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... And on Tuesday, Musk's political leanings spilled over to two of his most prominent companies, with an announcement that he plans to move X and SpaceX to Texas from California. The "final straw," he said, was a new rule in the Golden State that bans school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents about changes to a student's sexual orientation and gender identity.

Musk, the world's richest person with a $269.5 billion fortune, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has for years been aligning himself with conservative causes such as vaccine skepticism and stopping illegal immigration. But his full embrace of the right-wing ethos marks a radical transformation for a Silicon Valley tech legend who rose to prominence as the visionary behind Tesla Inc., an electric-car company positioned at the forefront of the environmental movement. ...

imo, he's been a full member of the Trump cult for quite a while now. He just has not been overt about it.

When he bought Twitter so that he could provide a place for right-wing hate speech to fester, his internal leanings seemed to become obvious.

$45 million a month donation to a pro-Trump PAC? He'll likely make that back with the tax reductions fmr Pres trump wants to put into place for the wealthy. To Mr Musk, that $45 million a month is just an investment with thhe possibility of a good retrun on the investment.

... He's donating $45 million a month to a pro-Trump super PAC ...

Meanwhile, Justice Thomas may be saying to himself ... ~how do I get a ride on that gravy train?~

@#7 ... When enough people leave, he'll get ousted by unhappy boards ...

For that to happen, there needs to be non-adulant boards.