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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

The best part about this is that unlike a lot of the other illegal shit his PACs are doing, Musk can't separate himself from it and say he wasn't personally involved. He personally handed out the giant check.

If Harris wins, and if her administration actually decides to crack down on this shit, Musk could end up behind bars. I'm not holding my breath, but it's a still a pleasant thought.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Donald Trump, such a great candidate that you have to pay people and offer them cash prizes to get them to vote for him...

That's the message here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

... shall be fined not more than $10,000 ...

Pocket change.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Make him pay it for each entrant. It’s probably still pocket change because a hundred billion dollars (or whatever it is now) is effectively infinite money.

Sometimes the depth of the hole we’ve dug ourselves is just astounding.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

So something is going to happen to him right? RIGHT?!?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The Supreme Court: “This is fine as long as it remains Republicans only…”

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Elon Musk and promising people money you'll never actually pay out. Name a more iconic duo

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Merrick Garland & fecklessness?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hate that I'm writing something that defends Garland a bit but arresting Musk two weeks before the election could be a huge backfire.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Musk isn't running.... You can't give famous or wealthy supporters legal immunity just because they're famous and wealthy and vocally support one side or the other.

...so yes, you should hate yourself for trying to make that defacto case.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

First time in American is it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What a Bunch of nonsense. You'd rather have a hissy fit and turn thenarrative into charging the world's wealthiest man, thus supporting Trump's weaponization of DOJ rhetoric than wait for a couple of weeks. Guess you were never spanked as a child.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

maybe they weren't, since not spanking children leads to better outcomes for them. Emotionally and cognitively.

Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3447048/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You watch something blatantly illegal and not even in a moral grey area going on and your take away is that stopping it would be wrong?

What are your values?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My takeaway is doing something about it before the election is probably a mistake. It has to do with reality, not values.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

The news source of this post could not be identified. Please check the source yourself. Media Bias Fact Check | bot support

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