Summary

Elon Musk accused Alexander Vindman, a key witness in Trump’s first impeachment, of treason on social media, suggesting he should face “the appropriate penalty.”

Musk’s comments followed Vindman’s claims that Musk may have shared sensitive information with Russia’s Putin and used Twitter for disinformation.

Vindman denied the accusations and called Musk’s remarks baseless.

Critics condemned Musk’s statements as dangerous, especially given his ties to Trump’s incoming administration.

Musk provided no evidence for his claims, reviving past allegations against Vindman of “dual loyalty” rooted in antisemitic tropes.

66 points

It’s like nobody is even trying to kill Elon Musk.

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19 points

I wonder how long that will last…

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7 points

One of their robots will probably step up first.

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I’ve said before - have you actually seen him in a situation where he’d be vulnerable like that?

There is a level of rich, and I don’t know if it’s when you make hundreds of millions or your first billion, but at some point it just becomes easier to only travel to secure venues by escort.

The security prices these guys pay must be insane to us, but likely a drop in the ocean for them.

Why do you think the flight tracking bothered them so much? Because it broadcast arrival and departure times, and destination. That allows planning.

If the public doesn’t know when you arrive and when you leave, or how you arrive or how you leave, that’s just a bit of added security.

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1 point

So, he’s never really Elon.

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11 points

Good planning goes a long way though, let’s not be pessimistic.

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I thought there’s still a bot tracking him, just not on Twitter anymore.

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This motherfucker is out here acting like he’s a government official of some sort and has some sort of power lolwut. Go fuck yourself, Lonny.

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Here’s the kicker: A proper government official shouldn’t try to tell the department of Justice who to charge like that either.

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19 points

But this is Trump we’re talking about!

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5 points

He’s just Trump’s bitch

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6 points

I think you reversed it

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Wife*

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19 points

Oh oh some overly rich GenX’er wants to play Judge Dredd?

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8 points

Soon Vindman will be a Congressman and President Musk’s threats will be illegal

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It was his twin brother, Eugene, that was elected. Alexander was on the phone call with Trump and Zelensky, reported the issue to Eugene (who was an NSC ethics lawyer).

I thought the same until like 3 days ago.

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I am promoting the idea of calling Musk President. The sooner ingrained, the sooner the orange narcissist will become even more unhinged leading to the inevitable fallout that will happen in any case.

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Not if the SCOTUS thinks it’s an official.act of the presidency…

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Actually, it is even illegal then but not prosecuted it seems.

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I wish i heard less about Elon Musk. I’m so tspped out on this dude. Every time a new article has Elon Musk in the title my eyes involuntarily roll over into the back of my skull as both an expression of annoyance and a self defense mechanism.

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For real.

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We’re stuck between an overabundance of constant “elon musk said this concerning thing” reporting on his every move because that brings in ad revenue but not hearing about his might be worse because he’s basically operating without any kind of spotlight on him.

God what profit seeking and media consolidation has done to journalism, and our collective faith in journalists is an atrocity.

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