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decisions that imperil U.S. military allies and the fight against global authoritarianism is a decision best left up to sociopathic authoritarian billionaires with a headful of recreational ketamine

reuters.comStarlink access in Ukraine a decision for Musk, not White House, Rubio saysUS Secretary ‌of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that decisions regarding Ukraine's access to Starlink were up to SpaceX and Elon Musk, not the White House, comments that suggested Musk may have r...

Karl Bode

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Rubio again seems to confirm that Musk unilaterally throttled Ukraine's Starlink access (because he likes authoritarians)

21/10/26, 2:28 pm9 reposts75 likes

Karl Bode

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The Wall Street Journal scoop also seems to indicate that it's possible Musk did this unilaterally, and then had his SpaceX lawyers try to smooth over obvious blowback great country definitely not just grotesquely corrupt

stevemurphymvar.bsky.social

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Going to be a helluva congressional investigation next year.

njars.bsky.social

@njars.bsky.social

So, a ballroom is a national security issue, but a Bond villain trillionaire controlling vital military communication satellites, ...not so much.