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Free speech is the bedrock of Democracy. That`s why we have the first amendment, and the second amendment is there to make sure we have the first amendment

Donald Trump had a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania this weekend, and he surprised the audience with Elon Musk on the stage. Musk made a strong endorsement of Donald Trump, casting the 2024 election as a pivotal moment for the future of American democracy.

Musk claimed that if Trump does not win, this could be «the last election,» positioning the election as a dire turning point for the country.

He also introduced himself humorously as «Dark MAGA,» suggesting an even more intense version of Trump`s «Make America Great Again» slogan.

As you may know, Elon Musk acquired Twitter and changed the name to X. Some people liked that, but others hated him for that. But why? Who are these people?

Musk`s speech focused on concerns about freedom of speech, the right to vote, and the Second Amendment, criticizing Democrats for attempting to curb these rights.

We now know that they are both working hard to try to Make America Great Again. Trump is fighting against the rotten system at the top of the pyramid. It`s about 10 percent, and many of them are unelected bureaucrats and leaders.

This is why we often hear Trump say: «Drain the Swamp.» And Elon Musk is joining Trump in the same boat. They both fight for freedom. And this is why Elon Musk spent a lot of money to acquire Twitter.

“Drain the swamp” is a political slogan popularized by Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign. It refers to the idea of eliminating corruption, inefficiency, and special interests in Washington, D.C. The phrase implies that the federal government is like a swamp, filled with entrenched political elites, bureaucrats, and lobbyists, and that by “draining” it, the system can be cleaned up and made more accountable to the American people. It has since been used by various political movements to advocate for reform and transparency.

Free speech is the bedrock of Democracy. That`s why we have the first amendment, And the second amendment is there to make sure we have the first amendment, Trump must win to preserve the Constitution. He must win to preserve the democracy in America, This is a must-win situation, Musk said.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects several fundamental rights. It prohibits Congress from making laws that infringe on the freedoms of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition. This means individuals have the right to express themselves freely, practice their religion, and gather peacefully, as well as to criticize the government without fear of retaliation. The amendment is a cornerstone of American democracy and plays a crucial role in protecting civil liberties.

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Ratified in 1791, its full text states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The amendment has been the subject of extensive legal and political debate, particularly concerning gun control and individual rights versus collective security.

The idea is that the people have the right to protect themselves from tyranny.

For example, the Nazis implemented gun control measures that disarmed many groups in Germany. After coming to power in 1933, the regime imposed strict regulations on firearm ownership. Laws were enacted that restricted access to guns, particularly targeting Jews and political opponents.

The Nazis believed that disarming these groups would reduce resistance to their regime. These measures were part of a broader strategy to consolidate power and eliminate dissent, which ultimately contributed to the regime’s oppressive policies.

They probably knew it was coming when they made the U.S. Constitution.

The United States Constitution was drafted in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. It was signed on September 17, 1787, and ratified by the states in 1788, officially going into effect on March 4, 1789. The Constitution established the framework for the U.S. government and remains the supreme law of the land.

The United States Constitution is the world’s longest-surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.

The supremacy of the people through their elected representatives is recognized in Article I, which creates a Congress consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The positioning of Congress at the beginning of the Constitution affirms its status as the “First Branch” of the federal government.

For over two centuries, the Constitution has remained in force because its framers successfully separated and balanced governmental powers to safeguard the interests of majority rule and minority rights, liberty and equality, and of the federal and state governments.

More a concise statement of national principles than a detailed plan of governmental operation, the Constitution has evolved to meet the changing needs of a modern society profoundly different from the eighteenth-century world in which its creators lived. To date, the Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992. The first ten amendments constitute the Bill of Rights.

After Musk`s takeover of Twitter (now X) in October 2022, he revealed many bad issues and made significant changes. One of the most important things he did was to look at the Twitter files.

Musk allowed journalists to access internal documents, referred to as the «Twitter Files,» which revealed how the company had handled certain high-profile controversies, including political censorship, content moderation, and decisions to suppress certain news stories. These revelations stirred debates about free speech and platform bias.

The revelations and subsequent changes Musk made have had a lasting impact on the platform`s functionality, user engagement, and its broader role in public discourse.

This is the most important election of our lifetime, Musk said. This is no ordinary election, he said. The other side wants to take away your freedom of speech. They will take away your right to have guns. They will also take away your right to vote, he said.

Elon Musk emphasized the importance of voter turnout, urging the crowd to vote. They have only 48 hours to register to vote in Georgia and Arizona. Two weeks for Pennsylvania. Elon Musk predicted that this would be the last election if people didn`t vote.

People on the other side hate Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and legacy media are telling you all that they are both a threat to Democracy. So, who do you want to vote for? Swamp or Trump?

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WSJ`s website organic traffic is down from around 30 million to around 10 million

The owner of X came out with a new message; Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is dying. A picture was added on top of that, and it shows how WSJ`s website organic traffic is declining. This is happening at a time were people around the world are searching on X for real good news.

As we can see from the chart below, WSJ`s website organic traffic is down from around 30 million to around 10 million. According to data shared by Elon Musk, in November 2023 in the United States, X on desktop witnessed impressive search engine (SE) traffic, driven organically by Google, reaching 650.9 million.

In contrast, Meta`s Facebook and Instagram trailed behind with 520,7 million, and 496,5 million, respectively.

Most of the X`s traffic comes from the United States (20,85%). Second is China (9,88%). Third is Turkey (6,67%), followed by United Kingdom (5,15%).

It`s worth noting that fluctuations in website traffic are common for many online platforms due to various factors such as changes in algorithms, shifts in user behavior, and competition from other websites or platforms.

If the Wall Street Journal`s website organic traffic were indeed declining as much as we see on the chart above, it would be a significant concern for the publication, and they would likely be strategizing ways to address this issue, such as through content optimization, marketing efforts, or technological enhancements.

It seems like X is taking over the landscape of real good news.

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Elon Musk is at war with Apple

Tesla`s CEO, and the new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, is at war with Apple. Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from the App store. Not only that. Apple has also stopped advertising on Twitter.

On Monday, Elon Musk tweeted: «Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won`t tell us why.»

Apple is the world`s most valuable company and has huge power. The company was the top advertiser on Twitter and accounted for more than 4 percent of Twitter`s revenue in the first quarter of this year.

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Apple spent nearly $50 million on ads on Twitter, which is a huge loss for a company like Twitter. But if Apple were to block Twitter from its App Store, people would be unable to download the Twitter App on their iPhones, and iPads. It will also be problematic for existing users.

Twitter has warned investors in regulatory filings that the success of its services is dependent on their surviving review for compliance with App Store.

«Such review processes can be difficult to predict and certain decisions may harm our business,» the company wrote in a filing to the SEC last year.

«Failure to adhere to Apple`s and Google`s guidelines would be catastrophic, risking Twitter`s expulsion from their app stores and making it more difficult for billions of potential users to get Twitter`s services,» Yoel Roth, the company`s former head of Trust and Safety, wrote in a New York Times op-ed.

On Monday, Elon Musk also tweeted this: «Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?» But Apple didn`t respond to this.

Musk has attacked Apple in a series of tweets after his takeover. He sought to stoke long-running concerns and political scrutiny over Apple`s market power. He tweeted a link to a parody video that Apple foe Epic Games made in 2020 criticizing the App Store as a «monopoly.»

He also tweeted a yes or no poll, asking his more than 119 million followers whether Apple should «publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers.» In another tweet, Musk said: «Did you know Apple puts a secret 30% tax on everything you buy through their App Store?»

But there are more problems for Musk and Twitter. The EU has raised the prospect of a substantial fine or ban for Twitter after warning that it must «significantly increase» efforts to comply with new online legislation.

Twitter`s new owner, Elon Musk, was told he had «huge work ahead» to comply with the EU`s Digital Services Act, which requires tech firms to tackle problems including abusive posts and disinformation.

«I welcome Elon Musk`s statement of intent to get Twitter 2,0 ready for the DSA,» the EU`s commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton said. «I am pleased to hear that he has read it carefully and considers it as a sensible approach to implementing on a worldwide basis. But let`s also be clear that there is still huge work ahead, as Twitter will have to implement transparent user policies, significantly reinforce content moderation and protect freedom of speech.»

The Financial Times reported that Breton reiterated the punishments for breaches of the act, which include fines of up to 6% of global turnover, which would be around $500m in Twitter`s case, or a temporary suspension of the service if refused to comply endangers people`s life and safety. Suspension is described by the EU as a «last resort.»

Musk has fired half of Twitter`s 7,500 staff since buying the company for $44 billion in October. Another 1,200 was leaving the company in November after Musk told the remaining staff to commit to being «hardcore» or leave.

In November last year, I wrote an article about Musk and his potential Tesla phone, the Model Pi Smartphone. A phone that is connected to your Tesla EV which is also connected to the Starlink satellite.

The Tesla smartphone Model Pi is equipped with a quality 4K screen, has four cameras, and is powered by Snapdragon 898 SoC chip. Is this the reason why Apple is threatening Musk and Twitter?

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at Monday`s briefing that the White House was «keeping an eye on» Musk`s handling of Twitter.

There is no doubt: Elon Musk is at war with Apple.

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Elon Musk posted a Nazi picture and told his Twitter followers to vote for Republicans

The world`s richest man and new Twitter owner and CEO made his views clear before the US midterm election in 2022. The Tesla founder encouraged «independent-minded voters» to follow his lead and vote Republican in the midterm elections.

He posted a photo of a Nazi soldier with a crate of carrier pigeons on his back, with an unread notifications badge photoshopped onto the cage. 60 minutes later he tweeted a new message to «independent-minded voters»:

«Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic».

The tweet gained over 11,000 retweets and over 71,000 less than 30 minutes after it was posted.

«Hardcore Democrats or Republicans never vote for the other side, so independent voters are the ones who actually decide who`s in charge!» Musk added in another tweet.

This is interesting, because Elon Musk, like many, many others, voted for a Republican for the first time.

«I have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, historically – overwhelmingly. Like, I`m not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear. Now this election, I will,» he said earlier this year.

Elon Musk acquired Twitter a few weeks ago, and he stated his goal in purchasing Twitter was to protect the freedom of speech, saying in a statement last week that a public square open to diverse opinions is necessary for democracy to thrive.

In May, Musk promised to allow former president Donald Trump back on the site when he took over, a move that earned him support from conservatives who view Musk as a free-speech savior. The decision to ban Trump was «morally bad» and «foolish in the extreme,» Musk said at the time.

Donald Trump has helped Elon Musk in many business cases, but Trump is doing things his way with his own Truth Social platform. Trump is the man who started «Fake News» the day he was inaugurated, and MSM has attacked him since then.

President Joe Biden said he hoped the Democrats will pick up seats in both the house and senate on Tuesday. But history tells us a different story, and it says they probably won’t. Just look at the seven last presidents from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump and their loss in the midterm election.

No one lost more seats than Obama. He lost 91 seats, while Trump lost «only» 38 seats. Exactly what Ronald Reagan lost in the 80s in his midterm election.

In the house, there are 433 seats, and all of them are being contested. The Republicans only need to pick five seats to take control, and polls indicate that they can do that easily. They will probably pick up more.

The Senate is a toss-up with 35 seats contested. Right now the divide is 50/50. The Republicans only need one seat to take control. The Senate could come down to a close race in a number of states, including Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. For all I know, it may take some days to get the right answer.

Many investors hope to see a flip in the Senate on Tuesday, and that will change the US policy with no more bills, no more spending, no more taxes, and no more of anything for the next two years. People believe there is too much big government, and too much spending, and wants to see Washington shut down at midnight on Tuesday. Will investors be disappointed on Tuesday? Time will show.

According to democrats, «Democracy is going to die on Tuesday». Biden and Obama warned voters that democracy is at stake. Obama also said so in 2020. But this is not something new.

«The future of democracy is topic number one in the animated discussion going on all over America,» a contributor to the New York Times wrote in 1937.

«Epitaphs for democracy are the fashion of the day», the soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter wrote in 1930.

In the 1930s, people all over the world, liberals, hoped that the United States would find a middle road between the malignity of a state-run economy and the mercilessness of laissez-faire capitalism.

Roosevelt campaigned in 1932 on the promise to rescue American democracy by «a new deal for the American people,» his version of that third way: relief, recovery, and reform. He won 42 of 48 states.

In the 1920s and 30s, American magazines continued the trend from the early 1900s, in which hardly a month went by without their taking stack; «Is Democracy doomed?» «Can Democracy survive?» (Those were the past century`s versions of more recent titles, such as «How Democracy ends,» «Why liberalism failed,» «How the right lost its mind,» and «How Democracies die.»

In 1939, the World`s Fair opened in Queens, New York featuring an exhibit called the Democracy, a model of utopia that was in keeping with the event`s chipper motto, «The World of tomorrow.»

«A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world`s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage,» Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747 – 1813) said.

Tytler expressed a critical view of democracy in general and representative democracies such as republics in particular. He believed that «a pure democracy is a chimera», and that «all government is essential of the nature of a monarchy».

The following quotation has been attributed to Tytler, although it has also been occasionally attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville: «A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.»

Democracy means «demos», meaning people, and «Kratos» meaning power, so democracy can be thought of as the «power of the people». A way of governing that depends on the will of the people.

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people, Stanley Kings said. And the best guarantee for a continuing democracy is an informed people.

«It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time,» Churchill once said. But democracy is something we must always be working at. It is a process never finished, never-ending.

Tuesday`s midterm elections are on pace for a record turnout, with more than 40 million ballots already cast nationwide. In other words; early voting has already surpassed the 2018 Midterm Election.

Republicans are expected to take the House of Representatives on Tuesday, though control over the Senate is a toss-up, according to polls.

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Trump to speak at CPAC on Sunday

Trump is silenced on Twitter, but he will have his first speech since leaving the White House on Sunday. A former senior adviser to President Trump, Stephen Miller predicts he will talk about the U.S economy, to open the schools back up again, and immigration.

Furthermore, he will talk about standing up against Communist China and the blue-collar working-class agenda. American conservative union chair, Matt Schlapp said that one of the reasons Trump was a great conservative president is because conservatives didn`t immediately go on the attack like so many others in the establishment.

Focus on the politics. Not the person, Matt said. This is probably why so many were blinded by hate. These people painted themself into a corner and stayed there for four years. That is painful and a big mistake.

Everybody is looking forward to Trump`s speech on CPAC on Sunday.

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