Whitney Tilson

This is my last post on X, as I am boycotting everything related to Elon Musk. If you wish to follow me, you can do so on Facebook (facebook.com/whitneytilson) or Instagram (Whitneytilsonofficial)
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No surprise that the idea to stab our brave ally in the back came from Musk. As soon as Democrats take back Congress, they need to investigate him and cut off the tens of billions of dollars of government money his companies are profiting from. And every right-minded person should boycott his companies: don't buy a Tesla, stop using X, cancel Starlink, etc.

Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine

telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Excerpt:

Elon Musk approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine, The Telegraph can reveal.

The billionaire tech entrepreneur approached the US president with the proposal to introduce speed limits on the system, which hampered Ukraine’s drone defences, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.

One of the sources said Mr Trump “agreed” with Mr Musk’s suggestion, paving the way for the Pentagon to execute the slowdown on Starshield, the military-grade version of the satellite communications system.

Mr Musk had previously blamed Mr Trump for the chaos, claiming any changes would have been decided by the US military and ultimately the president.

At the time, Mr Trump was embroiled in a row with Volodymyr Zelensky over Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries.

2) Trump (Putin's useful idiot) then did Musk's bidding:

Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say (reuters.com/world/europe/o…)

3) And now Trump twists the knife in Ukraine's back. Lindsey Graham must be turning over in his grave.

Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Legislation

The sanctions were part of legislation that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/…

By Alan Rappeport
Reporting from Washington
Oct. 16, 2026, 9:55 p.m. ET

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday night exempting Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month, offering an economic lifeline to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin as the United States turns to Russia for help lowering gas prices.

The new sanctions were intended to target Russian officials, oligarchs and financial institutions, and were part of legislation that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July after spending more than a year building support for the measure. The law, which is designed to squeeze the financial lifelines sustaining Russia’s war against Ukraine, also provided Mr. Trump with additional tariff authority that he could use to punish countries that continue to trade with Russia.

This is a breaking news article.

What a joyous day - our prayers have been answered! The American people - of every demographic, in every state - rose up and, in a primal scream, shouted NO to Trump and Trumpism!

More comments later, but for now enjoy Borowitz! 🤣🤣🤣

Mike Johnson Begs God to Rapture Him Immediately

Nov 4

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In the aftermath of the Republicans’ catastrophic rout in the midterm elections, on Wednesday morning House Speaker Mike Johnson begged God to “rapture him up” immediately.
“I don’t want to be in the minority,” he prayed, choking back tears. “I’m a Republican. We hate minorities.”
In another post-election development, an embittered Elon Musk angrily put Ken Paxton on eBay.
The billionaire was hoping to recoup some of his $190 million purchase of Paxton, but in the Texan’s first hours on eBay the bidding for him stalled at six dollars.
Musk refused to answer reporters’ questions about the eBay fiasco as he boarded a rocket for Mars.
Meanwhile, in South Carolina, losing Senate candidate Darline Graham took her 47% of the vote in stride, telling reporters, “Forty-seven is a lot higher than I can count to.”

Exactly 😢😢😢🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Kudos to 60 Minutes for a powerful piece on the campaign of terror and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank by the extremist settlers, which Netanyahu, pandering to Smotrich, Ben Gvir, and the fascist right, isn't doing enough to rein in. Israel will never regain its moral standing until it stops this outrage.

Good to see 60 Minutes under Bari Weiss isn't pulling its punches on stories that are contrary to the Malignant Toddler's beliefs.

The Israeli settlers behind West Bank conflict with Palestinians

youtube.com/watch?v=p8xd0h…

Kudos to Republican Congressman (NE-02) and former Air Force general Don Bacon (who unfortunately isn't running again), whom I met briefly near the Kharkiv a couple of years ago: