existence.
The #bigot-#plutocrat #political axis
You must understand the dangers of #zionism.
It is a #political #cult, hell-bent on twisting the feelings and thoughts of people to justify the most horrible atrocities.
They veil the truth of brutality, destruction and hatred, behind the shield of protection, opposition and fear.
People have been flown down to #Isreal, from the #west, and pumped full of personality control, thought control, and have had triggers installed into their heads.
They become actors of a foreign principal.
@kkarhan@infosec.space@f @ai6yr @briankrebs I think it's less of a "#political" question but an act of #SelfDefense and #MutualDefense at this point.
Re: #TechIlliterates that are unwilling to learn, act like a "#BenevolentDictator" and enshure they can't harm themselves in the sense that they don't get #sudo or other administrative privilegues and can't do any #persistent #changes.
After all, societies almost everywhere ban people from driving motor vehicles faster than 6 km/h by people who actively refuse to even take basic exams and classes for a #DrivingLicense.
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialElon Musk Might Not Be Able to Salvage Tesla’s Value After All
Tesla’s value is crashing, despite #ElonMusk & #DonaldTrump ’s best efforts.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192701/elon-musk-donald-trump-tesla-value
"Elon Musk’s rightward turn has led to a downward spiral for #Tesla...
“Tesla is becoming a #political symbol of #Trump & #DOGE, & that is a bad thing for the brand”...
Trump said... acts of #violence against Teslas would be considered #DomesticTerrorism, cementing the automaker’s status as a state symbol"
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social"Where do Elon Musk’s #business interests end & Donald Trump’s #political interests begin? Trick question—they’re one & the same.
How else do you explain the jarring sight of the #POTUS hawking #Teslas on the #WhiteHouse South Lawn?"
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-congress-takeover/
Here begins the 11th Elon Musk thread.
List of links to previous threads:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113986946321010763
Cartoon source: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/fire-sale
@benroyce@mastodon.social"#Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income #Tax on $2 Billion of #US Income in 2024"
https://itep.org/tesla-reported-zero-federal-income-tax-in-2024/
this right here
the root of all of our problems
how a cringe #edgelord icon of #bigotry like #Musk can wield so much power and how our #democracy dies to #plutocracy
well, not the root of all of our problems
the #bigots matter too
by goosing #ignorance and #indecency the #plutocrats can pull con jobs on hateful dimwits to wield power
the #plutocrat-#bigot #political axis
our enemy
Oh Canada
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialThe United States of Elon Musk Inc.
The degree to which #DonaldTrump & #Elon Musk’s interests are intertwined is unprecedented— & ultimately unsustainable.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-congress-takeover/
"Where do Elon Musk’s #business interests end & Donald Trump’s #political interests begin? Trick question—they’re one & the same.
How else do you explain the jarring sight of the #POTUS hawking #Teslas on the #WhiteHouse South Lawn?"
If someone goes at you demanding an explanation for a #political post you made, it is not your job to educate them. More often than not they are just picking an argument in bad faith, and even if they are not, it’s still not your job.
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialThe Fascist Tech Bro Takeover Is Here
https://www.theindex.media/the-fascist-tech-bro-takeover-is-here-2/
"Musk's $277 million campaign contribution secured him unprecedented access to the levers of #Government & cemented his grip on the #political machine... Musk's influence has infected every arm of Govt. And he is using his #wealth, his control of Twitter's husk, & his presence in the #Trump orbit to steer the country away from #democratic principles & toward oligarchic rule."
@GuyDudeman@beige.party @ZhiZhu@newsie.socialThis Is Going Even Worse Than Steven Levitsky Expected
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-trump-brought-competitive-authoritarianism-to-america.html
"We’re pretty screwed...
The second thing I didn’t anticipate was the role of #Musk... frightening. We don’t know what he’s going to do with #data. And frankly, at least in democracies, I’ve never seen a concentration of #political, #economic, & #media power as vast as this.
[interviewer]And in an unelected official.
[Levitsky]]In an unelected official, right"
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialUSAID Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The world is likely to see millions more #malaria infections & 200,000 cases of paralytic #polio each year...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/health/usaid-cuts-deaths-infections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.qM8C.BTMGBeYjExG3&smid=url-share
"blame for these potential #health crises on #political leadership at #USAID, the Dept of State, & #DOGE, who have...
blocked payment systems, created new & ineffective processes for payments, & constantly shifted guidance regarding which activities qualify as “lifesaving”"
"The Ending" #collage by me, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
If a political group would discuss topics like materialism, determinism, spiritualism and so, in terms of the effects on society, would you rather be interested or not ?
Trump's agenda isn't "America first". It's Trump first, then Israel, then Russia, then America (but only American billionaires).
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialDOGE Cites ‘DEI,’ LinkedIn Profiles It Doesn’t Like In Killing Off HUD Contracts
DOGE cites contractors’ #DEI programs, not performance, to cancel work
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-cites-dei-linkedin-profiles-it-doesnt-like-in-killing-off-hud-contracts
"It’s a stunning & candid admission of what #DOGE is doing at #HUD: taking contracts away from organizations not because of the quality or substance of their work, but because of unrelated #political issues...
escalates the use of govt action for explicitly partisan, often retributive, ends."
