How on earth does Musk still have a security clearance?
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-is-putins-best-weapon
@dangillmor How on earth is Elon Musk permitted to have massive government contracts and remain in this country?
@jbhughes @dangillmor The massive contracts that NASA and US DoD have are with SpaceX, not Musk. He could be removed as CEO and SpaceX would be fine under COO Gwynne Shotwell.
@EricFielding @dangillmor Fair enough. Remove Musk, leave SpaceX and Tesla alone.
@EricFielding @dangillmor But I must insist that the federal government take and shut down X.
@jbhughes @dangillmor Why X, the former Twitter, and not Truth Social, etc.?
@EricFielding @dangillmor Well, I'm no genius, and I understand the First Amendment issues, but Truth Social, Gab, etc., seem less pernicious to me than X because backed with less money and having substantially less influence on society.
@jbhughes @dangillmor The former Twitter has far less influence than Facebook.
@EricFielding @dangillmor I cannot dispute that point. Nevertheless, I am not alone in considering X uniquely pernicious: https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/01/elon-musks-machine-for-fascism-a-one-stop-shop-for-disinformation-and-violence/