Summary
Elon Musk called for the firing of Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Long after she exposed racist tweets from Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who later resigned.
Long’s report revealed Elez had posted remarks promoting racism and eugenics.
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” Elez posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.
Musk, who claims to support free speech, labeled Long “disgusting and cruel” and demanded that she should be fired.
Critics noted the hypocrisy of Musk advocating for a journalist’s removal over accurate reporting on a public official’s misconduct.
Because it’s the root of the problem and is important to be repeated constantly.
Congress took an oath to defend the Constitution. Let’s see who cares.
Congress also has specific authority over making laws and allocating money. You’d think they’d have the self-interest to protect that authority from whatever baboon tried to take it, especially an unelected one