Co-President Musk

[GooglyMooglyWooglyBoogly]

Ha...if that was a joke, it was pretty bad. If we were all hanging out in person and you told that "joke" no one would laugh and they'd think you were weird.

I still think you misused the word, but whatever. If you want to tell the board you were trying to make a funny, knock yourself out.

I would not be caught dead in a bar with you.

 

[Ohio Guy]

I would not be caught dead in a bar with you.

Ha - you're breaking my heart.

 

[CO. Hoosier]

No, you've been misled. Musk - the mastermind behind this whole fracas - has been retweeting false information about what is and isn't being funding by the government. He's the one shutting crap down and in a lot of cases, he's not entirely sure what he's shutting down.

One of the most glaring instances is Musk did retweet something about USAID secretly funding Politico. Turns out, that was patently false.

Scanning out further, this is why it's a bad idea to have a billionaire megalomaniac have unfettered access to the US Treasury. If he's wrong about this, what else might he be wrong about?

That denial is full of holes. The USAID funding of niche content is exactly as Musk represented. It’s a scam.

 

[Ohio Guy]

That denial is full of holes. The USAID funding of niche content is exactly as Musk represented. It’s a scam.

Are you saying that Politico was unequivocally taking money from a slush fund in exchange for publishing pro-Democratic and anti-Trump articles?

If you're saying that, for one there is no way to prove what they wouldn't/wouldn't publish if so many federal offices didn't pay for subscriptions and two, that's just bonkers. Allowing Trump to frame the debate over good and bad journalism on a sliding scale of how favorably they paint him - or his political adversaries is crazy.

 

[CO. Hoosier]

Are you saying that Politico was unequivocally taking money from a slush fund in exchange for publishing pro-Democratic and anti-Trump articles?

If you're saying that, for one there is no way to prove what they wouldn't/wouldn't publish if so many federal offices didn't pay for subscriptions and two, that's just bonkers. Allowing Trump to frame the debate over good and bad journalism on a sliding scale of how favorably they paint him - or his political adversaries is crazy.

I’m saying

1. Politico structured its niche content subscription rates to receive significant funds from government subscribers
2. Politico is biased towards left wing policies, people and positions.

 

[Ohio Guy]

I’m saying

1. Politico structured its niche content subscription rates to receive significant funds from government subscribers
2. Politico is biased towards left wing policies, people and positions.

The problem with that is their subscribers spanned the political spectrum. Lauren Bobert attacked Politico for the same reasons, but it was later discovered her office subscribes to their paywall service. I don't know what is published in Politico Pro, but apparently it is deemed valuable by a lot of federal legislators.

And 'biased towards left wing policies' is casting a pretty wide net. You're catching a lot of legitimate criticisms of Trump and MAGA Republicans in there. The problem here is that you're allowing Trump to frame this for you. Bad press doesn't always equal fake, corrupt news.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

I would not be caught dead in a bar with you.

For sure if there's a fence around it.

 

[CO. Hoosier]

The problem with that is their subscribers spanned the political spectrum. Lauren Bobert attacked Politico for the same reasons, but it was later discovered her office subscribes to their paywall service. I don't know what is published in Politico Pro, but apparently it is deemed valuable by a lot of federal legislators.

And 'biased towards left wing policies' is casting a pretty wide net. You're catching a lot of legitimate criticisms of Trump and MAGA Republicans in there. The problem here is that you're allowing Trump to frame this for you. Bad press doesn't always equal fake, corrupt news.

I read where Politico stopped paying its workers when government subscriptions were cut off. That’s a tell

 

[Ohio Guy]

I read where Politico stopped paying its workers when government subscriptions were cut off. That’s a tell

Maybe. They have since been paid.

 

[TyWebbIU]

TyWebb isn't smart enough to know that his sources are idiots who are duping him. He breathlessly and unquestionably shared a Twitter Twit's tweet that said Walz was a pedophile how diddled with young boys. He preceded it with something like "if true," but clearly wanted it to be true and treated it as if it was true. He still hasn't apologized for it which makes him a dishonorable man (I assume) without a shred of integrity. Ty is a stupid and dishonorable dupe.

Nice to see 2 of the biggest liberals on this board come together on this. Congrats

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Nice to see 2 of the biggest liberals on this board come together on this. Congrats

See. You’re so stupid you think I’m a liberal. You’re a dishonorable moron.

 

[Mas-sa-suta]

I read where Politico stopped paying its workers when government subscriptions were cut off. That’s a tell

What better way to know what the Deep State actors are whinging about than to read the propaganda they're paying (borrowed) for.

 

[TyWebbIU]

See. You’re so stupid you think I’m a liberal. You’re a dishonorable moron.

I don’t think you are a liberal.