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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter drama is finally headed to trial -- but first came the harder task: finding jurors who don't loathe the world's richest man.

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One candidate said he thinks sending Elon Musk to prison would benefit humanity.

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-- SFGATE (@sfgate.com) Feb 20, 2026 at 6:20 PM

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"In most cases, he added, a juror admitting they "hated" the defendant would be immediately excused."

Oh so it won't really be a jury of his peers.

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-21 12:27 PM | Reply

A jury of his peers would necessitate the opening of the gates of Hell.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-21 02:57 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Concerning

#3 | Posted by cbob at 2026-02-22 08:46 PM | Reply

World's Worst Person

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-22 08:56 PM | Reply

If you took away the net of everything Musk has contributed to humanity (aside from his children) it would be a plus

#5 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-02-23 05:46 AM | Reply

I find it odd that Capitalism lauds itself as the best system, but in the end, what we have, always, is a few astoundingly greedy power hungry emotionally damaged running the world, and the rest, at the bottom of the pyramid, unable to use democracy to right the ship because American democracy is bought and sold to the super rich like Trump and Musk.
Are we screwed? Of course we are. Are any of the Republicans who supported this Trumpian/Musk debacle of grift ever going to he held accountable...of course not.

#6 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-02-23 06:58 AM | Reply

Ketamine's a helluva drug...
-Leon Skum

#7 | Posted by catdog at 2026-02-23 08:25 AM | Reply

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