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Merger of X and Truth Social: A MAGA Propaganda Platform

Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Elon Musk and Donald Trump merge their social media platforms X and Truth Social

Trump’s $20 billion-plus payday: The ultimate political bribe Reports indicate that Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump are scheming to solidify their transactional alliance by merging X with Truth Social. Foremost, this deal would make Trump richer than even his wildest boasts. Musk, with a net worth exceeding $260 billion, recently made a staggering $25… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: autocracy, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, propaganda, X and Truth Social merger, X platform

Jerry Seinfeld Regrets ‘Anti-Woke’ Rant

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Seinfeld cast on set with image of Jerry questioning comedy today

Jerry Seinfeld regrets accusing the ‘extreme left’ of killing comedy. No, it’s not as dramatic as his Seinfeld castmate Michael Richards’ apology for his infamous racist rant. But Elon Musk and other hate-baiting trolls on his ex-Twitter hellscape, along with Trump’s MAGA propagandists on Fox News, were the only ones applauding Seinfeld. So he had… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: anti-woke, Cancel Culture, comedy, Elon Musk, Fox News, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, MAGA, Political Commentary, regrets

Elon Musk’s Auschwitz Photo Op Reeks of Performative Contrition

Monday, January 22, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Musk visiting Auschwitz with son on shoulders speaking to Jewish leaders with image of advertisers fleeing X over antisemitism.

Musk visits Auschwitz Elon Musk revels in playing the enfant terrible of the business world. I have often argued that he wants to be to business what Donald Trump is to politics. So, the last thing you’d expect him to do is make a solemn and contrite pilgrimage to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Yet, that’s what he did today, with… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: advertisers, Antisemitism, Auschwitz, corporate responsibility, Elon Musk, performative contrition, Social Media Ethics, tech controversy

Musk Claims Whites Are Smarter Than Blacks – Surprised?

Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump and Musk with HBCU graduate

Musk’s racism mirrors Trump’s Elon Musk is a racist. At this point, that shouldn’t surprise anyone. I, for one, have written many commentaries denouncing his public tweets. Those tweets often show his true colors.  Simply put, Musk is becoming to business what Donald Trump is to politics: a temperamental, incompetent, petty, spiteful, cowardly, racist, narcissistic, homophobic, antisemitic, bullying buffoon. In other words, they’re two… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Apartheid, Bill Ackman, Bill Gates, billionaires, Claudine Gay, DEI, Elon Musk, Harvard, McKenzie Scott, philanthropy, racism

For White Supremacists, DEI Is the New CRT

Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
image of corporate forum on DEI with images of anti-DEI activist Bill Ackman and wife and cartoon of all-white corporate board inset.

DEI, the new CRT Not long ago, Whites scurried across the country like Chicken Littles. They warned that Critical Race Theory (CRT) was a greater anathema to high-school education than slavery to democratic values.” iPINIONS duly decried their racist hypocrisy in commentaries like “Maddening Critical Race Theory Turning Suburban Moms into Jan 6-Style Insurrectionists” on February 12,… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Bill Ackman, Corporate values, Critical Race Theory, DEI (diversity, Elon Musk, equality, inclusion), Mark Cuban, Neri Oxman, white supremacy

Elon Musk Reinstates Alex Jones on X – Giving Advertisers the Finger

Monday, December 11, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Elon Musk onstage looking like he doesn't care about anything with image of fuming Alex Jones inset.

Musk reinstates Jones on X Elon Musk proved long ago that he is to business what Donald Trump is to politics. Both revel in defying norms and conventional wisdom.  Yesterday, Musk proved it again by reinstating Alex Jones on X, formerly Twitter. Jones gained infamy by spreading wild conspiracies, including that: a “New World Order” is… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Advertiser Boycott, Alex Jones, conspiracy theories, Controversy, Elon Musk, free speech, social media, Twitter X

Companies Flee X Over Antisemitism: A Virtue Signaling Charade

Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 10:02 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Musk with X logo and logos of companies suspending advertising over antisemitism on X inset.

Companies fleeing X over antisemitism A growing list of companies has suspended advertising from Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, amid the ongoing fallout over antisemitic content. … In response to an X user who had blamed the rise in online antisemitism on Jews, alleging they promoted ‘hatred against whites,’ the… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Advertising Boycott, Antisemitism, Apple, Corporate Hypocrisy, Disney, Elon Musk, IBM, Joe Biden, Maya Angelou, Political Integrity, Social Media Ethics, Twitter, Virtue Signaling, X

AI: Sowing the Seeds of Our Own Extinction

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 6:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
UK summit on AI with image of AI robot and ChatGPT logo inset.

The AI genie is out of the bottle On Wednesday morning, [the British] government released a document called the Bletchley Declaration, signed by representatives from the 28 countries attending the event, including the US and China, which warned of the dangers posed by the most advanced “frontier” AI systems. … With Elon Musk and other tech… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: AI development, AI risks, Bletchley Declaration, Elon Musk, HAL 9000, Mars colonization, Mutual Assured Destruction, technology ethics

Elon Musk Is Helping Russia by Denying Ukraine Use of His Starlink Satellites

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Ukrainian soldier planting a Starlink satellite and inset Musk addressing a Starlink conference and image of a planted satellite.

Musk is helping Russia Elon Musk has reportedly denied Ukraine’s use of his Starlink internet access on several occasions.  Billionaire Elon Musk reportedly restricted his Starlink internet access multiple times in Ukraine, which has affected Kyiv’s battlefield strategy. … Ukrainian authorities worried about over-dependence on a single source technology held talks with other satellite internet… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden, china, Elon Musk, national security, Russia, Satellite Technology, Starlink, Tesla, Ukraine

Musk Rebrands Twitter ‘X’ After Threatening to Sue Zuckerberg Over Threads

Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Twitter rebranded logo X with inset image pitting Musk vs Zuckerberg.

Elon Musk has become to business what Donald Trump is to politics. And, from the day he launched his bid to buy Twitter, Musk has been hellbent on making that antic analogy a reality. Musk threatens to sue Zuckerberg Rash and reckless decisions have defined Trump’s political activities. They have defined Musk’s business activities too. So it… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, rebranding Twitter X, Social Media Drama, Threads, Twitter, Twitter vs Threads

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