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'Elon Musk has killed the bill': Tech billionaire flexes newfound political muscle (www.nbcnews.com)

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The tech billionaire posted about the funding bill more than 100 times Wednesday, helping lead a charge that appears to have increased the likelihood of a shutdown.

Bill: https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf

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[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I am really proud of Musk’s presidential behavior on this. He’s really showing great leadership!

(Tell your friends, it will piss off Trump if Elon gets more praise than him. Get this, we get the rich to eat each other!)

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

It'll piss of First Lady Trump? Oh no, how awful.