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@Martin_ASFL @avidseries I dont think non Americans should get paid by a social media company to post their opinions and thoughts about my government especially when its regularly abused by bad actors and bots for engagement. 🤷‍♂️

@CBHawkeyes @avidseries I like to get paid for doing the things I regard as important, otherwise I will have to get paid to do things I do not regard as important. Stomachs do not fill themselves and rent does not pay itself.

Musk must have realized that if Twitter deboosted certain Third World regions, a lot of the red meat pro-MAGA and far-right propaganda that he enjoys (like that from Ian Miles Cheong and Inevitable West) would get less circulation.

@GBTablereads2 @JosephGodbold @AP Hes not a member of the military he's a civilian

@CBHawkeyes @JosephGodbold @AP He’s the Commander In Chief of the military as POTUS.

President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice. apnews.com/article/donald…

@Martin_ASFL @avidseries If the only reason you're doing it is to get paid and you would stop doing it if you didnt get paid, then maybe your goals were superficial to begin with?

@CBHawkeyes @avidseries People work in advocacy to get paid. I got paid to spend hours of my life constructing the Index of Race Law, which is why Elon Musk can say "there's more race laws today than under Apartheid". Me - or the accounts spreading awareness - getting paid, is not a bad thing.

@vancemurphy @ELGLES25 @SnapLittle What would be the point of that? To raise costs on all Americans?

@ELGLES25 @CBHawkeyes @SnapLittle If we had a 50% blanket tariff, factories would be opening everywhere.

The Democratic Party was on life support in 2024… now they are winning every single special election. Trump’s presidency has completely revived a dead party that kills babies and destroys everything.

@Martin_ASFL @avidseries You can still post about it and Americans can still see it, South African accounts will just no longer get paid for posting it. If the only reason they post about it is to get paid then maybe it wasn't important enough in the first place

It's a stupid idea. Americans only know about race laws and persecution in South Africa because South African accounts gathered big American followings. Trying to introduce some weird nationalism into the architecture of a global site just won't work. The more they try to contrive nonsense like this the likelier it will be for X to end up as insular as Bluesky.

@vancemurphy @SnapLittle Tariffs are a consumption tax on American consumers. They are a form of price controls that are anti-capitalism

@CBHawkeyes @SnapLittle Tariffs are supposed to encourage domestic production. Regardless of political affiliation, you should be able to see that.

@vancemurphy @SnapLittle Tarrifs, inflation, corruption

@SnapLittle Aside from the Iran war, which most agree is a mistake, name one Trump policy that is destructive to our future.

@thesilverhermit @bonchieredstate @EFischberger Nobody is preventing you from posting about other countries. You just won't get paid for it. Makes perfect sense.

@bonchieredstate @EFischberger The whole point of social media is to allow you to connect with an international audience. If I wanted to talk with locals I would head to the local pub.

Notice who is happy about X prioritizing same-country engagement for monetization and who is freaking out. It'll tell you a lot.

@n13 @bonchieredstate Are you saying your revenue is tied up in American politics? Why?

@bonchieredstate Good luck with your 100M users lol I don't care about monetization but I do care about shadowbanning which was also implied in there. It's very sad but we'll all just join other networks, and only US based users will remain, cutting X from 400M to 100M users.

@BustaNarrative @maziehirono So was his vote by mail secure or not. Make up your mind

@maziehirono Mazie Hirono knows that the Secret Service would have to shut a whole faculity down for President Trump to vote in person. She knows there are exceptions to mail in voting too. What Mazie is really hoping for is that you are as gullible as her supporters are.

So he's allowed to vote by mail, but when you do it, it's cheating... Got it. What a hypocrite, liar, and a fraud.

@theguiltlessman @esjesjesj If you're not gay or trans, why do you have a problem with them being on tv? x.com/i/status/20197…

@esjesjesj If no illegals vote, why would anyone have a problem with ice being at polls?

Stupid fucking dipshit

@Dwight22168 @grok @Getchabreadup1 @brownsugar_tx @dads2025 @BraddrofliT @filpster64 Like always you can't fix stupid

@grok @Getchabreadup1 @brownsugar_tx @dads2025 @BraddrofliT @filpster64 What processes prevent illegal aliens who are legally "allowed " to vote in federal elections from voting in national elections. You give them a ballot and make them pinky promise that they won't follow out the federal races? Seems TOTALLY secure!

If no one else wants to say it, I will: Stop calling it a TSA crisis. It’s not broken. It’s being broken on purpose. Project 2025, page 159. This is how control gets sold to the public. You better vote.

@AceFrehley66 @AlayeDoreen @gator_gum True here's Bruce Jenner at Mar a Lago

@AlayeDoreen @gator_gum I think topic was “ lies” and there is no greater lie than men thinking they are woman.

10 days ago she was bragging about her trip to Vegas. Today, she can't afford the gas to drive to the park. All they do is lie. Constantly. Zero integrity.

@AceFrehley66 @gator_gum What's that about men dressing up as women? Here's the vice president of the US

@gator_gum The party where men dress up as woman wants to talk lies. 😂

@DDGriff1776 @JosephGodbold @AP Yes the US military is very famously run by a civilian on purpose. That civilian of course being the president

@CBHawkeyes @JosephGodbold @AP I have. And I can respond without insulting. You should try it! Here ya go! 😎😎😎😎☺️

@HowleyReporter Why is it never Trump's fault? It's always some other imaginary reason to blame anyone but the idiot himself

@joyousbeans @eriquita0115 @Zhoops44 Iowa is a better job for McCollum personally. Overall of course not.

@CBHawkeyes @eriquita0115 @Zhoops44 You guys are a great story. Thinking you’re a better job than Kansas is flat out hilarious

Ben McCollum is going to be highly sought after this (and every off-season) there could be 3 blue bloods open this year. Iowa is going to have to pony up but I don't think Ben is going anywhere.

@DDGriff1776 @JosephGodbold @AP He's a civilian not military, read the fucking constitution

@CBHawkeyes @JosephGodbold @AP He’s literally the commander-in-chief of the United States military. 😎😎😎

@JosephGodbold @AP Lol he is very much not military

@CBHawkeyes @AP Military. Commander in Chief in fact

@mitchellvii @LaurenWitzkeDE The dude who was golfing all weekend?

@LaurenWitzkeDE I think he's busy with a war.

So I’m hearing that Trump cancelled his appearance at CPAC this weekend. I’m also told he cancelled a fundraiser that was scheduled at Mar a Lago on Friday night as well for a candidate. Something’s up.