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Summary

Elon Musk called for the firing of Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Long after she exposed racist tweets from Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who later resigned.

Long’s report revealed Elez had posted remarks promoting racism and eugenics.

“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” Elez posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.

Musk, who claims to support free speech, labeled Long “disgusting and cruel” and demanded that she should be fired.

Critics noted the hypocrisy of Musk advocating for a journalist’s removal over accurate reporting on a public official’s misconduct.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Do I quote the "free speech" or the "absolutist" when talking about this "man"?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Is this the same guy who’s been rehired already?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Trump doesn't mind Elon being the president in the press, because they convinced him this time around that he's the fully insulated mob boss. Layers of others around him getting their hands dirty, so he claims "oh, I didn't know that. That's bad, you should probably arrest whoever did that crime".

That is if our systems survive them flooding the zone with bullshit and making weak attempts to dismantle them.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

This pasty lil blood diamond baby needs a decade of Guantanamo treatment

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

MAGA has a fucking hardon for cruelty unless it's directed at white men.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Well of course, uncovering the crime is worse than committing it in this administration

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Is there a Lemmy fednews? I've been lurking on reddit solely for this news, but noticed a distinct change in tone in the past few days, and I think they may be drowning in muskrats before too long.

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