The target is now Elon Musk

When Elon Musk revealed in May 2022 that he had decided to switch his political allegiance from the Democratic to the Republican Party, he immediately predicted quite correctly the following: “Watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold.”

As I noted in detail a year ago, the federal campaign against Musk and his companies since then has been extensive and disgusting, with investigations opened by the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Transportation Department.

Nor has this harassment eased in the past year. If anything it has accelerated, with the red tape by the FAA slowing down operations at SpaceX to the point of absurdity.

Now, as the campaign season moves to its climax on election day and the polls increasingly show a major shift in the direction of a Trump win, barring any illegal vote tampering, we should not be surprised that the Democrats are now demanding that Elon Musk shut up, and are doing so by issuing new false accusations against him.

Leading the way was a Wall Street Journal report [behind a pay wall], picked up by all the usual suspects in the propaganda press, based solely on anonymous sources, that accused Musk of having private and secret phone conversations with Vladimir Putin, head of Russia. From this typical propaganda piece at NPR:

A person familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, confirmed to The Associated Press that Musk and Putin have had contact through calls. The person didn’t provide additional details about the frequency of the calls, when they occurred or their content.

My heart be still. The source couldn’t say when or how often the calls occurred, or even what they were about. Sure seems reliable information to me. Off with Elon’s head!

The response from SpaceX was blunt.

The Wall Street Journal published yet another incredibly misleading story about @Starlink
based upon completely unsubstantiated claims from unnamed sources.

SpaceX’s then noted its extensive help using Starlink to the Ukraine, against Russia. Reality tells us that these so-called unconfirmeed Musk-Putin conversations are not only unlikely, they would make no sense. And if they did happen, it would have certainly not been with the intent of Musk to betray the U.S. or the Ukraine. Note too that the Kremlin itself insists Musk has only talked to Putin once, “during which they discussed space and future technologies.”

In fact, this story fits the same pattern of many recent and typical leftwing media slanders against Republicans, from Supreme Court nominees to senate candidates to presidents. Based on an anonymous source who really doesn’t know much, the slander gets spread by the propaganda press as if it was the word from God, used to defame and discredit the victim. It is the same tactic as that classic journalist fake question, “So, Mister Candidate, when did you stop beating your wife?” You can deny it, but the very denial appears to condemn you.

In this case the propaganda press and the Democrats are carrying the attacks even farther. When asked about it on Meet the Press this weekend, Senator Bernie Sanders made it very clear where the Democrats now stand on free speech.

First news anchor Kristen Welker asked the question. Note how this anonymous story is now accepted by her as utter fact.

The Wall Street Journal reporting this week that Musk is, of course, a major government contractor, someone who has security clearance that gives him access to highly classified information, has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin for the past two years. My question for you, is it appropriate for Elon Musk, a Trump supporter, to have these secret contacts with Vladimir Putin, and what, if anything, do you think the Biden administration can and should do about it?

As I noted, with our propaganda press, unconfirmed slanders of conservatives are always treated as fact, and used to further destroy them. The question was thus designed to allow Sanders to answer in exactly the right way.

No, I don’t think it’s appropriate. Look, Musk is a very smart, aggressive guy. He is the wealthiest person in the world. And what really interests me is, if, God forbid, Trump would win, whether it would be Elon Musk running the government and Trump working for him, or the other way around. But the idea that you have somebody like Musk who has massive amounts of federal contracts, campaigning hard, putting huge amounts of money into Trump’s campaign – man, if there’s ever been a conflict of interest, that’s it.

In other words, according to Sanders, Musk is not allowed his first amendment free speech rights because his companies have contracts with the government. However, we all know of course that Sanders would celebrate Musk’s campaigning entirely if it was for a Democrat. He would even consider phone calls to Putin totally appropriate, if it aids the goals of the Democrats and the communist left.

This typical Democratic Party slander campaign is now following its standard course. NASA administrator Bill Nelson has now joined the chorus, calling for an investigation of Musk. Similarly, Democrats in Congress are now demanding investigations (see here and here). Or as one of my commenters on Behind the Black noted yesterday,

The modern Democratic Party

You can almost picture Bernie Sanders kicking and hitting the floor yelling it’s not fair it’s not fair. Our new world order and economic forum will not tolerate this! How dare they reset the great reset? We control all media outlets, we tell them what and how to think, how dare they reject us?

And while we can make fun of these tinpot dictators, we must remember that tinpot dictators have through history ended up killing tens of millions of people. This is our future, should Kamala Harris win the election and the Democrats maintain some control of Congress. It is their intention to resume their aggressive blacklisting campaign begun in 2021, shortly after Biden took office, but do so now with even greater aggression. That campaign stalled because it violated numerous laws, beginning with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and has resulted in numerous successful lawsuits costing its advocates millions.

The goal should the Democrats win next week will be to make sure those laws no longer have force. As I have written numerous times, be warned. When someone tells you what they want to do, you really should believe them. Not only will Musk’s effort to colonize the solar system be stymied, the industries he has created will be destroyed, simply because he had the audacity to say he no longer supported the Democratic Party.

And that effort to smash a boot into Musk’s face will not end with Musk, but simply begin there.