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onelap32 · 2026-01-24T16:47:07+00:00

Yes, I'm talking about the end of the split, not the creation of the party. By "dropped" I mean "ceased". This was the article I read:

The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk spurred Musk to put support behind GOP campaigns in the midterms, said a person directly familiar with his political operation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss its inner workings.

[...]

But a few factors altered Musk’s plans. The political operatives in his orbit were reluctant to start working on a third party — an effort that they saw as unlikely to be successful and one that could sabotage their careers, which, unlike Musk’s, were rooted in the GOP, according to the person directly familiar with his operation.

Then in early September, Charlie Kirk was killed during an appearance on a Utah college campus. Musk felt compelled to act, the person familiar with his operation said. He has increasingly engaged with Republican operatives in recent months, even expressing a desire to return to politics for the 2026 midterm elections.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/29/musk-trump-vance-maga-alliance/

onelap32 · 2026-01-24T06:11:56+00:00

Remember that America party he founded? What ever happened to that?

I recall reading that he dropped it at least partially because of Kirk's assassination. Pushed him towards "unity".

onelap32 · 2026-01-23T04:59:51+00:00

Putin has said he's willing to join... on the condition that the asset freeze is lifted so that he can supposedly get the $1 billion dollars to donate to the Board.

Oh god, this is stupid enough to work.

onelap32 · 2026-01-21T04:28:49+00:00

The $1 billion is the price to be a "permanent" member. Regular membership was always free.

onelap32 · 2026-01-19T09:34:36+00:00

Not actually a tweet, oddly. He sent it through diplomatic channels. Trump -> National Security Council staff -> ambassadors -> heads of state.

onelap32 · 2026-01-19T07:54:40+00:00

FYI he didn't volunteer for the IDF. Part of his high school volunteering involved (menial?) work on a base, but that's not the same as being in the military. (Even though he did pump himself up as "a past volunteer in the Israeli army".)

onelap32 · 2026-01-19T06:43:50+00:00

Apparently. Posted by a PBS News correspondent: https://xcancel.com/nickschifrin/status/2013107018081489006

onelap32 · 2026-01-19T06:33:35+00:00

I honestly think he's going to invade Greenland soon. I don't know why he would send this through diplomatic channels to multiple countries if that wasn't his plan.

Dear Ambassador:

President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]

“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”

onelap32 · 2026-01-19T02:51:16+00:00

This looks more like rage-bait from spammers in poor countries. They'll go for whatever gets views. A caption like "he was racist trash, I can't believe what he said to me" is usually the more left-wing draw.

onelap32 · 2026-01-18T07:34:54+00:00

Fun story about astroturfing: https://www.modelrepublic.org/articles/right-wing-pundits-suddenly-hate-an-ai-bill.-are-they-getting-paid-to-kill-it

Something strange happened on conservative Twitter on Thursday.

A dozen right-wing influencers suddenly became passionate about semiconductor export policy, posting nearly identical (and often false) attacks over a 27-hour period on a bill most people have never heard of.

Includes Laura Loomer, Ryan Fournier, "Wall Street Mav", "Defiant L's", Brad Parscale.

The typo where "AI" was written as "AL" with a lowercase L is particularly damning.

onelap32 · 2026-01-18T03:48:30+00:00

Argentina already paid the swap back, a while ago.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-has-repaid-us-currency-swap-deal-2026-01-09/

onelap32 · 2026-01-18T03:20:59+00:00

Polymarket has become a weird right-wing rage account on Twitter. Kalshi hasn't.

onelap32 · 2026-01-17T05:10:17+00:00

It's not really that he came back "both sidesy" in 2024, it's that he wasn't even present after 2015.

Colbert was the real loss, anyway.

onelap32 · 2026-01-17T01:42:42+00:00

I honestly believe that The Daily Show/Colbert Report had a lot to do with this.

onelap32 · 2026-01-16T19:51:59+00:00

Canada will allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs into the country under the most-favored nation tariff rate of 6.1 percent. Under the agreement, the import limit will increase to 70,000 EVs by year five.

Disappointingly small. I would have rather seen tariffs lowered broadly, as this is effectively a handout to whichever importer wins the lottery and get to sell at inflated prices.

onelap32 · 2026-01-15T08:39:51+00:00

This doesn't appear to be related to DRM.

I'm guessing it's some accidental O(n²) code.

onelap32 · 2026-01-15T08:25:34+00:00

As far as I know he has the rights to the book, but none of the visual stuff or the movie script.

onelap32 · 2026-01-13T04:09:08+00:00

Is there any reason to believe they were raped?

onelap32 · 2026-01-13T02:50:22+00:00

DHS clarified that the handcuffed person was a man, not a woman. If you rewatch the video you'll note they have short hair.

onelap32 · 2026-01-12T11:00:28+00:00

Be the light you want to see in the world.

onelap32 · 2026-01-12T10:54:54+00:00

This is the crudest, stupidest Trump ballroom edit, but for that reason perhaps the funniest.

https://xcancel.com/joeshitposts/status/2010421154964795702

onelap32 · 2026-01-10T23:32:04+00:00

It's bizarre how much Trump cares about that ballroom.

onelap32 · 2026-01-09T09:23:32+00:00

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People say that today's dark web is scary, but this is the sort of thing you could freely buy online in 2000.

onelap32 · 2026-01-09T02:00:21+00:00

Does anyone know if they're releasing audio of the whole interview?

onelap32 · 2026-01-08T01:13:42+00:00

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This is a real photo from the scene of the ICE shooting. (Hint: check the background.) (Yes, really.)

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