Elon Musk PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations

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Elon Musk PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations
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A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk is being investigated by the Michigan secretary of state’s office amid efforts to collect voter data.

Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said he created and helped fund the America PAC, which is supporting former President Donald Trump. Musk has a net worth of over $225 billion, according to Forbes.

The committee has been acquiring detailed voter information from those living in Michigan and other battleground states after people submit their personal data through a section on the PAC’s website that says “register to vote.”

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This Elon Musk? That totally permanently deleted this image forever?

Totally Permanently Deleted For Serial

Such a fucking weirdo.

Hey man nothing wrong with dressing how he wants but boy is he a fucking asshole incel bigot who vastly over-extends his intelligence into areas for which he knows nothing about.

Yeah I have friends who could easily have pictures like that. The difference is they actually believe in freedom

This. Let’s put the critique where it’s actually warranted. Being weird isn’t hurting anyone.

I really hope this is another Fox vs dominion situation where Elon gets a decent kick to the teeth

I do as well. But I won’t get my hopes up.

Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up!

Potential charges will be laid sometime in 2030.

Locking Trump up in the same cell as Elon would be not only so immensely gratifying, but would probably be fitting and almost unbearable for both of them.

Unfortunately it would be unconstitutional, because locking either of them up with anyone would be considered cruel and unusual

"We used to throw problem prisoners into solitary. We have something much better now."

Put them in with Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon. It'll be like a more satisfying version of the last episode of Seinfeld

If you think he read the fine print before donating money, read up on his purchase of Twitter. The man doesn't read the fine print.

Common mindset in the startup tech world - rules are made to be broken. And it often works. Like Uber.

But whenever startups get into tightly regulated spaces, like medical and finance, they get a wakeup call and are fined (and even jailed) for fucking around and finding out.

Will political donations, with a history of regulations, will they call him out? I'm hoping so.

There's a reason scrum isn't used at nasa for safety-critical systems lol.

Uber is of course a predicate failure. The point was to abuse labor and lock themselves in. It worked for short term profit, for some, for a while. Now it's collapsing.

It's probably hard to read anything when one is rollin' from that line of K you just railed.

Yes!! So proud to be a Michigander since we got rid of Snyder

Can anyone speculate on potential violations? Or are we too early?

It's never too early for baseless speculation.

Weird how small his chin is, did he forget to get surgery for that when redoing his jaws?

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