Fred Levitan

observer and reporter of political fuckery

[Fred Levitan @fred_levitan]

@GoldenGopherFan Scum

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@AyannaPressley @IlhanMN There’s something wrong with both of you

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@MassDailyNews Vote her out

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@Robotdriver Are you an early tester?

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@FaroleMax @Ilhan Scum

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@bathelshoshana1 Doesn’t exist.

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@DevinOlsenn I think a merger between Tesla and SpaceX is a natural.

[Fred Levitan @fred_levitan]

@DevinOlsenn I’m certainly thinking about it. I need to handle one first.

[Fred Levitan @fred_levitan]

@DevinOlsenn Devin, see if parking is any better, also check highway speeds, left lane avoidance and school zone crosswalks.

[Fred Levitan @fred_levitan]

@DevinOlsenn Ask Jae to join you more often

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Democrats discovered billionaires in politics were a threat to democracy the exact day one stopped writing them checks.

When Michael Bloomberg spent around $1 billion of his own money in the 2020 primary, then another $100M to help Biden in Florida, nobody called it an attack on democracy.

When George Soros put $125M into a single Democratic super PAC and became the largest political donor of the 2022 cycle, it was "civic engagement."

When Reid Hoffman, Dustin Moskovitz, JB Pritzker and Tom Steyer wrote eight- and nine-figure checks cycle after cycle, it was "saving democracy." When Bill Gates reportedly gave around $50M to a pro-Harris group in 2024, silence.

In 2020, dark money groups spent over $500M backing Democrats, more than double what went to Republicans. In 2024, Kamala Harris raised more than $1 billion in under three months. Democrats outspent Republicans and lost.

So the problem was never billionaires in politics. The problem is a billionaire who doesn't fund your side.

And here's what nobody in DC wants to say out loud: old billionaire money is quiet money. It funds the foundations, NGOs, think tanks and consultants that make up the permanent establishment. It doesn't challenge the system. It is the system. It freezes the picture: same insiders, same incumbents, same experts, every single cycle.

You can like or hate Musk's spending, but at least it's out in the open. If you really want money out of politics, start with your own party's donor list.

[Fred Levitan @fred_levitan]

@TheBitcoinTime Done

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@NYCMayor @ZohranKMamdani Feds should stop all financial aid to NYC because of this. Scum.

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@stevekerrigan @maura_healey Clueless comment. Healy is a failure.

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@nypost Fing scum

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The Governor certainly lied here. I’m voting for Mike Minogue.

[Howie Carr @HowieCarrShow]

Maura Healey once took credit for stopping gas pipelines.

Now she’s asking the Trump administration for MORE natural gas, and she wants it fast. – @WSJ

What changed her mind?

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@KBTesla1 @TeslaSI @Tesla not a chance

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@ScottHayes11b I believe you are doing what your heart is telling you to do. Keep doing it.

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@SenBooker Like Biden did!