Election interference

The lizard people are teaming up.

Elon Musk’s X social media platform has reportedly worked with Donald Trump’s campaign to censor material that could be harmful to the former president’s White House chances as part of a pattern of election interference that is unprecedented in U.S. history. According to The New York Times, Trump told one associate that Musk was pumping $500 million into his campaign. The two men are said to speak “multiple times a week.”

The Times reported that the Trump campaign “connected with X” to prevent the spread of hacked information supposedly from a dossier drawn up by GOP staffers tasked with vetting running mate JD Vance. X, formerly known as Twitter, then suspended the account of the journalist who posted the leak and blocked links to the material, said two people quoted as having knowledge of the situation.

The tech billionaire’s “frenzied engagement” in the race is said by the Times to reflect his determination to help secure a Trump victory. His millions are being funneled through a Super PAC and he has set up a team of top advisors at a war room in Pittsburgh. According to federal records, America PAC has so far spent $80 million boosting the Trump campaign, much of it going towards voter canvassing programs.

“I’m not sure there is a precedent in modern history to how Musk has inserted himself into the presidential race,” historian Benjamin Soskis told the Times.

They should just rename it the Bad Men Party.

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4 responses to “Election interference”

  1. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    …Trump told one associate that Musk was pumping $500 million into his campaign.

    Why settle for a social media company when you can take over an entire country?

    The two men are said to speak “multiple times a week.”

    And what about the inevitable falling out? Two egos this massive can’t coexist peacefully for long. I don’t think either of them fully grasps the concept of “mutual benefit.” Each is using the other, but each wants to come out ahead or on top. If Trump actually wins the election, they’ll end up disagreeing about something, even if it’s over who gets the most ice cream after supper. Then they’ll hate each other. There can only be one “winner.”

  2. Ophelia Benson Avatar

    Yeah but if Trump wins who cares if they fall out?

    We’re so doomed.

  3. Steven Avatar

    The lizard people are teaming up.

    Back when the uhhhh…. 2016 Republican demolition derby presidential primary campaign was underway, Stephen Colbert glossed the field of candidates as consisting

    entirely of mammals, except for Ted Cruz, who might be a space lizard in a human suit.

    (Approximate quotation; I can find neither the clip nor a transcript on the Googles.)

  4. Tim Harris Avatar

    So much for the mantra about ’free speech’ that Musk & his sycophantic, self-pitying followers constantly rehearse.