Musk has returned to a set of ideas he’s been preoccupied with for much of the year: the threat of voter fraud, the necessity of voter ID laws, and his persistent concern that “non-citizens” will somehow vote. The timing of this push to build outrage over alleged illegal election activity might strike some observers as ironic, given that the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office has just sued Musk for running his own “illegal…scheme” to entice conservative leaning voters with the prospect of cash.

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    8 days ago

    It’s not “ironic”, it’s a calculated disinformation strategy, headlines/stories focusing on the “koooky” hypocrisy miss the determined effort to undermine the body politic.

    Our media is awash in a sea of neverending small tiny journalistic malpractice for paychecks, and a public that thinks this is insight.