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BrikoX@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish ·
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'Elon Musk has killed the bill': Tech billionaire flexes newfound political muscle

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'Elon Musk has killed the bill': Tech billionaire flexes newfound political muscle

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The tech billionaire posted about the funding bill more than 100 times Wednesday, helping lead a charge that appears to have increased the likelihood of a shutdown.

The tech billionaire posted about the funding bill more than 100 times Wednesday, helping lead a charge that appears to have increased the likelihood of a shutdown.

Bill: https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOP
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    Say goodbye to lower drug prices among other things.

    • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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      Democracy is another one

      • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Yeah but just wait, Xmocracy will be amazing guys, way better, no censorship

        Also pls buy doge

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          VerifiedTM voters in good standing with accounts paid in full get double votes.

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    I misread the headline as “Elon Musk Killed” and I was so happy for a moment.

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      This is definitely a CEO that needs a visit from St. Luigi.

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        Sweet Mother, sweet Mother St Luigi, St Luigi
        Send your child unto me
        For the sins of the unworthy
        Must be baptized in blood and fear

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          Tell the Black Hand I’m stealing this.

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        Bruh the guy is going to jail. You need to call someone else.

        Mario? Wario? Waluigi?

        • TurtlePower@lemm.ee
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          But St. Luigi lives within us all…

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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      !RemindMe

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    This is insane. You know he’s just losing his mind over this new found power.

    It’d be a real shame if he got Luigied.

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      There’s no way, he’s too scared to risk walking around in public without security

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        Or his kid

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          He has offspring that still talk to him?

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            No he has offspring that he holds while walking around to dissuade would be luigi’s

            https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/elon-musks-adorable-moment-with-4-year-old-son-as-they-arrive-at-capitol-hill-goes-viral-only-one-ceo-would-do-this-647685.html

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              Ah. Still too young to know better.

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              Holy shit. Is this how we get batman?

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                I’ll be honest, I don’t know enough DC lore. Were Batman’s parents power hungry fascists who were handed money from their parents South African emerald mine when they were young?

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          As they said above

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          deleted by creator

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    Congratulations to President Musk and First Lady Trump for coming together during these trying times for LGBBQ couples to ruin as many lives as possible.

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    Lmao this timeline is so deeply fucking stupid

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    I am literally disgusted by this. I feel revulsion.

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    Wow, I am really proud of Musk’s presidential behavior on this. He’s really showing great leadership!

    (Tell your friends, it will piss off Trump if Elon gets more praise than him. Get this, we get the rich to eat each other!)

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      It’ll piss of First Lady Trump? Oh no, how awful.

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    So you create a crisis so you can ‘save the people’ and pay yourself on the back

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    Jeeze president musk is ruining things and he isn’t even in office yet

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    I’m glad Donald Trump and the Republicans can’t be Bought! That would be REAL SWAMPLIKE BEHAVIOUR if they could!

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    Umm, the title of this post and the title of the article and not the same:

    Elon Musk leads charge to kill spending bill meant to avert government shutdown

    What is this about “has killed”?

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      That was the original title under which the article was published. They later changed it.

      • Pyr
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        I hate it when websites do that. They should be required to state that an article was edited after posting and then provided a link to the original.

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          maybe musk can make that a law. I don’t see how it could go wrong.

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