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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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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He has offspring that still talk to him?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

No he has offspring that he holds while walking around to dissuade would be luigi’s

https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/elon-musks-adorable-moment-with-4-year-old-son-as-they-arrive-at-capitol-hill-goes-viral-only-one-ceo-would-do-this-647685.html

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

Ah. Still too young to know better.

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

Holy shit. Is this how we get batman?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I’ll be honest, I don’t know enough DC lore. Were Batman’s parents power hungry fascists who were handed money from their parents South African emerald mine when they were young?