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The outcome elon musk paid $44 billion for.


Purely based on gut feeling, Twitter had less of an impact on this election than it did in 2016.


If Reddit isn’t real life, then twitter definitely isn’t. No website could do what you saw.


Well, what I saw was the culmination of a multi generation plan by wealthy and organized far right activists to accomplish this result or one similar to it. I'm not saying twitter alone accomplished that, I'm saying musk bought it in order to make it part of that project.


Maybe. I would argue that while he is fully on board the trump train now, he was not a few years ago. When you are harshly criticized for a few unorthodox views, it’s not surprising you embrace those treating you legitimately.



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Matt Bors is a pulitzer finalist but ok.


No organized right-wing group tipped the scales in this election. Aside from the Democrats' weak presidential candidate and last-minute substitution, arrogant and clearly biased big media organizations annoyed people enough to turn out and vote against what they were selling.




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