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[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 158 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And Musk knew this and gave him a quarter billion smackers to become president.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He'll just claim he only just discovered it in the DOGE files.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Which is also harder because... that's admitting that dodge is sifting through classified data that they are very far from authorized to have.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And it'd be breaking the law by revealing the info itself.

He would have had to found out via some other means that didn't involve access to classified information.

Edit: what if he sues for Libel forcing Elon to show proof and the proof elon has is from classified info hah.

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[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 99 points 10 months ago (3 children)

So you're admitting that you support(ed) a pedo?

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well at least in elon's case the s*** didn't fall far from the horse's ass. His father was a grooming pedophile as well.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

An incest pedo at that

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can say "shit" on this website, buddy. It's okay to use creative language

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I often do. However the google a speech to text itself is shit and automatically censors all that, and i've yet to find a way to disable it. So one will always slip through now and again without getting fixed.

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He brought his young child to the office of a guy he knows is a pedo.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That wasn't a young child. That was his meat shield.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Musk is absolutely also a pedo. His projection many years ago with that rescue worker was insane.

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 52 points 10 months ago

duh.. they were like best friends for 15 years when they lived right beside each other in Miami, he met his bloody child wife Melanomia through Maxwell at an Epstein party ffs.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

First of all: zero surprise.

Second of all:

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[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I see two possibilities:

  1. Musk finally realized that the main buyers for EVs are more left than right, and is now trying to rescue TSLA from collapse.

  2. He’s a drug-addled raging narcissist with poor impulse control and worse judgment who loves being in the headlines.

It’s actually kind of hard to apply Occam’s Razor here.

Edit: Another possibility is that Elmo learned that Trump’s people leaked (heheh) the ketamine bladder damage story to the NYT.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's no reason both can't be true.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I mean, 2 is for sure true, but 1 may or may not be in the mix at this point.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He's not coming back from the Nazi salute thing. I guess in the US there's limited options for electric cars, but in Europe and Australia BYD is eating Tesla's lunch.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago

I agree. I mean it's a pretty consistent 90 degree nosedive for him and has been for a while lol

Love to see it.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think 1 would be more accurately phrased that the shareholders have told him that in no uncertain terms.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I'm sure that has happened at some point.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 10 months ago

What was his next big reveal? That he's not 6' 3" and weighs more than 215 lbs?

[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 25 points 10 months ago

But they're both Drake.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 23 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Don't put Kendrick's name anywhere near these fools.

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[–] JoshuaBrusque@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago
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[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

That would be in line with what we already know.

https://youtu.be/Jpstc9r_esA

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Lawsuit.pdf

COMPLAINT FOR RAPE, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTS, SEXUAL ABUSE, FORCIBLE TOUCHING, ASSAULT, BATTERY, INTENTIONAL AND RECKLESS INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, DURESS, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND DEFAMATION

Plaintiff Jane Doe, proceeding under a pseudonym, brings this action against Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein, and alleges that...

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Somehow I don't think the people who voted for a felon rapist traitor conman are going to care if he fucked some kids.

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[–] Jolly_Platypus@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

...and in other news...

DUH.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I thought the Musk-Trump feud was political theatre but this sounds like it has actual venom in the words.
Maybe the honeymoon is really over

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hm. Well, before Musk said this, I 110% believed for certain that Trump was in the Epstein files. Now that he's the one who's saying it, I'm...not so sure.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

/s, but seriously, this guy lies a lot.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is all distraction, while the shitballs in Congress pass the Big Beautiful Bill, which is engineered to destroy what's left of society.

Americans love them a shiny object.

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

These guys deserve each other.

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Can’t wait till trump hits back with blacked out files showing only Elon’s name

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago

oh, I thought musk would be in the epstein file too. I thought it was mutually assure destruction. 🤔

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

I don't like that Musk is the one 'revealing' this news. It seems like MAGAs opinion has soured enough that he could easily be considered just another part of the 'woke media empire'.

I hope I'm wrong, but this seems like it could be used to fuel misinformation quite easily.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Musk needs to fuck off forever.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

We know. This isn’t new or news. They were friends. There’s a trump quote about Epstein liking “younger girls” just like Trump.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Anybody have any idea what they’re trying to hide with this puppet show? Is the big bill getting too much attention or is it something else?

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

https://youtu.be/xvOhgtSiza4?t=192 same drama queens, but some have too much power.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Someone ran out of Ecstasy

[–] Owlboi@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

in other news, elon musk claims water is wet

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This is 6th grade level social media bullying. These guys are pathetic.

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