General Politics XII World • Page 397

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

Opinion | The blurred line between X and the Trump administration

Turns out for the “Twitter Files” crew, “creeping authoritarianism” isn’t so creepy when it’s your team doing the creeping.

Before, we were told that White House officials’ merely reaching out to social media companies about election misinformation was a democracy-ending threat. Now, the world’s richest man has openly used his platform to boost one candidate, ridden that campaign’s success into the White House himself, and ... crickets. The silence is deafening.

There isn’t even a suggestion that Musk should have to divest from his ownership of X. No one expects that. There is no discussion of how Musk set up an entire account on his own platform for his own “Department of Government Efficiency” and gave it a “gray” check mark — denoting it as a verified government entity.

The silence or cheers from “Twitter Files” writers and boosters over this merging of private and public interests — which they deemed a threat to Western civilization, when it wasn’t even happening — is credibility-destroying. They were simply a convenient political cudgel, quickly abandoned as soon as an actual government-social media alliance benefited their side.

It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad.

 

Using ambulances as escorts is bizarre

 

aw dang nvm

 

I'd rather post like a machine gun

 

Literally zero chance, the ICC is a profoundly unserious organization

 

For just a moment there, the laugh was worth it.

 

machine gun hali jones

 

machine gun jelly roll

 

I have no idea who this person is. I am assuming she is fucking terrible, but can someone who knows Florida tell me if she is Matt Gaetz terrible...?

 

She’s bribable, very good trait

 

was this execution moved forward or pushed back...?

cuz I mean

 

I want people to know I am also bribable.

 

Good assumption but not Matt Gaetz terrible, no

 

The new love interest of actress Ana de Armas: Manuel Anido, stepson of the president of Cuba