“Get everyone you know, and everyone you don’t know, drag them to register to vote,” said Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”


🗳️ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

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    Trump later invited Musk on stage. The X owner walked on wearing a black blazer over a shirt saying “Occupy Mars” and a black MAGA hat. “As you can see, I’m not just MAGA,” said Musk. “I’m dark MAGA.” Dark MAGA is a memecoin, a type of cryptocurrency inspired by online trends. The valuation of Dark MAGA soared right around the time that Musk spoke.

    That’s so grifty. So overtly grifty that it’s approaching “hello fellow kids” levels of transparency. Up there with Jordan Peterson and Russell Brand praying together. It’s just strange and funny to see these grifters all clumping together like this.

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      The valuation of Dark MAGA soared right around the time that Musk spoke.

      So that makes this the, what, fifth crypto pump-and-dump Elon has done? How has the SEC not bagged this guy yet?

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      I’m not just MAGA,” said Musk. “I’m dark MAGA.”

      More like dork maga.

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    OK Nostradamus. I’ll file that prediction alongside “Full self drive in 2018” and “Mars landing in 2024”

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    “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”

    As always, projection, projection, projection. Project 2025 says this is literally their goal.

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      The slate of fake electors in 2020 says this was literally their goal. They already tried it. I’m furious that this isn’t the only thing we talk about.

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        Never mind talking about it; I’m furious that the treasonous coup leader wasn’t at the end of a rope three years ago.

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      projection

      I dont think people use this term accurately, and it’s thrown around pretty often.

      In my opinion, musk isn’t projecting, hes just a deliberate propogandist. He doesn’t believe what he’s saying, honestly he knows it’s a total BS lie. He’s just saying it to energize and sway the cult of dumb-dumbs, many of which will lap it up like hungry puppies.

      Projection has a more specific definition which includes denial and actively believing in what you’re projecting. Musk is consciously lying and knows it.

      Projection

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    I think Elon Musk is worried about his Tesla stock. He knows Democrats will pave the way for EV cars, but Republicans will and have already put up roadblocks to EVs. By joining their side, he makes it harder for Republicans to paint EVs as “a democrat thing.” Even Trump is like “I guess I have to support EVs now, because Elon Musk supports me.”

    I bet that is a significant reason he has cozied up to the Republican side in recent years.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-electric-vehicles-elon-musk-endorsement-2024-8?op=1

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    Aha.

    Trump later invited Musk on stage. The X owner walked on wearing a black blazer over a shirt saying “Occupy Mars” and a black MAGA hat. “As you can see, I’m not just MAGA,” said Musk. “I’m dark MAGA.” Dark MAGA is a memecoin, a type of cryptocurrency inspired by online trends. The valuation of Dark MAGA soared right around the time that Musk spoke.

    Now it makes sense.

    Also, I am really enjoying their new, desperate voter registration drive. I think they figured out that a bunch of January 6th insurrectionists didn’t even bother voting.

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      “I’m dark MAGA.” Dark MAGA is a memecoin, a type of cryptocurrency inspired by online trends. The valuation of Dark MAGA soared right around the time that Musk spoke.

      He can’t let a chance to pump 'n dump a shitcoin pass, can he?

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      That’s it, just grifting a shitcoin? Are we sure there isn’t some kind of paramilitant dog whistle or something that the article writer missed?

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    You know, im starting to think this “Elon Musk” character isn’t such a great guy…

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    they must have been impressed by his impeccable performance on the stage with chapelle

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    i legitimately don’t understand why this is happening other than maybe he gets more lobbying power over this guy for less money than a democrat

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      Maybe he’s trying to corner the EV market through the Republicans. If the Democrats make it more attractive for all manufactures to make EVs, Tesla loses

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    The orange felon, RFK Jr and Musk, quit a collection of misfits, adulterers and greedy liars. Oh wait, RFK Jr must have been off somewhere collecting roadkill.

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      Oh wait, RFK Jr must have been off somewhere collecting roadkill.

      Nah, he was in court arguing why he should be taken off the ballot in red states while also arguing why he should remain on the ballot in blue states. Cause you know, he’s totally not a spoiler candidate.

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        He’s a Trumpian style candidate

        *Some talking head in the future

        We will never be rid of this style of ass hat.

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        There’s no apparent successor and there hasn’t been any attempt by Trump to nudge anyone towards that (he doesn’t give a shit about a post-Trump lanscape), but a half dozen people would attempt to claim it as their own, so if MAGA does survive it’d probably be really messy for a while.

        Normally we use conventions for this kind of thing but they’d be competing against traditional Republicans in that space, so I’m expecting to see MGT and DJT and Boebert and a bunch of others just try to pull each other’s hair out, like an obscenely wealthy grandparent that had no will and no clear next of kin.

        The heirarchal structure is basically Donald so the risk of the entire collective decapitating itself is pretty high

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            The thing about that is that it’d require cohesion and unity across all Republicans, and it seems like Trump himself is the only one seemingly able to pull this off.

            The Whigs tore themselves apart in similar manner and all it’d take is a third of Republicans to back some group of MAGA (or rebranded) politicians who decide to stay on the ballot as third party. There are already multiple factions under the ‘R’ namesake and it’d just take a little pull in opposite directions. They’re a stubborn bunch

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            I know. Will they work together or back an outsider of a presumptive nominee such as MTG? Or will they all just duke it out while a more mainstream Republican capitalizes on the dysfunction? We’ll find out soon enough