Elon Musk Co-Starred in Trump’s Disinformation Fest
False claims about U.S. elections at Trump’s Pennsylvania rally
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/elon-musk-trump-rally-butler-voting-disinformation

Musk Bends the Knee to Donald Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/donald-trump-elon-musk-butler/680174

Musk Seizes Key Handle on X to Help Trump: MAGA takeover of X complete
https://newrepublic.com/post/186879/elon-musk-america-handle-x-trump

#ElonMusk #Xcorp #GOP #Trump #AmericaPAC #EnablingFascism #FarRight
#disinformation #antiLGBT #xenophobia #ConspiracyTheories #ElectoralFraud
#billionaires #WealthTax #plutocracy #meritocracy #oligarchy

Elon Musk Gave Tens of Millions to Republicans
Groups tied to fmr Trump aide Stephen Miller, FL Gov. Ron DeSantis
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/elon-musk-political-donations-stephen-miller-desantis-39464294
unpaywalled: https://archive.fo/iiUj7

Musk Funds Anti-Immigrant Mastermind Stephen Miller
Spent millions to back anti-immigrant/anti-transgender initiatives

#ElonMusk #GOP #Trump #AmericaPAC #EnablingFascism #FarRight
#disinformation #transphobia #xenophobia #ConspiracyTheories
#billionaires #capitalism #WealthTax #plutocracy #meritocracy #oligarchy #hatred

Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas
https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-texas-christian-nationalism-dominionism-elections-voting

State capture: Oil tycoons Tim Dunn, Farris Wilks pushed TX statehouse to far right
* fund relentless primary campaigns v. other Republicans

Christian Nationalism: TX statehouse policies threaten separation of church/state

Trumpism: Dunn linked to think tanks jockeying to influence 2nd Trump administration

Misinformation superspreaders: Elon Musk personally boosting conspiracy theorists on X
Regularly interacts w. 4/5 top accounts to amplify/create baseless conspiracy theories
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/27/misinformation-superspreaders-elon-musk-is-personally-boosting-conspiracy-theorists-on-x

Elon Musk’s America PAC Helping Republican reelections
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113211425449733053

The Federalist Society Won Its 40-Year War on Affirmative Action
Opinions killing affirmative action written by 6 justices tied to Federalist Society
https://truthout.org/articles/the-federalist-society-just-won-its-40-year-war-on-affirmative-action/

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110583318041053574
Leonard Leo’s SCOTUS-FedSoc Sponsor Family Program
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/leonard-leos-scotus-fedsoc-sponsor-family-program

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110554851724389655
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110583336756977728

Election misinformation going viral on Facebook while Zuckerberg makes amends w. GOP
Viral false claim: "wasn’t anything happening to stop it" said election official
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/26/misinformation-is-going-viral-on-facebook-while-zuckerberg-makes-amends-with-the

Meta's misinformation problem has local election officials struggling
Across U.S. state & local officials puzzled by what to expect f. Facebook
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/meta-misinformation-problem-local-election-officials-worried-rcna172842

Mark Zuckerberg's Politics Have Changed
Billionaire making nice w. Trump, scaling back giving
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/mark-zuckerberg-isnt-done-with-politics-his-politics-have-just-changed

* no such thing as an apolitical oligarch
* Zuckerberg considers himself libertarian
* talked to Trump 2x this summer

Zuckerberg Done w. Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/technology/mark-zuckerberg-trump-politics.html

Meta hires DeSantis/ex–Project 2025 employee
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113030409062476634

How Trump & Vance's tour of dude influencers might help them win
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/g-s1-23911/how-trump-and-vances-tour-of-dude-influencers-might-help-them-win

#Trump #Trump2 #GOP #MAGA #authoritarianism #GOP
#EnablingFascism
#HeritageFoundation #Project2025
#billionaires #ElonMusk #AmericaPAC
#influencers #LoganPaul #JoeRogan #UFC #DanaWhite #KidRock
#SCOTUS #JohnRoberts #SamAlito #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
#misogyny #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #HandmaidsTale #theocracy #ChristianRight
#antiLGBT #transphobia #CultureWars #FRC #FamilyResearchCouncil

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“Facts don’t care about your feelings, you’ve heard this, okay. No, it’s completely backward. I think it’s completely wrong. It is the inverse, your feelings actually don’t care about facts,” said keynote speaker Chris Rufo in his opening remarks.

Trump’s Unhinged Threat to U.S. Cities Should Terrify You
Threatens use of federal forces to invade sanctuary cities
https://newrepublic.com/post/186268/donald-trump-threat-sanctuary-cities-law-enforcement

“Today I am announcing a new plan to end all sanctuary cities in North Carolina, & all across our country”
“As soon as I take office, we will immediately surge federal law enforcement to every city that is failing ..."

Film “Homegrown” Embeds w. Proud Boys/Trump Supporters Before/During/After Insurrection
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/9/20/michael_premo_homegrown_documentary

* Trump dodges question dur. debate w. Kamala Harris about his 2021-Jan-06 action
* refused to ack. 2020 loss
* director of Homegrown embeds w. 3 Trump supporters
* pre-2020 election; January 6 insurrection
* far-right Proud Boys
* warns radicalized Trump supporters cont. to threaten election violence/upheaval

#Trump GOP #insurrection #ProudBoys #extremists #EnablingFascism #FarRight

Quelle surprise! ️

Trump supports scandal-plagued Mark Robinson
https://newrepublic.com/post/186223/donald-trump-mark-robinson-scandal-decision

* self-described “Black Nazi!” Robinson hasn’t done enough to alienate Trump
* Robinson running for governor of N.C.
* wrote on porn website about wanting to own slaves, peeping in women’s locker rooms, enjoying transgender porn

"I didn't know that porn sites had comments": Anderson Cooper weighs in on Mark Robinson scandal
Cooper noted he was "fascinated" by Robinson's taste, which included trans content despite his anti-trans rhetoric
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/20/i-didnt-know-that-porn-sites-had-comments-cooper-weighs-in-on-robinson-scandal

* Robinson, who pushes anti-trans rhetoric, enjoys watching porn with trans actors

Why “Black Nazi” Mark Robinson Fits With Modern GOP
Republicans might disavow Mark Robinson now, but they elevated him knowing his extremism
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mark-robinson-north-carolina-gop
nonpaywalled: https://archive.fo/p3zSk

* ... private pornography message boards Robinson often made shocking statements expressing sympathy for racism and white supremacy ...

Also: [thread] Elon Musk: anti-Semitism
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111013789254186238

Elon Musk Flirts w. Fake AOC Twitter Account
https://newrepublic.com/post/173086/elon-musk-flirting-fake-aoc-twitter-account

N.C. gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson called himself “Black Nazi” on porn forums
Peeping past, transgender porn preference

* pro-slavery comments, porn website
* wished he could own slaves
* sexually explicit/fascist comments
* trans fetish
* repeatedly quotes Hitler

Robinson's disturbing comments on porn forum
https://19thnews.org/2024/09/mark-robinson-north-carolina-scrutiny-disturbing-comments

White Nationalist Website VDARE Suspends Operations
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/09/18/white-nationalist-website-vdare-suspends-operations-amid-legal-scrutiny

* ties to former White House aides
* shaped Trump admin. harsh immigration policies
* grew throughout Trump administration
* revenue 2018: $700K --> 2019: $4.3M+
* $1.5M donation f. right-wing funding vehicle DonorsTrust

Russia behind viral video that falsely claimed Kamala Harris was involved in hit-and-run
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/18/was-behind-a-viral-video-that-falsely-claimed-kamala-harris-was-involved-in-a-hit-and-run

* Russian propagandists pepper internet w. videos purporting fictitious/outlandish stories that rack up millions of views
* Russian-produced video, 7 million views on X, claimed Harris left a girl paralyzed

JD Vance Explains Trump’s Plan to Essentially Dismantle Obamacare
Critics noted that Trump’s plan would re-allow insurance companies to deny care based on preexisting conditions
https://truthout.org/articles/vance-explains-trumps-concept-of-a-plan-is-to-essentially-dismantle-obamacare

* insurance companies could bar care based on preexisting conditions