“For Ukraine, this means the war must be fought on the assumption that the United States is now an adversary”. A very concise and clear headed analysis of trump’s manoeuvres against Ukraine.
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116 of the story’s 152 posts, best first: each person’s best post, then their other posts. We leave out exact copies and posts from people whose settings keep them off pages like this one. Page 1 of 3. The title is the name people mention most, or the opening line of the best post.
Krugman's post on this is worth reading. The point generalises (including for European governments) paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
2016... UK #CambridgeAnalytica data thefts used by #LeaveEU to sway voters... 2018 USA...personal information of millions of Facebook users was made available to a political lobbying group without users' consent. 2026 USA #Meta gets $25billion fine tinyurl.com/346vx7x8 @ukgovernment.bsky.social ???
The U.S. side claims the SpaceX restrictions have been lifted, U.S. sources indicate Trump called Musk and the decision was taken, clearly suggesting Trump is in charge. But facts on the ground in Ukraine say otherwise, see below. This unreliability and lack of accountability is unacceptable.
“rather than seek to educate Facebook’s users… Zuckerberg chose instead to capitalize on that lack of understanding in order to manipulate users into sharing more of their personal information publicly.” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Meta shuts down "No Kings" account during major anti-Trump protest ...and no, it wasn't just by accident: open.substack.com/pub/populari...
By saying ‘he put it back’ Trump’s admitting that Musk took down Starshield in the first place. So either a trillionaire private citizen can now decide the future of an entire European country or Trump is lying about having ordered Musk to do it in order to aid Russia.
Musk wealth is from long term government contracts and owning too much technology. It's similar to John D Rockefeller owning too much oil production and oil transportation at the same time over a century ago. That's what led to his holdings being split into different companies to create competition.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-22... From the blame game between trump & musk over who is responsible for cutting off Ukraine from Starlink/Starshield, the insanity worsens by Hegseth’s attempt to appropriate Eisenhower’s globe, destroying it in the move to Hegseth’s office.
So FEMA says states should be prepared to pay for their own disasters. Then the states should withhold federal taxes to pay for them. It's like paying insurance then having your claim denied. States should just "self-insure"
Never trust Trump Administration. Never trust Trump. Never trust Pete Hogsex. Never trust Elon Musk. It's Ukraine today. But imagine if we or Europe are in a war and Elon Musk decides to shut down our intelligence and ability to track incoming and outgoing missiles. Nationalize Starlink.
#ElonMusk has plenty to be worried about if #Democrats win the #Midterms, for he will be going to jail unless he escapes to Russia. #JudgeCote says federal government violated federal law giving Musk’s #DOGE illegal access to government data. fortune.com/2026/10/22/f...
NEW! These 2 war criminal @ssholes play hot potato over who's responsible for slowing down (& restoring) Starshield for Ukraine. fElon & Trump are BOTH RESPONSIBLE & have no business with this power over U.S. policy. 🧾 CNBC: Trump asked Musk to lift Starlink slowdown, WSJ reports t2m.co/0VYVq1L
President Trump called Elon Musk on Wednesday and asked him to lift restrictions on a military-grade version of Starlink in Ukraine that the SpaceX chief had throttled, U.S. officials said.
Kara Swisher became the target of Musk's ire after she appeared on The Bulwark and said she claimed to know "what's coming for him" should a "blue wave" victory grace Democrats come Nov. 3, the day of the midterm elections. www.the-express.com/news/politic...
Millionaires will become the new poors if they do not pick wisely The present poors servicing them will die out as a result of Republican policies spearheaded by the billionaires How does the middle class not see that we’re being culled like diseased livestock 11 days to #TheMidterms
Absolutely. And if this is applied to ALL oligarchs many problems are alleviated: separation of wealth, money in politics, environmental harm, wars, colonialism, oppression, fascism, ignorance, misinformation, corruption, and more.
The data centre industry talks a big game but these companies are so brittle in the face of community resistance. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
You remember all those fears that various Chinese companies are just an extension of their Government? Well Musk and Starlink and Vance appear to be demonstrating that US companies are very much just another arm of the US Government
#Trump says Musk's #Starshield system 'back' in #Ukraine Trump said that he did not want to comment on who called for capping Starshield for Ukraine, but that Musk had "put it back." #Europe #Musk #Politics #US I'll bet Joe Biden called on the capping of Starshield, while snoozing in his basement.
HBO holds the TV & streaming rights to Gibney’s “Musk,” so $1b must be the catch & kill fee.
Paul Krugman on taking Starlink away from Musk. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-time-t... #Musk #foreignpolicy #Ukraine
David Frum: "I don't believe that Musk turned off Starlink to Ukraine at his own sole initiative. I believe Trump is implicated up to his painted eyebrows. But if it should be true that Musk did it - then Starlink and Space X must be nationalized by the US government immediately"
But Rubio and Hegseth said Trump had nothing to do with anything and it would be inappropriate for the Admin to direct a private company to take any particular action - it's entirely up to the company under the terms of service. Don't tell me they've been caught lying, I can hardly believe it!
And she thinks this is helpful to her side??? The woman who lost the presidency in part because she didn’t get enough independents—and is a key leader in a party that badly needs independents in two weeks—thinks it’s a good idea to attack independents right now? www.foxnews.com/media/hillar...
Nice summary #PlanetAmerica "EU was dependent on Russian Gas, now they are dependent on Musk's Starlink" they need to be their own providers of critical infrastructure if they want to stop being caught with other people holding the power at the critical moments #auspol
The Weakling Bozo Fascist President pleads with the Fascist Mogul to ease Starlink restrictions and allow Ukrainian drone operators to defend their country against the Russian onslaught. Trump has ceded foreign policy to the maniac Musk. #OustMAGA #InvestigateMUSK www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
I guess both #Drump and #Musk were behind the restriction of #Starlink for #Ukraine, which is paid by US taxpayers, so if #Musk reduced the speed on his own, he violated the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the US government, and should those refund the US government.🤔 www.bbc.com/news/article...
really i think part of the issue with Twitter, the obvious stuff that's always pointed out aside, is how in certain cases its influence on smaller things (i.e fandom culture) tends to be pretty massive to the point it leaks onto other sites and sometimes into the actual real world.
The year that Elon Musk bought Twitter and we all started migrating to Mastodon and Bluesky I said that the true successor to Twitter still hadn’t been developed, and I stand by that assessment. We probably still don’t know what form that social media space will take yet.
The data centre stock market bubble. All it took was energy provider Jemena to pause power pole installation in West Footscray, Melbourne to trigger a $3B downgrade to NEXTDC. #auspol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Elon Musk was the person who restricted Starlink for Ukraine. After a week of letting people die Trump finally ordered him to restore it.
What was great about old Twitter was that there was only one of it and everyone was on it and it was incredibly easy to keep track of everyone. Now people I like are spread out over three separate similar apps and it sucks.
Strategic studies scholar Phillips P. O’Brien wasn’t buying that explanation, posting that it is evident “the White House is desperately trying to make [Musk] the fall guy for what is happening to Ukraine.” He continued: “If Trump wanted to
Very effective move for Zelenskyy to make his case, and more importantly, to show himself, his character, on Steven's platform. The contrast btwn Zelenskyy and Trump is stark. Jarring. More people need to see this. We are led by a Manchurian. If you don't get that reference: our POTUS is a mole.
'Such decisions cannot, must not, be left up to private individuals. This would be true even if these individuals were patriots who supported democracy and American values. They definitely shouldn’t be left in the hands of this guy.' Confiscate #Starlink❓ Why not❓ #Blues #GTS 🔗 in alt
American Stalin when? - gulag the last two administrations - jobs garuntee to replace DEI - back the houthis and hezbollah - pull out of NATO - ask for our money back from Switzerland - manipulates Nazis - allow Putin to do his thing for a bit, overthrow him and reestablish the Soviet Union
Reading “The Nerd Reich,” by @gilduran.com and it dawned on me that in the world that Theil, Musk, etc., are working to create with trump’s help, there would be no place for trump in their society of intellectual elites. He’s nothing but a useful stooge in a place of power … temporarily.
Elon is many things, but he is not stupid...he wanted Twitter for the same reason he is doing this. Having control of the biggest microphone decides what information MILLIONS of people hear (especially in an era where people don't want to read news) They all own the means of propaganda
Why do #ElonMusk & #Trump side with #Putin? Are they afraid? For who are the employees of #Tesla & #SpaceX rootin’? Oh right—a soul for some pay. But doesn’t obscene sex-trafficking-wealth (swayed which-way by whatever its tootin’) rule over nation-state today? Why betray #Ukraine, what’s the play?
“National security decisions should be made in our national security interests, and not based on the personal whim of an unstable executive.” Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) said the Senate must put Elon Musk under oath.
Anyone or any country that has access should release the Epstein files in full, only REDACTING the victims (children who were sexually assaulted) and leaving the perpetrators UNREDACTED. Everyone needs to know the names of the scum.
We need to pass a federal wealth tax/exit tax. Either way--whether you stay in America or opt to leave--you have to pay. And the amount should be 95% if they decide to leave.
Blue Sky is better than Twitter in that you can get rid of Ruzzian bots, but there are still a lot of sex bots.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-time-t... Elon Musk cannot be allowed to decide who lives or who dies.
I know Blusky still isn't the best when it comes to equal representation in racial demographics, but it still perplexes me that the overwhelming majority of black social media users are still on Twitter, which is the website where the owner and all the promoted users call for mass race murder.
Flexing his muscles, slowdown Starlink, cancelling compatible with satellite rocket. What next for individual our government has enriched??? www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
This whole affair HIGHLIGHTS the UNNERVING FACT that we have allowed ONE PRIVATE, ERRATIC INDIVIDUAL to HIJACK AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY at his WHIM!!! thehill.com/homenews/adm...
America needs to tax the rich to the point where financing a party's electoral campaign is no longer profitable. Make sure that it will cost them more in the long term than they can ever save during a Republican presidency.
Judge: Federal government lawyers ‘barely defend’ giving Elon Musk’s DOGE illegal access to government data #DeportMuskToSouthAfrica and Nationalize all of his U.S. assets !! www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
