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Why Elon Musk has blocked me on Twitter (and now owns the joint)

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In some states, failing to fill out a form denies average Americans the right to vote, but if you're Elon Musk not filling out a form pockets you $156 million. Welcome to America.

April 8th 2022

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So let me get this straight: Elon Musk made $156 million by violating securities law, and he was rewarded with a seat on Twitter's board?

April 7th 2022

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Did Elon Musk care about free speech when he reportedly threatened to sue a blogger who posted a negative stock analysis of Tesla? Did he care about free speech when he fired employees for reporting racist harassment? Does this sound like a "free speech absolutist" to you?

April 6th 2022

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This isn't the first time Musk has played fast and loose with the SEC. In 2018, he allegedly misled investors for tweeting that he had enough funding to take Tesla private. He paid a $20 million fine, equivalent to some loose change for a man worth over $250 billion.

April 7th 2022

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Tesla forced all workers to take a 10 percent pay cut from mid-April until July. In the same period, Tesla stock skyrocketed and CEO Elon Musk's net worth quadrupled from $25 billion to over $100 billion. Musk is a modern-day robber baron.

September 8th 2020

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Modern-day robber baron Elon Musk increased his wealth by $6 billion in one day last week. Meanwhile, our tax code enabled him to pay zero federal income taxes in 2018. The system is rigged for the rich.

June 28th 2021

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Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, has a new film, "Inequality for All," to be released September 27. He blogs at www.robertreich.org.

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