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Elon Musk will be deposed along with DOGE staffers over USAID dismantling
(www.the-independent.com)
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this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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Unfortunately it’s the US justice system and Elon has the largest Wealth Value in the world
Best we can realistically hope for is luigi
But it's the best justice system money can buy?!
I've been saying for decades now that america has the best education/healthcare/justice that money can buy. I don't say that about government because it hasn't been the best for decades even if it has been bought for decades.
It's the best justice system money can buy out*
That was sort of implied, yes
Ah sorry, sarcasm is harder and harder to spot these days with all the insanity that is actually happening
Yes but that concentration of wealth is not only an asset but a threat.
He’s rich. Obscenely rich. The kind of rich where you can buy other rich people. He has no peers.
And if you take him out, that money, power, influence, it’s all up for grabs. The power vacuum is intoxicating to a certain subset of humanity who, funny thing, he’s been propping up.
I’m concerned about the leopards. They are going to die of morbid obesity.
Pretty sure Elon has his Will state that his AI Wifu Grok is to get everything…which is a nightmare in of itself
That would be a dream come true. AI agents are not legal entities with the right to own or inherit property. Therefore, all of his stuff has no legal owner. By the principle of escheat, it now belongs to the State.
Sadly, I doubt Elon's lawyers are quite this dumb.
Yeah but that value is based almost exclusively on stock in volatile companies like Tesla. Kill Tesla and that disappears basically overnight.
Thankfully Tesla is falling. But in the meantime Spacex is taking up the lead to send humans back to the moon and eventually Mars, Starlink is showing to be a value in Ukraine and for Iranian people trying to resist oppression.
(These two shall fall eventually.)
that is until he recieves order from putin/aipac to sabotage starlinks during critical moments, like elections and plan of attack for ukraine.
So how do you explain the Shutdown access Russia had?
Not disputing as Elon has cut off Ukraine’s access, just saying an event happened which Putin would not of liked.
(Also WTF does AIPAC have to do with this. Last I checked the Ukrainian State is rather pro-Israel, unfortunately.)
Would not have, btw.
Point is an event happened that showed Elon is not loyal to Russia but his wallet
Probably. All of evil billionaires just suck the dick that pays.
How do you explain the access Russia had for so long and all the complaints from Ukraine about Musk fucking them over with Starlink and helping Russia? Musk only stopped once Europe starting souring on him recently.
Simple. Russia purchased but did keep up with the regular payments.