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  • Trump on X makes Twitter turn hard right ... down the toilet

    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 28 02:13:31 2023
    From the «flushity flush» department:
    Feed: Technology | The Guardian
    Title: Trump’s return to Twitter solidifies a sharp right turn for Musk’s platform
    Author: Kari Paul in Oakland and Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
    Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 01:00:31 -0400
    Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/25/trump-twitter-mugshot-truth-social

    By posting his mugshot, Trump joins Ron DeSantis and Marjorie Taylor Greene in transforming site now known as X

    More than two years after Donald Trump was banned from Twitter over concerns that his words would incite violence, Elon Musk welcomed the former president’s
    return in a move that showed how rapidly the site has transformed under his ownership.

    Musk purchased the platform, now known as X, last year with the intention of restoring “free speech”. He had described Twitter’s decision to bar Trump in the
    aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol a “mistake”, and within weeks
    of his takeover promptly ended the ban.
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    Links:
    [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/25/trump-twitter-mugshot-truth-social (link)



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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Aug 28 05:34:43 2023
    On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 02:13:31 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <[email protected]d> wrote:

    More than two years after Donald Trump was banned from Twitter

    I suspect Trump noticed what Musk attempted to do for him (in regards
    to Sealed Search Warrant), had something to do with Trump's return.

    Also, iirc, Trump has made some 7 million dollars off of his mug shot,
    so if he "begs" on Twitter (X), he might suck more money out of those
    suckers and losers.

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  • From rdh@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 28 08:20:27 2023
    Let's give Elon some credit here, he's done more to ruin the brand than
    Trump ever could do.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to rdh on Mon Aug 28 11:19:24 2023
    On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 08:20:27 -0500, rdh <[email protected]ute> wrote:

    Let's give Elon some credit here, he's done more to ruin the brand than
    Trump ever could do.

    Must was the person who told Trump that hydroxychloroquine was the
    Covid drug to get. Trump then ordered from India a huge amount.

    (The Guardian) Hydroxychloroquine: Trump's Covid-19 'cure' increases
    deaths, global study finds. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/9896/

    Musk cost US taxpayers millions of dollars, and his involvement with
    Trump ended up killing people.

    He's not a "genius" but those around him have the skills/talent.

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Aug 28 18:00:14 2023
    On 8/28/2023 6:34 AM, JAB wrote:

    Also, iirc, Trump has made some 7 million dollars off of his mug shot

    How so? That's interesting.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Aug 28 18:13:07 2023
    On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:00:14 -0400, Michael Trew
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Also, iirc, Trump has made some 7 million dollars off of his mug shot

    How so? That's interesting.

    Donald Trump's campaign says he has raised more than $7 million since
    Georgia arrest
    ...
    ...
    The former president has long fundraised off of his legal challenges.
    After his Thursday arrest, Trump posted a photo of his Fulton County
    booking photo alongside a link to a fundraising page.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/08/27/donald-trump-campaign-2024-7-million-georgia-arrest/70694772007/

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