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Elon Musk accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of “feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers” and falsely claimed he is “despised” by Ukrainians, echoing Donald Trump’s rhetoric.

Musk also threatened changes to X’s Community Notes after fact-checkers refuted his claims. Trump and Musk’s remarks align with Russian propaganda, prompting European leaders to reaffirm support for Ukraine.

Observers rejected claims that Ukraine is a dictatorship, emphasizing that its wartime election suspension is both legal and justified, similar to the UK's approach during World War II.

Critics argue Musk’s stance undermines free speech and factual discourse while aiding Kremlin narratives against Ukraine.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

Every person, every business on this fascist propaganda sewer is now on The List. Time's up.

Oh you need it for - Don't care. It's a good tool to - Don't care. OFF. NOW.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

If your personal tastes lean towards treason, maybe the Republican party is right for you.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It still baffles me that the party that wraps itself in the American flag and calls themselves "Patriots" seem to have no problem what so ever in letting a non-elected immigrant run the country.

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[–] [email protected] 120 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 94 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

Any country that is running an election needs to block X right away.

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[–] [email protected] 268 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Man I just love that our dumb fuck leaders are regurgitating Kremlin lies for our dumb fuck citizens to lap up like dogs.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No need to insult the dogs, bro. "lap up like MAGAts" will do fine.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I heard his approval rating is insanely low for a president this early in their term. Unfortunately it doesn't mean so much now but at least there are folks in the USA not lapping it up, no idea where they were on election day though.

[–] [email protected] 114 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

It doesn't matter how low it is, he has that 30% locked in.

It will literally take him destroying their lives for any of them to change, and a bulk of them will still never change, much like the COVID deniers who denied it's existence up to their last breath when COVID killed them.


One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

-Carl Sagan

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 2 days ago

What a fascist cunt.

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