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Elon Musk Secretly Paid Stephen Miller for Years. - Frank Schaeffer (Original Post) MagaSmash Oct 7 OP
Eeeewwww Wild blueberry Oct 7 #1
Here Stephen, you do the things I'm too ashamed to do..... Blue Owl Oct 7 #2
Maybe it's not technically foreign money, but it sounds like foreign election interference to me Walleye Oct 7 #3
Disgusting. Both are racists without a soul. They are a match made in heaven. MLAA Oct 7 #4
Frank Schaeffer is right again. madaboutharry Oct 7 #5
are there any corroborating links for this? et tu Oct 7 #6
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Oct 7 #7
If there are still any readers... Cirsium Oct 7 #8
These people are Nazis on steroids... dchill Oct 7 #9

Walleye

(34,515 posts)
3. Maybe it's not technically foreign money, but it sounds like foreign election interference to me
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 11:56 AM
Oct 7

Elon does not believe in American ideals.

madaboutharry

(41,136 posts)
5. Frank Schaeffer is right again.
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 12:04 PM
Oct 7

He was so on point with his in all his comments, and especially about antisemitism and the far right.

Stephen Miller is a Shonda to the Jewish people.

Cirsium

(461 posts)
8. If there are still any readers...
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 02:45 PM
Oct 7

(For those who still read and who want to support journalism as opposed to social media)

Elon Musk Has Been Funding Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Mastermind

Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now, amid myriad X posts spreading far-right propaganda on immigrants, trans people, and, well, just about any other topic, it has become obvious where one of the richest men in the world stands.

This week, there was more proof that Musk has put his money where his mouth has been. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Musk poured tens of millions of dollars into Republican campaigns and conservative groups even before he publicly endorsed Donald Trump in July. Conservatives helped conceal Musk’s contributions through so-called social welfare or “dark money” groups that do not have to disclose their donors and can raise unlimited funds. (Musk did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment.)

One piece of reporting stood out. The newspaper found that the tech billionaire donated more than $50 million in 2022 for campaign advertisements by Citizens for Sanity, a group connected to former Trump aide Stephen Miller and his non-profit America First Legal, which bills itself as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/elon-musk-wsj-trump-stephen-miller-donations/

Elon Musk has been sending millions of dollars to GOP-aligned groups for years

Elon Musk was reportedly giving tens of millions of dollars to conservative political causes years before he made headlines this summer for creating a pro-Trump political action committee.

Beginning in 2022, the X billionaire funneled an estimated $60m to groups affiliated with former Trump adviser Stephen Miller and 2024 candidate and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter.

The donations came from a Musk-affiliated limited-liability company. They were sent to so-called “dark money” 501(c)(4) political groups, which don’t have to disclose their donors and can raise unlimited amounts of money from people and companies, per the paper.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-elon-musk-rally-gop-donation-b2624295.html

dchill

(40,003 posts)
9. These people are Nazis on steroids...
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 02:50 PM
Oct 7

...and crack. And with hundreds of billions of dollars to play with. White nationalist Christian Americans are neither Christians nor Americans.

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