360 Comments
User's avatar
The Mighty Ox's avatar

Leno Smuk. I've been itching to write that.

Expand full comment
Erin's avatar

Ok, but as a Pennsylvania voter, and since he can't actually check how I voted, can I be prosecuted for accepting the 1 million dollars? Asking for me.

Expand full comment
π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

Sadly, Muskrat's offer "expires October 21" for some reason.

If he does get prosecuted, and the whole rancid scheme is found to be illegal, what happens to the voters who won and accepted the bribe-prize?

Expand full comment
Dina's avatar

THEY'LL probably be the ones prosecuted and there will be no consequences for Elon/Leon/Elno because he's got allll the moneys (and we all know how that works).

Expand full comment
Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

I was always fond of Heywood Jablomey.

Expand full comment
Erin's avatar

Long ago on a message board far away one of my favorite handles to see was "Haywood Jablonski".

Expand full comment
DemoCat's avatar

I will pay you $1 million to snort like a pig, that’s all I’m interested in, but you must be a registered voter who signs a loyalty pledge to Donald Trump to elect him ruler. But it’s really the pig snort I’m after.

Expand full comment
Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Gary. That cartoon villain is breaking the law every day. And I just redacted myself.

Expand full comment
Lane's avatar

And those pimply faced engineering students? They're quitting.

"...canvassers are quitting because the pay is not good enough for the amount of work they are required to do. " Just the way Republicans like it!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/21/2278337/-Elon-Musk-s-scheme-to-help-Trump-is-a-hot-mess-and-possibly-illegal?

Expand full comment
Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Gosh, who couldn't have predicted this? Musk outsourced the actual work to a contractor with a set fee per doorknock, so the contractor's going to hire a bunch of temps and push them as hard as he can to make as much profit for himself as he can, and the temps said, "Fuck that shit."

Expand full comment
π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

The Free Marketβ„’ in action. Surely Muskrat won't complain, right?

Expand full comment
Revenant's avatar

And the moral of this story, children, is never trust a Space Nazi.

Expand full comment
Ambiance Chaser's avatar

Gesundheit.

Expand full comment
Bupkus231's avatar

I've asked this before, but what is this "petition" petitioning? Is it supposed to go to another entity besides that super PAC, someone who presumably would do something?

I think calling this bullshit a "petition" is a travesty of the word

Expand full comment
Ambiance Chaser's avatar

This is just a very manual, "waa Facebook won't let me collect personal details like the would for Cambridge Analytica . . .waa" data harvesting. Last remaining mystery is if Leon gets a Putin signed Soviet era storm coat out of it.

Expand full comment
Bupkus231's avatar

But again - who is the recipient of the petition? Facebook?

Expand full comment
π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

You have to give them your phone number just to see the "petition".

Better be prepared to assign "STOP <enter>" to a keystroke, if you haven't already done so.

Expand full comment
Darth Trad's avatar

'And the winner of the million dollars is.................... DON AL D'TROOMP!'

Expand full comment
Vincent's avatar

I'll return to my of late theme... who the fuck cares if it's illegal because Musk, no matter who wins the election, will face exactly 0 consequences. Because nothing fucking matters.

Expand full comment
mvario's avatar

The $1M Question: Is Elon Musk’s β€˜Petition’ Drive Actually Legal? | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/21/the-1m-question-is-elon-musks-petition-drive-actually-legal/

Expand full comment
Wookiee Monster's avatar

Gee, I wish my daddy had owned an emerald mine full of slave labor so I could afford to make billions by buying other people’s ideas and presenting them as my own and then be hailed by the media as a real life Tony Stark.

Expand full comment
Dina's avatar

I LOVE RDJ's Tony Stark and every time I hear that comparison I want to puke.

Expand full comment
calliecallie, aka pollyanna's avatar

"...fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years..."

Put Leon in jail for 5 years. He can bunk with that crypto guy, Sam. They probably have a lot to talk about.

Expand full comment
Wookiee Monster's avatar

Rich people only go to jail when they steal from other rich people.

Expand full comment
Tessie's avatar

At least Dr. Evil ADMITS he's bald.

Expand full comment
Cryny's avatar

I’ve heard Republicans claim for years that welfare programs are literal bribes for people to vote Democrat. But I’m sure they’re all fine with this.

Expand full comment
"M"'s avatar

They’re still doing that on social media

Over student loan relief

Guess they forgot about all those PPP loans

That REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN got forgiven (!)

Expand full comment