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'Elon Musk has killed the bill': Tech billionaire flexes newfound political muscle (www.nbcnews.com)

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The tech billionaire posted about the funding bill more than 100 times Wednesday, helping lead a charge that appears to have increased the likelihood of a shutdown.

Bill: https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf

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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 61 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Say goodbye to lower drug prices among other things.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Democracy is another one

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but just wait, Xmocracy will be amazing guys, way better, no censorship

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

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