Musk dined at Rupert Murdoch's apartment just before Election Day...

[Pluvious]

Like shocking to no one

In case we needed a reminder that our current political problems stem from billionaires using modern media to influence public opinion and corrupt democracies. Fox, Twitter, WSJ, NY Post, Tubi, Fox Nation …

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Billionaire oligarchs know that media gives them power.
Facebook, Zuckerberg, Anchutz, Uihlein, Koch, Sinclair, Singer, Adelson — Democrats have been far far FAR too slow to reckon with modern media. Republican oligarchs have been running circles around us for decades."

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Don Moynihan
‪@donmoyn.bsky.social‬

If you don't count family members, there are about 44 people on this list. I counted four women, all of whom work for Musk.

"The Men and Women Swirling Around Elon Musk"

A look at the people who influence the world’s richest man,
and those who stand to gain from their association with him now.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/23/business/elon-musk-trump-family-friends-backers.html

[delisen]

1. Two Immigrants, naturalized citizens, who are trashing our country and democracy

Can they be deported? Possibly. Musk reportedly used a student visa to gain entry, then never attended school but stayed anyway.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The billionaires are united in their theft of the US government.

It was like taking candy from a baby.
They own all three branches in January.