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Oct 11, 2022Liked by Jim Stewartson

Musk replied a few minutes ago via tweet with a denial of the Vice story. Said he last spoke w/Putin 18 months ago and the subject matter was space. Twitter users are asking the Vice author and his source for clarification on the reporting. So far there has been no response from Vice, the author, or the source in response to Musk’s denial.

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The Vice author says it was in Bremmer’s email.

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Oct 11, 2022Liked by Jim Stewartson

Bremmer has just posted on Twitter saying “elon musk told me he had spoken with putin and the kremlin directly about ukraine. he also told me what the kremlin’s red lines were.”

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Oct 11, 2022Liked by Jim Stewartson

I have searched online for the Eurasia Group’s “mailout” to see if any subscriber has posted it - haven’t found it yet. I am not doubting Bremmer but also want to make sure nothing was lost in translation between the “mailout” and the Vice’s reporting on it.

Nothing will change my suspicions about Musk. I cannot imagine him having access to user data from Starlink and Twitter. Consumer protection regs have not kept up with the risks and threats posed by social media platforms like Twitter.

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Elon Musk has no spine.

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Vice News is the trash fire Gilbert runs. I don’t trust Vice for anything but they’re quoting Bremmer.

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