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Bill Ackman, a billionaire hedge fund manager
.(((edit to remove DEM donor, b/c he
supports Trump)))
. He proposes buying and shutting down Bluesky to prevent further fracturing of the town square.
https://digbysblog.net/2024/11/20/still-more-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/
Thus the same billionaire who posted FAKE crap
.
On October 19, Axios considered Americas gullibility crisis and found Ackman there:
Bill Ackman, a hedge fund billionaire with 1.4 million followers on X, obsessively promoted allegations from an ABC News whistleblower that the network had given Harris questions in advance of her debate with Trump. On Wednesday, more than a month later, Ackman admitted it was fake.
obamanut2012
(27,802 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,562 posts)LiberalArkie
(16,495 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,562 posts)lame54
(36,881 posts)Cancel culture
eShirl
(18,790 posts)wryter2000
(47,431 posts)Or maybe he should buy X/Twitter and shut it down first. Idiot.
Baitball Blogger
(48,022 posts)It marginalizes entire sections of society. And it is so bad that society continues to crumble.
We may not lift a finger to hurt you, but we won't lift a finger to help you when your house gets hit by lightening and it burns down.
These people are horrible narcissists.
W_HAMILTON
(8,489 posts)Ackman endorsed Trump and has been openly anti-Democratic for quite some time now.
Eliot Rosewater
(32,536 posts)blogslug
(38,652 posts)I'm sorry Digby fell for it
IrishBubbaLiberal
(32 posts)I only went by Digby,,,
But since this billionaire has posted FAKE anti-Harris crap before,
That he ADMITTED to.
blogslug
(38,652 posts)Bluesky is seeing an influx imposter accounts and maga trolls these last few days - and that's on top of record-high signups. Actually, at this moment the site looks to be down, likely because of traffic overload.
spooky3
(36,193 posts)JohnSJ
(96,520 posts)Autumn
(46,280 posts)Freethinker65
(11,134 posts)None of this would have happened if Twitter had been left alone. Musk is to blame for Bluesky's rise in popularity.
Take idiot Ackman's money and start another comparable site and members will follow to the new site.
RAB910
(3,954 posts)While I have my opinions on the conflict and Israel's behavior, I was always mindful it was a terrible no-win situation for Democrats and the Democratic party
If the only way to keep him as an ally was to say "MAIN! BURN! KILL!" when it came to Palestinians, then nobody sane was going to keep him around.
IrishBubbaLiberal
(32 posts)It just always seemed so hopeless,,,
That no matter what,, the terrible conflict would continue.on and on.
Had great hopes with Sadat-Begin, Camp David Accords,,,,
But even that ignored Palestinians,,, interjected Jordon Hussein
without Hussein, thus pissed off the other Arab league
Then of course,,, Sadat assassinated by his own troops during parade.
Now Israel has a fanatical leader who cares little about human rights,
Doesnt care about slaughter of 10s of thousands of women and children.
Israel government is ethnic cleansing Gaza,
Starving entire population AND Biden goes along with it
MADNESS
Gore1FL
(21,883 posts)We can keep doing this until the Billionaires run out of money.
chowder66
(9,813 posts)If we are going to get out of this propaganda, lie fest.... everyone needs to do better.
Basically Digby fell for a fake account and it is now posted here on Democratic Underground.
Will Digby post an article that they promoted a fake post? Doubt it.
From the Digby article this all comes from;
On October 19, Axios considered Americas gullibility crisis and found Ackman there:
Bill Ackman, a hedge fund billionaire with 1.4 million followers on X, obsessively promoted allegations from an ABC News whistleblower that the network had given Harris questions in advance of her debate with Trump. On Wednesday, more than a month later, Ackman admitted it was fake.
I am in no way advocating for Ackman. I don't really know anything about the guy.
Passages
(1,028 posts)Doesn't exist.
Remember, Warren Buffet would not endorse Harris, and he is supposedly a "good" one.
onenote
(44,619 posts)Passages
(1,028 posts)You don't want them to like you.
progressoid
(50,743 posts)In a documentary he basically admitted he didn't really have a moral compass. He was just accumulating money for the sake of accumulating money. His first wife was the one who convinced him to do something with it.
Thankfully, he seems to be on our side. Granted he doesn't seem to want to do anything to jeopardize his image, but he has donated to a lot of socially left leaning causes.
Passages
(1,028 posts)oldmanlynn
(388 posts)Where the people who have the most money are going to control everything else.
multigraincracker
(34,066 posts)That makes me wonder.
DownriverDem
(6,639 posts)liberal billionaires need to step up.
Joinfortmill
(16,377 posts)PedroXimenez
(599 posts)🤬 CORRECTION: Today I shared what looked like a Bluesky post from outspoken billionaire Bill Ackman claiming to want that app shut down. Now, the account that posted it is suspended. Ackmans verified X account didnt have the post. So I got this wrong. Sorry, yall. Im gonna hush now.🤬
KS Toronado
(19,564 posts)we should be looking at ways to shut down FQX and all it's offspring.
rubbersole
(8,501 posts)They have Fort Knox and certainly don't want to give it up now. Expect all liberal platforms to be purchased and eliminated. SOP.
JR11
(29 posts)Wealth beyond reason (where too much is never enough) is inherently corrupt. There's no two ways about it.