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Musk floods X with spending bill misinformation
- gnabgib 2y agoDupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42466048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42466048
- tartoran 2y ago"Congress had a spending deal ready, but Donald Trump and Elon Musk pressured Republicans to reject it." https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cp31q1npwppt https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cp31q1npwppt
- peutetre 2y agoTotal nihilism from oligarchs is how Russia operates. America doesn't need that but it does seem the direction America's determined to go.
- TrackerFF 2y agoLooks like president-elect Musk is busy at work.
- jfengel 2y agoIt's like a cartoon villain. It's so absurd that you assume it can't be as bad as it is.
- cmurf 2y agoNot a cartoon. He has manipulated the situation with the skill of a Romulan. We're on the road to a Principate. (Trump being a viceroy, and Musk being the emperor.) Perhaps counterintuitively Musk maybe should be made Speaker of the House. Give him an official role with specific power, responsibility and duties. Ambition to counter ambition. And not some nebulous creature who acts as shadow POTUS and shadow emperor.