Summary
Elon Musk was revealed as the sole funder of the RBG Pac, donating $20.5M to promote misleading claims that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg aligned with Donald Trump on abortion.
The PAC’s ads, denounced as deceptive by Ginsburg’s family, aimed to counter Democratic criticism of Trump’s abortion stance.
Musk’s political spending for the 2024 election exceeded $260M, including major contributions to Trump and RFK Jr.
Anyone who thought or for some reason still thinks that Ginsberg and Trump align is an idiot. @ me, you’re an idiot.
Ginsberg had a specific and nuanced legal argument that essentially came down to, a law should be passed to clarify the right to abortion. Ginsberg was pro choice. However as a judge and Supreme Court Justice she had a specific and nuanced opinion, but ultimately believed Roe v Wade provided the correct answer, but how it got there did have some shakey legal ground.
What is with this @me thing I keep seeing?
Spawns from Twitter initially, but it basically means “say it to my face.”
For instance:
@TrickDacy@lemmy.world Your mother was a hamster.
My cousin is a lawyer and that was his view as well. Framing it as a privacy issue is pretty shaky, and we need to just pass laws for it.