Elon MUSK - HEAD OF

Just looked it up. Bluesky now boasts over 14.5 million users, compared to competitors like Meta-owned Threads (which has 275 million users) and X, formerly Twitter (which has over 318 million users).

There is no such thing as user loyalty to social media channels though, is there? People go wherever best suits them, and they drop the ones that don’t. It’s constantly evolving, and when one platform loses its appeal it either has to change, accept a minority rather than universal role, or die.

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RosiesMaw2

I’m not sure what the difference is between Elon Musk and Lord Alli, he of the Downing Street pass.
Lord Alli has donated thousands to various Labour politicians over the years. He gave both Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall £26,500 towards their party leadership bids in 2015 and £10,000 to Owen Smith the following year.
He became Sir Keir Starmer's chief campaign fundraiser in 2022 but has given him more than £39,000 in gifts since the previous general election in 2019.
Sky News' Westminster Accounts revealed the peer has donated almost £19,000 in luxury workwear and glasses to the prime minister and his wife so far this year.
He spent a similar sum on accommodation and other "private office costs" for him during the election campaign, accounts show.
According to the register of MPs' interest, Lord Alli has given £14,000 to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson for "work events".
He also let deputy leader Angela Rayner stay at his New York home for New Year's Eve and gave her £2,230 in donations for clothes.

But does Lord Alli own and control one of the biggest social media platforms in the world ? And did he offer people financial incentives to vote for Labour?

Patsy70

*Bea65*. Maybe this thread should read ‘Elon MUSK - HEAD OFF’? Time will tell.

Maybe OFF … the interview on SKY with BIDEN sitting down with TRUMP earlier today was a knife edge moment.. the most uncomfortable positioning of both speaks a thousand words!

Do you mean like the lies that Biden was ok, or that a rapist is a woman, or do you mean the lies you dont like. The left I am afraid have very little room left to complain about lies.
X is fine, it is like much social media some good some bad.
I like that it doesnt censor feminists anymore.

Two dreadful men together - what could possibly go wrong????

M0nica

if America wants to go to hell in hand cart. let it. Trump has been elctedas President by a majority of voters - which is more than we can say for our current govenrment - or sevral of its predecessors.

All this shock, horror, Armegeddon beckons responses, when worthy right thinking people see any country, including their own, elect a party or policy they do not agree with is grossly overplayed.

Democracy is about people voting for what they believe in and want, and, if you do not agree, you just have to accept thatathe majority do not share your views.

Too often I get the impression that some people only believe in democracy when it is electing a government they agree with.

Ain’t that the truth!

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We don’t know how Elon Musk will perform, maybe it’s a bit of a non job he’s been given, or maybe DT is just rewarding him for the 100 million that was spent on the campaign trail.
EM appears to be super excited by it all anyway.

I think it is a bit of a non job to be honest but I dont pretend to have that much understanding of Trumps way of running things!

It will be interesting to see how the Trump and Musk egos get along.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

“The President-elect has shut himself away at Mar-a-Lago to go through candidates’ profiles, and absolute loyalty is a prerequisite”

Good for Trump. No ‘Blob’ is going to hold him back from what he wants to achieve this time round. He’s had a term in office and no doubt learnt how to navigate better. He was voted in by a majority (sorry all you on here who don’t like him but hey that’s democracy) and they look to him now to Put America First. I quite envy them to be honest having such a patriot in charge of legislation. We here can only dream of such huge ambition and statesmanship being offered to us.

Is it democratic for an unelected person like Musk to be given so much power in the the most powerful country in the world
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Parsley3

It will be interesting to see how the Trump and Musk egos get along.

And how this will play out with the rest of the team, as neither of them are team players.

RosiesMaw2

I’m not sure what the difference is between Elon Musk and Lord Alli, he of the Downing Street pass.
Lord Alli has donated thousands to various Labour politicians over the years. He gave both Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall £26,500 towards their party leadership bids in 2015 and £10,000 to Owen Smith the following year.
He became Sir Keir Starmer's chief campaign fundraiser in 2022 but has given him more than £39,000 in gifts since the previous general election in 2019.
Sky News' Westminster Accounts revealed the peer has donated almost £19,000 in luxury workwear and glasses to the prime minister and his wife so far this year.
He spent a similar sum on accommodation and other "private office costs" for him during the election campaign, accounts show.
According to the register of MPs' interest, Lord Alli has given £14,000 to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson for "work events".
He also let deputy leader Angela Rayner stay at his New York home for New Year's Eve and gave her £2,230 in donations for clothes.

This.

“Elon Musk donated roughly $75m over the last three months to America Pac, the political action committee he founded that is supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, as he seeks to gain an outsized influence in Republican politics and a possible second Trump administration.

Filings submitted by America Pac on Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission showed Musk donated $15m in July, $30m in August and another $30m in September. Musk remains the political action committee’s only donor.

America Pac has quietly become the principal ground game partner for the Trump campaign, doing the bulk of the voter turnout work across the battleground states, according to people familiar with the matter.

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America Pac’s presence of roughly 400 canvassers per state dwarfs that of the Trump campaign itself, as well as other groups involved in voter turnout. It is also the only group with ambitions to complete three “passes” of target voters before the November election.

If Trump wins on account of America Pac’s field operation, it could give Musk increased leverage over him. Trump has already floated the idea of having Musk in his cabinet in a second term”

Musk gave $115.000.000 and has enjoyed free passes to Mar-a-Lago as well as using his social platform to spread allegations during the Election that have subsequently been fact checked and false, this includes manufactured AI images.

Secondly, the main point, he has de facto bought an actual top level political position in the government.

Precisely…

And Musk made a fortune out of the election result. None of which he seems to be passing on to the poor and needy.

(the amount I gave includes other gifts from Musk to the campaign)

The position Trump's given Musk is incredibly significant to Musk's businesses as some of the government departments he's now able to "streamline", inspect/regulate Musk's business operations. He's suggested he can cut the public service budget by two thirds that's $2trillion, and having control over these departments means he'll be policing his own companies, and it's not X that's the concern here. Think AI.
He has ultimate wealth, he wants ultimate power. He wants to be President.

But he isn’t allowed to be president. So has he created a puppet president?

Thinking that Elon Musk is set on being President. Wouldn’t be surprised as anything can happen in America or so it seems.

It seems to be what the American people want. Money talks.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Just looked it up. Bluesky now boasts over 14.5 million users, compared to competitors like Meta-owned Threads (which has 275 million users) and X, formerly Twitter (which has over 318 million users).

Hi, please stay on X or Truth Social. Leave BlueSky for the scientists and the climate experts and the more progressive political commentators. We're currently only 15.5 million users but it's quality users and no bots and no algorithm pushing any political view, You would hate it.