The Rude Pundit this morning on Blusky about Eloon's contribution to the election

[Bettie]

Now that we know that Elon spent a quarter billion dollars to get Trump elected, any dive into Why Harris Lost needs to start with "Because the richest man on earth bought the election and our shitty campaign finance laws just let him."— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit.bsky.social) December 7, 2024 at 8:01 AM

[essaynnc]

1. Here ! Here !

And all the other billionaires who ponied up dollars to get something in return: a cabinet position, or the ability to write legislation as you see fit, or just Donald Trump's ear.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Co-signed

[Maeve]

3. Knew there was someone else i wanted to follow ! Thanks!

[boonecreek]

4. Citizens united

along with Dobbs and the Trump immunity decision
have got to be the three most disastrous rulings made
by this court. I believe Roberts will go down in history
with Roger B. Taney.

[RandomNumbers]

11. I heard a rumor that people were paid to put them on their lawns.

Having that much dough to throw around good buy that.

[Uncle Joe]

6. As our campaign finance laws are shit, the only way to beat that is via populism.

*rump knew it, that's why the oligarch pretended to be a populist.

Thanks for the thread Bettie

[Magoo48]

7. Sounds right.

If the grassroots don’t develop some enthusiasm for organizing, voting, and activism we will decline painfully. Yet, it often takes pain arouse the populace. So…

[ancianita]

8. The Guardian: Revealed: the tech bosses who poured $394.1m into US election - and how they compared to Elon Musk

FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government

Silicon Valley poured more than $394.1m into the US presidential election this year, according to a Guardian analysis, the bulk of it coming from an enormous donation of about $243m Elon Musk made to Donald Trump’s campaign.

The analysis of new election data from the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) shows the increasingly heavy influence of the tech industry in US elections. Advocates of cryptocurrency were particularly active in this election as they fought to stave off regulation, pumping money into the presidential campaigns and key congressional races.

The donors came from tech’s biggest companies: Google, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Netflix. Others were powerful venture capitalists who had made billions from investing in tech.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/07/campaign-spending-crypto-tech-influence

[calimary]

22. Follow the money.

[paleotn]

9. Hmmm....we may be nearing a root cause.

[PatrickforB]

10. Now that is a true statement. n/t

[Otto_Harper]

13. Its really just a simple explanation

Elon and a bunch of his friends enjoying the 1st Amendmen for "Free Speech"

[dchill]

14. Follow the moneyed.

[SARose]

15. Thoughts on Musk/Trump fall out?

On or before January 20th?

🍿

Some press already call Musk co-prez.

[kimbutgar]

16. We should start saying the president elect Musk instead of dumpt

Get it going on social media and really piss off the orange monster !

[Botany]

17. He did more than just buy it. He and Putin were into the data and flipped the mother fucker.

End of story.

Why was he compiling a d-base of certain targeted American Voters which could provide
a tranche of votes that could be brought into the final state vote tallies?

What about the 600,000 bullet ballots where people only voted for Trump and nobody else?

And were the central tabulators connected to Star Link in all of the swing states?

Explain to me how Trump won the Native American vote? Nobody has ever
done more for Native Americans than Biden and Trump has a 40 + year history of
being shits to them.

Trump knew the fix was in when he said he didn’t need anymore votes on 9/4/24 after
which he jacked off a mic stand, gave a simulated blow job to a microphone, talked about
Arnold Palmer’s dick, had 1/2 empty rallies where the people were walking out, and was
flat out bat shit crazy in his speeches.

I am nuttier than a squirrel turd but the election was really fucking dirty. And now we are
just starting to see some of the smoke from the bon fire of our Nation’s vote. Musk & Putin’s
attack on America’s democracy is just as bad as Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

Musk needs to be picked and brought in for rigorous questioning.

[Buddyzbuddy]

29. Explain it to me like I'm a 5 year old

When was the last time a former president has had so many critics from his own administration, so many whistleblowers, and so many outspoken critics from his own party and still have the gall to run again let alone "win", especially, with his record of failure. I fantasize that some secret group within the current administration is conducting a super secret investigation and will release the results in time to stop this madness. But I'm the same guy that waited for my dad to show up to kick my mom's bully of a boyfriends ass. I waited so long I got to grow up and kick his ass myself. But I digress. Thank you DU family.

[Botany]

32. It just doesn't pass my smell test

He was the worst President in history, was out on bail, an adjudicated rapist, and his
response to COVID helped to kill 14 million people worldwide. And after they overturned
Roe v Wade every election that abortion was on the ballot pro choice won except these last
election.

[usonian]

18. Gets his money worth?

[bronxiteforever]

19. Kick for the absolute truth.

“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.”

–OLIVER GOLDSMITH
ANGLO-IRISH WRITER (1730-1774)

[dickthegrouch]

20. How much did Faux Noise give?

All those donations in kind of unequal air time and propaganda pushing should be tallied up somehow.
For all the traitorous press, but particularly the SCROTUM sanctioned liars.

[Bettie]

34. The rest of the media gave in-kind donations as well

by covering both Biden and Harris as if they were unfit (for the entire 3 years), never mentioning any positives without coming up with a reason it was bad news, and so much more.

It sometimes feels like the whole thing was organized specifically for this outcome.

[CaptainTruth]

21. Plus $44 billion to turn Twitter into Trump's PR department.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. And so many more untraceable "donors" who want positions fucking us over.

[czarjak]

24. All-In!

[OldBaldy1701E]

25. Hear fucking Hear!!

There are some others, but that is an excellent place to start.

[JI7]

26. Even things like the million dollar "giveaway" in Pennsylvania

gets stupid people to feel like they could get a million if Trump is President.

[The Wizard]

27. As long as offshore money laundries exist

and elected officials have access, campaign finance reform is meaningless.

[Buddyzbuddy]

28. When will it end?

What will it take for the average voter to look away from the flashbang. If money is the solution we will lose in perpetuity because the greedy bastards will always have the money. We need a radical new idea. Sure, in two years we might be able to slow the bleeding but the Supremes are the roadblock to our longterm future. Those without the ability to feel shame or guilt nor have fear of constant failure are taking our Country. TFG is the proof.

[Skittles]

30. these Trump voting idiots have to feel pain before they get it

alas, they make us ALL feel the pain....then once again, a Dem will have to spend years cleaning up repuke mess

[2naSalit]

31. AMEN!!!

[Trueblue Texan]

33. I couldn't agree more and it pisses me off for people to disparage the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign!

In my lifetime, there has never BEEN more enthusiastic support for a candidate, nor a more beautifully executed campaign, especially given the fact she had so little time to put it all together. It's not the Democratic Party or candidate at fault. It's the goddamned system that is set up to put the best funded candidate in the seat of the most powerful in the world, which really means the one most willing to be purchased.