Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now, amid myriad X posts spreading far-right propaganda on immigrants, trans people, and, well, just about any other topic, it has become obvious where one of the richest men in the world stands.

This week, there was more proof that Musk has put his money where his mouth has been. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Musk poured tens of millions of dollars into Republican campaigns and conservative groups even before he publicly endorsedDonald Trump in July. Conservatives helped conceal Musk’s contributions through so-called social welfare or “dark money” groups that do not have to disclose their donors and can raise unlimited funds. (Musk did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment.)

One piece of reporting stood out. The newspaper found that the tech billionaire donated more than $50 million in 2022 for campaign advertisements by Citizens for Sanity, a group connected to former Trump aide Stephen Miller and his non-profit America First Legal, which bills itself as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU.”

  • Soup@lemmy.cafe
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    3 hours ago

    Again, let’s all take note on how quickly nothing is done about this.

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    10 hours ago

    Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk

    Lol. Stopped reading right there. The media will never get over its child-like worship of billionaires.

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    23 hours ago

    Elon, a South African immigrant to the United States is anti-immigration.

    His gay Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel is anti-gay and a proponent of project 2025 and the reason we have JD Vance-in-your-pants.

    Two fucking tech bro ladder pulling stinky unwashed assholes.

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      11 hours ago

      I think it’s very important to understand that he is not anti immigration for the same reason as the right wing voter. He is probably solely to keep immigration wages lowwwwwwe

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        6 hours ago

        Fuck Elon especially. He is actively undermining democracy on Twitter by deleting users and tweets, employing voter suppression tactics, purposely spreading false information (Joseph Goebbels style), and is actively working with Trump, Rupert Murdoch, and Putin.

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    11 hours ago

    So instead of pouring that money back into the failing X, he’s donating to Republicans that would kick his ass out the door. Oh wait, he’s the same color they are so “he’s one of the good ones.” Doesn’t hurt that he’s rich.

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    23 hours ago

    seems like he’s wasting his money because they’re saying the same shit as 2016 and 2020.

    or was eating cats their galaxy brain idea?