Summary

Elon Musk, after spending $21 million backing conservative Brad Schimel in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, amplified election fraud claims following Schimel’s loss to liberal judge Susan Crawford.

Musk boosted a post by Alex Jones featuring Roger Stone, who alleged mail-in vote fraud. Schimel rejected the claims, urging supporters to accept the results.

Musk pivoted to highlighting a voter ID ballot measure, though Wisconsin already requires ID. Critics see his reaction as echoing Trump-era denialism.

Despite GOP pressure, Schimel’s concession stood out for its rare break from MAGA conspiracy rhetoric.

  • @alkbch@lemmy.ml
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    -24 days ago

    Because it’s the site where you can follow and interact with the most people.

        • @TemplaerDude@lemm.ee
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          84 days ago

          And if they’re still on there they’re supporting a Nazi shit head. People need to migrate their communities. Stop being lazy. Stop being part of the problem. Get off the nazi website

          • @alkbch@lemmy.ml
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            44 days ago

            I actually looked up the people I follow on X on other platforms such as Mastodon & Bluesky, I found 0 on Mastodon and 3 on Bluesky…

              • @alkbch@lemmy.ml
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                24 days ago

                A few examples include Drop Site, Aymeric Canon, Mary Kostakidis, Bruno Tertrais, Marco Botenga MEP, Régis Le Sommier, Dr Jimmy Mohamed, Ian Caroll, Rachel Blevins, Scott Ritter, Trita Parsi, Kenneth Roth, Dominique De Villepin…

                  • @alkbch@lemmy.ml
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                    23 days ago

                    Many people, especially on Lemmy, pretend to live extremely virtuously. The reality is we each make some compromises in our lives.

          • @dnick@sh.itjust.works
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            14 days ago

            Another way to look at it is like having to use Windows because that’s what they use at your job. There’s a problem but because most people are oblivious or don’t care, the momentum is difficult to escape. You may find it easy to say ‘quit you job then’ to fully show your disapproval but not everyone has that luxury.

            I do hope everyone that is stuck using it mentions in every commission or interaction that they are available on different sites as well though.

            Anyone still using it or of convenience though should quit immediately.

      • @alkbch@lemmy.ml
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        04 days ago

        Sure, there are bots. There are also a lot of real people, politicians, journalists, analysts, software engineers etc.

        I actually tried to replace X a few weeks ago and considered Mastodon and Bluesky. Nobody I follow on X is on Mastodon, and only three are on Bluesky.

        • @SovsensMester@feddit.dk
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          74 days ago

          Go outside? I have never used Twitter and live a perfectly normal life. I have access to plenty of information and opinions from paid subscriptions to newspapers and personal blogs. No one can communicate anything serious on Twitter. For sport highlights or similar - I get it. For anything else - a social tool - people have simply forgotten to go outside and do real stuff with real people. You are lying to yourself by saying Twitter provides something you can’t live without.

          • @alkbch@lemmy.ml
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            04 days ago

            You answer to finding a platform that provides most of the information I want to have is to … go outside? Do you think that’s even remotely helpful?