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Elon Musk's 'Absolutely Insane' $276 Million Midterm Spending Exposed in New Report | Common Dreams
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supersquirrel lemmy.ca supersquirrel@lemmy.ca
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Carrots quokk.au Carrots@quokk.au
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mushroommunk lemmy.today mushroommunk@lemmy.today
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AIPAC spent $60 million to lose their primary candidate against Abdul El-Sayed. Spending =/= winning

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Carrots quokk.au Carrots@quokk.au
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AIPAC spent $60 million to lose their primary candidate against Abdul El-Sayed. Spending =/= winning
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BigMacHole thelemmy.club BigMacHole@thelemmy.club
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I HATE Billionaires SO MUCH! Which is why I'm going to Vote for the Person that the RICHEST PERSON ON EARTH funded!

-LITERALLY Republicans!

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Sailor Anarres lemmy.dbzer0.com theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Completely expected abolish capitalism today.

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frustrated_phagocytosis fedia.io frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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Notice that his house didn't get raided this morning despite known violations before becoming a citizen

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natebluehooves pawb.social natebluehooves@pawb.social
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you are engaging in bad faith from a new account. stop sealioning, sockpuppet.

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santa sh.itjust.works santa@sh.itjust.works
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Elon Musk's 'Absolutely Insane' $276 Million Midterm Spending Exposed in New Report | Common Dreams

Fixed headline

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Carrots quokk.au Carrots@quokk.au
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you are engaging in bad faith from a new account. stop sealioning, sockpuppet.
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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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Tell us why you think otherwise, sealion

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AGM lemmy.ca AGM@lemmy.ca
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That's just 0.0276% of a $1T net worth.

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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
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Notice that his house didn't get raided this morning despite known violations before becoming a citizen

Because Americans are cowards.

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artyom piefed.social artyom@piefed.social
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I HATE Billionaires SO MUCH! Which is why I'm going to Vote for the Person that the RICHEST PERSON ON EARTH funded! -LITERALLY Republicans!

When have Republicans ever said they hated billionaires? They worship them.

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QueenHawlSera piefed.social QueenHawlSera@piefed.social
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When have Republicans ever said they hated billionaires? They worship them.

They believe billionaires "work hard" and that their success has "nothing to do with the poor's poverty" and that they are "why you don't have it worse ackshaully"

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artyom piefed.social artyom@piefed.social
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They believe billionaires "work hard" and that their success has "nothing to do with the poor's poverty" and that they are "why you don't have it worse ackshaully"

100%. They believe they got rich through hard work and providing jobs and building businesses and totally not by nepotism, scamming others, and buying up competition.

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athatet lemmy.zip athatet@lemmy.zip
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That isn’t even what being a snowflake means. Grow up.

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traxex lemmy.dbzer0.com traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Because Americans are cowards.

What the hell am I supposed to do? Raid his house? How would that even work?

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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
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What the hell am I supposed to do? Raid his house? How would that even work?

ICE & cops are showing you how to politically act, and you're asking me how political liberation works?

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Carrots quokk.au Carrots@quokk.au
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That isn’t even what being a snowflake means. Grow up.
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Neverclear lemmy.dbzer0.com Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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They believe billionaires "work hard" and that their success has "nothing to do with the poor's poverty" and that they are "why you don't have it worse ackshaully"

"you're not a bad person because you're poor, you're poor because you're a bad person"

a.k.a. the fundamental attribution fallacy

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athatet lemmy.zip athatet@lemmy.zip
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I don’t have to tell you shit. Read a book.

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Carrots quokk.au Carrots@quokk.au
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I don’t have to tell you shit. Read a book.
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athatet lemmy.zip athatet@lemmy.zip
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Honestly? It’s going to be Fight Club. That’s where the term comes from.

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Carrots quokk.au Carrots@quokk.au
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Honestly? It’s going to be Fight Club. That’s where the term comes from.
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athatet lemmy.zip athatet@lemmy.zip
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It’s not.

I will be.

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QueenHawlSera piefed.social QueenHawlSera@piefed.social
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"you're not a bad person because you're poor, you're poor because you're a bad person" a.k.a. the fundamental attribution fallacy

Prosperity Gospel

Another one of the ways Religion has ruined mankind

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traxex lemmy.dbzer0.com traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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ICE & cops are showing you how to politically act, and you're asking me how political liberation works?

Say it.

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∃∀λ programming.dev eah@programming.dev
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https://influence.citationneeded.news/2026/individuals/elon-musk

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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
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Say it.

Say how Americans are unwilling to militarily oppose Nazis? Sure.

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Doomsider lemmy.world Doomsider@lemmy.world
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Say it.

It!?

I will show myself out

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Doomsider lemmy.world Doomsider@lemmy.world
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Buying more favors from the government. Shutting down all investigations into his fraud wasn't enough I guess. Probably wants that sweet AI teacher contract for all US students.

Coming soon to a school near you. Grok Super Intelligent Teacher! With Fabulous lessons plans like "Was the Holocaust even real?"

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SabinStargem lemmy.today SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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Imagine if that money went towards helping people, instead of promoting hate, stupidity, and greed.

Billionaires and millionaires shouldn't exist.

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traxex lemmy.dbzer0.com traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Say how Americans are unwilling to militarily oppose Nazis? Sure.

Ah so you are just a tough guy larper then who talks big game when it's in comments. Good luck with that buddy.

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𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁 lemmy.ml TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml
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This man is so absurdly rich that proportionally, if he had 1 million dollars, all of that election money would just be about 300 dollards spent.

Shows how $276M is nothing compared to $1T. And yet $276M is still a fantastical amount of money, to be poured on midterms.

No one should ever have the right to hold so much wealth on their hand.

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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
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Ah so you are just a tough guy larper then who talks big game when it's in comments. Good luck with that buddy.

Ah, you're a 9月 account that doesn't know what instance you picked. Hey ignorant fool, how's your political studies coming along?

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fyzzlefry retrolemmy.com fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com
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Imagine if that money went towards helping people, instead of promoting hate, stupidity, and greed. Billionaires and millionaires shouldn't exist.

I'm technically a millionaire and i'm two paychecks from being fucked. My house is half and retirement is closing up most of the rest. If the market crashes i'm also fucked. I don't bang kids.

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WizardOfFrobozz lemmy.ca WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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Ah so you are just a tough guy larper then who talks big game when it's in comments. Good luck with that buddy.

You guys all really do just read from the same script, don't you?

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WizardOfFrobozz lemmy.ca WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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ICE & cops are showing you how to politically act, and you're asking me how political liberation works?

You're talking to Americans here. They don't give a shit.

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WizardOfFrobozz lemmy.ca WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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What the hell am I supposed to do? Raid his house? How would that even work?

Dressing up your cowardice as helplessness is a pretty fuckin' tired look.

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WizardOfFrobozz lemmy.ca WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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Because Americans are cowards.

To the last individual.

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Abrinoxus lemmy.today Abrinoxus@lemmy.today
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Its expensive being an oligarch

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SabinStargem lemmy.today SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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I'm technically a millionaire and i'm two paychecks from being fucked. My house is half and retirement is closing up most of the rest. If the market crashes i'm also fucked. I don't bang kids.

While I don't doubt you work hard, I think having a big income disparity between the low and middle classes is still bad. Both of them suffer from inflated prices, it is just that the low incomer folk can't navigate their fiscal hellscape with any safety. Middle class people still have to pay through the nostrils for what they want.

By shortening the gap - say a $20,000 income for the low-income earner and $60,000 for middle class, the prices would be less painful for both of them.

By imposing floors and ceilings on income, with absolute caps on wealth and assets, the price band for goods and services could be narrowed into something more manageable. Both for individuals, and society in general.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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he said he would spend this amount.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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This man is so absurdly rich that proportionally, if he had 1 million dollars, all of that election money would just be about 300 dollards spent. Shows how $276M is nothing compared to $1T. And yet $276M is still a fantastical amount of money, to be poured on midterms. No one should ever have the right to hold so much wealth on their hand.

its not even 1bn, he can easily spend that on all the conservative governments of many country.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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I'm technically a millionaire and i'm two paychecks from being fucked. My house is half and retirement is closing up most of the rest. If the market crashes i'm also fucked. I don't bang kids.

many millionaire at least build up that wealth. but its the 10-100+millionaires, and billionaires that are born with a silver spoon. of course theres also people that are close or under the poverty line that needs the most boost.

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rbos lemmy.ca rbos@lemmy.ca
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"you're not a bad person because you're poor, you're poor because you're a bad person" a.k.a. the fundamental attribution fallacy

Also, Calvinism

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traxex lemmy.dbzer0.com traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Ah, you're a 9月 account that doesn't know what instance you picked. Hey ignorant fool, how's your political studies coming along?

Why does it matter how old my account is? I know what instance I picked. You are just too pussy to say what you mean because it's so much easier to throw insults from across the pond instead of actually doing anything about it. You aren't realistic and you are weak. Get a grip on reality, go outside, and do something that actually matters.

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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
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Why does it matter how old my account is? I know what instance I picked. You are just too pussy to say what you mean because it's so much easier to throw insults from across the pond instead of actually doing anything about it. You aren't realistic and you are weak. Get a grip on reality, go outside, and do something that actually matters.

it’s so much easier to throw insults from across the pond instead of actually doing anything about it. You aren’t realistic and you are weak. Get a grip on reality, go outside, and do something that actually matters.

You never answered my question.

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traxex lemmy.dbzer0.com traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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it’s so much easier to throw insults from across the pond instead of actually doing anything about it. You aren’t realistic and you are weak. Get a grip on reality, go outside, and do something that actually matters. You never answered my question.

And people wonder why nobody takes leftism seriously. Cause you are a fucking joke and make it harder for the rest of us. Have fun reading and larping online, kiddo. "Its never my fault, everyone else is the one who is wrong!" head ass.

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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
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And people wonder why nobody takes leftism seriously. Cause you are a fucking joke and make it harder for the rest of us. Have fun reading and larping online, kiddo. "Its never my fault, everyone else is the one who is wrong!" head ass.

Say it.

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