this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
961 points (99.5% liked)

News

28464 readers
6296 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] ThraawnSolo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 days ago

Hell yeah!!! Fuck you!

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago

M.U.S.K. (Make United States Kneel). How one South African tried to topple the american superpower.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Wait till we learn how much the Luigi trial jurors are paid to hang him.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 245 points 1 week ago (6 children)

People who got money to vote should be named and shamed.

[–] Andr3w222@lemm.ee 125 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it should be illegal. that's bribery

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 136 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It's already illegal. Unless the rich do it, of course.

[–] Andr3w222@lemm.ee 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pisses me off they get no accountability. when if you or I did it we would be locked up imminently.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We face legal justice. They face vigilante justice.

All we need is someone willing to pull the trigger and skilled enough to hit their target.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And willing to die in prison or be executed. That makes the numbers much smaller.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Or live long enough for a pardon.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 87 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It was a pledge to vote, not legally binding. A lot of desperate people these days, and I can't say I wouldn't try to scam elon out of a million bucks if given the opportunity. "Sure sure, I'll totally vote how you want Mr Musky sir. Make sure you spell my name right on the check now."

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yeah my internet history alone would eliminate me from that running.

The winners are "pre selected". Thats how his bullshit workaround works. Its been admitted. But for the uninformed, it sounds like a lottery.

It isnt.

even if a communist or anarchist or whatever tried to play the game and if it were a true lottery, you would be committing a far worse disservice by keeping quiet at this point.

Stay quiet and maybe get a million. Its the democrat way if you look at our current dem politicians... do you really want to be like them right now?

[–] Treble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Could buy a lotta drones 🌻

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I almost guarantee he canceled those checks the second she won.

[–] Andr3w222@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Some of those people probably took the money and voted Democrat anyway.

If someone was trying to bride me for a vote I'd take their money and still vote for whoever I wanted.

What's he going to do? Look over my shoulder and verify who I voted for?

load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 141 points 1 week ago

The language used is super interesting. "Defying Elon Musk"

Defying. A terrifying word, yet appropriate.

Musk has no position in the Wisconsin state government. He's not a constituent. You shouldn't be able to "defy" him because he has no position of authority.

Yet they used the word "defying" and it's terrifyingly the correct word.

[–] Andr3w222@lemm.ee 104 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Eat Shit Elon Wasted 20 million for nothing.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 73 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If we would assume that musk's wealth is $400,000 then spending $20m is just $20.

To us this is massive amount for him it is $20.

And he bought US president for just $300.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Technically his total wealth has declined to about $342 Bn, and technically that is only if he sold off all of his assets namely his Tesla stocks, at which point it would instantly become less than $342 Bn due to the market's fast acting supply/demand price setting.

At any given time you should assume Musk has less than $30 Bn liquidity, which is still a fucking lot.

Also, he bought Twitter so you can say he spent a lot more than $300 to elect Trump. $300 was just his campaign contributions.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If we would assume that musk’s wealth is $400,000

Hopefully with Tesla stock crashing, this can be a reality

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Fine, he lost twenty bucks then, Im thrilled.

I hope the anxiety causes him to smoke his entire ketamine stash in one sitting.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

I honestly have no idea lol.

You're the second person to call out my narc ass.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Andr3w222@lemm.ee 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Andr3w222@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago

A Mandate to tell Elon to eat shit.

[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago

Still 45% too many idiots

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 16 points 1 week ago

Jesus. Turns out bribery has a cost o.o

[–] Nunar@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago

This is the best news in 7 months

[–] bingBingBongBong@lemm.ee 55 points 1 week ago

I hope elon cries tonight, and hates its life now

[–] oxysis@lemm.ee 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Andr3w222@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No one wants Elons Sieg heil shit.

[–] Helvetica@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 week ago

Eat shit Musk.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Empire was fought to a standstill, and Lady Crawford Organa took her seat on the high judicial council.

Or maybe it's just the judicial council. I dunno. I'm high.

But well done Wisconsin - the force was fucking with you today!

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's small, but this is definitely a win worth celebrating.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 27 points 1 week ago

For Wisconsin itself, it's huge. It keeps breathing room available at the state level.

[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Prediction: Trump will come out saying that Cory Booker’s record-breaking speech was a smokescreen to distract from the fact that George Soros was stealing votes in this election.

I wish I wasn’t serious.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 20 points 1 week ago

Ah thank goodness!

[–] frezik@midwest.social 20 points 1 week ago

Another bad investment by the Muskrat.

[–] SupaTuba@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I genuinely believe this was his way of getting involved in a "lower stakes" election, performing the same bribery as he did in the federal election, normalizing it, and using the Democrats victory as "proof" that he couldn't have cheated the federal election.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] match@pawb.social 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

i sure hope they take up the case on Musk's voter bribes

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

Elon you can shove it where the sun don’t shine.

load more comments
view more: next ›