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1. Ali Alexander says he’s had private 1-on-1 conversations with Musk.
2. 90 days ago Musk reinstated Alexander’s feed.
3. Today Musk suspended that feed over allegations of pedophilic grooming.
4. Many MAGAs now say Alexander’s proclivities were well-known.
5. Did Elon know?
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2. 90 days ago Musk reinstated Alexander’s feed.
3. Today Musk suspended that feed over allegations of pedophilic grooming.
4. Many MAGAs now say Alexander’s proclivities were well-known.
5. Did Elon know?
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6. Musk says he’s obsessed with child protection on Twitter.
7. But he removed many of the protections Twitter had against material that endangers kids.
8. Alexander says he was intermittently in touch with Musk as Musk plotted a Twitter takeover that loosened child protections.
7. But he removed many of the protections Twitter had against material that endangers kids.
8. Alexander says he was intermittently in touch with Musk as Musk plotted a Twitter takeover that loosened child protections.
9. As Alexander and Musk were in touch and Alexander says he had a voice in how Musk approached his Twitter play—including, presumably, loosening child protections—it appears Alexander may have been engaged in pedophilic grooming.
10. Shouldn’t media ask about Alexander’s role?
10. Shouldn’t media ask about Alexander’s role?
11. If what Alexander says is true—he was giving Musk advice on how to think through his plan to change Twitter’s protocols—and if one of the changes was reducing child protections and Alexander was allegedly grooming kids as he gave his advice, shouldn’t Musk be asked about it?
12. Baked into these very basic, reasonable journalistic questions is this fact: Ali Alexander is threatening to expose bad things about powerful people as part of his retaliation for what he’s going through right now, and just as he made that threat Musk preemptively banned him.
13/ Twitter doesn’t have a preemptive banning protocol. Alexander is alleged to have used DMs to groom underage boys—not Twitter. So Elon, who’s friends/friendly with Ali Alexander, chose to preemptively ban Alexander from Twitter *just* as Alexander became potentially dangerous.
14/ So apart from the questions above, doesn’t Musk have to be asked *why* he preemptively banned a man for non-Twitter conduct when that man—an alleged pedophilic groomer—is a friend of his/friendly with him and was advising him as he thought through Twitter’s safety protocols?
15/ Does this whole situation not make it look like Elon Musk is trying to aggressively silence Ali Alexander here on Twitter before Alexander makes good on his threat to take powerful people down with him, given that we know Alexander and Musk have had private conversations?
16/ And what are we to make of the fact that Elon has previously been photographed with *another* alleged pedophilic groomer who, according to the right, everyone always knew was involved in that sort of conduct? Did Musk know about Ghislaine Maxwell? Did he know about Alexander?
19/ According to the NYT—which as we well know Musk recently bragged he took "special pleasure" in de-verifying on Twitter—Musk *lied* about his photo with Ghislaine Maxwell, claiming she "photo-bombed" him and he does not know her at all when in *fact* they were in conversation.
21/ More about alleged pedophilic groomer Ali Alexander saying he was in contact with Musk in 2022. thedailybeast.com/stop-the-steal…
22/ The two men who did a documentary on Alexander’s Stop the Steal and say they’re "good friends" with Alexander—indeed they were with him at the Capitol on January 6—did a podcast episode about Ali Alexander and Elon Musk. I’m listening to it now.
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ali…
Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ali…
23/ Rink and Escandon—past subjects of PROOF reporting—spoke with Alexander about Musk in April 2022. Alexander was focused on how Musk might handle speech if he ultimately took Twitter over. So surely he raised that with Musk if he began speaking privately with him in late 2022?
24/ Elon Musk has questions to answer about Ali Alexander. He needs to talk about their private discussions and what role an alleged pedophilic groomer had in advising Musk on Twitter safety protocols (ironically, a *false* allegation Musk made about Twitter’s prior Safety head!)
25/ Musk’s sudden ban of Alexander looks like—irony again, given Musk’s rants about "virtue-signaling"—a ploy to virtue-signal his way out of answering questions about his personal or professional associations with Alexander. ("Oh, I can’t be entangled with Ali, I banned him!")
PS/ And if Elon Musk won’t answer questions about Ali Alexander, maybe major media should ask Ali Alexander about Elon Musk? I’m pretty sure you’d get a response from Alexander at this point. His hatred of Twitter after his *first* Twitter ban was white-hot and I bet it is again.
QUOTE/ Holy sh*t.
Ali Alexander, April 2022, on Elon Musk possibly taking over Twitter: "[If he does], we might convert the company [Twitter] [to far-right views]. Now I don’t know if that’s possible, but if you think about it, the one billionaire who could sabotage Twitter...
Ali Alexander, April 2022, on Elon Musk possibly taking over Twitter: "[If he does], we might convert the company [Twitter] [to far-right views]. Now I don’t know if that’s possible, but if you think about it, the one billionaire who could sabotage Twitter...
QUOTE2/ "...but then be a poster-boy for talent recruitment to build something better—that could only be Elon. He’s the only one who could come in and go to war with the staff."
Shortly after Ali began speaking to Elon privately—of *course* they discussed safety protocols/staff.
Shortly after Ali began speaking to Elon privately—of *course* they discussed safety protocols/staff.
QUOTE3/ So we have Twitter violating its protocols to summarily ban an alleged pedophilic groomer who seems to have advised Twitter on its safety protocols—which protocols then *removed almost all protections for minors*—and anyone’s going to say Musk shouldn’t be asked about it?
QUOTE4/ In his April 2022 interview on Musk, Alexander says "A lot of people want to work for Elon" and says he’d like to see Musk hire "civil libertarians" who’ll change how Twitter handles speech. Recall—again—that soon after this Musk began having private chats with Alexander.
QUOTE5/ My mind is blown. Beginning at ~27 minutes into this podcast episode, Alexander outlines *exactly* what he wants Musk to do if he takes over Twitter... and all he says is *exactly* what Musk did.
Yes, *including* how to handle objectionable content. Even extreme content.
Yes, *including* how to handle objectionable content. Even extreme content.
ADDENDUM/ In the podcast, Alexander is asked about how he'd advise Musk—which apparently he did, in some unknown capacity and to some unknown extent—if Musk were to buy Twitter outright, and Alexander's exceedingly detailed response is about 40 minutes. He has *thought* about it.
ADDENDUM2/ There seems to be no question that Ali Alexander knows both Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey and has spoken to both about how Twitter should be run. Alexander's April '22 rant about Twitter showed a near-expert level of knowledge of Twitter financials. mediamatters.org/ali-alexander/…
ADDENDUM3/ Based on what I've seen, a *starting* "theory of the case"—to be confirmed/denied by far more investigation—would be that alleged pedophilic groomer Ali Alexander did have some role in helping steer Musk toward safety (non-)protocols that advantage groomers on Twitter.
ADDENDUM4/ This'd help explain why Musk broke site protocol to summarily ban Alexander the moment Alexander was a) outed as an alleged pedophilic groomer, b) had nothing to lose as his reputation was destroyed and c) had just begun threatening to out public figures as miscreants.
ADDENDUM5/ What major media *cannot* do is what Musk clearly *wants*: report on the Alexander ban as having nothing to do with Musk and everything to do with Musk opposing grooming.
No.
Consider this major-media reporting on what Musk did post-takeover: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
No.
Consider this major-media reporting on what Musk did post-takeover: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
ADDENDUM6/ Or consider this: indianexpress.com/article/techno…
ADDENDUM7/ Or consider this: wired.com/story/twitter-…
ADDENDUM8/ What Musk did in gutting all child safety tools and resources at Twitter is what Ali Alexander said (in April 2022) he would advise Musk to do shortly before he started—apparently—*offering that advice directly*: get out of the way of any content moderation whatsoever.
ADDENDUM9/ There is an absolutely huge story to be reported on here if—unlike what the NYT executive editor just said—someone in major media is willing to go "toe to toe" with Musk. He must be asked about his relationship with Ali Alexander and Alexander must be asked about Musk.
ADDENDUM10/ In an October 2022 podcast, Alexander made stunning claims:
* He was the first person to break the story of Musk becoming CEO of Twitter because he had special "sources"
* He says he was working as a "strategy consultant" when he got the intel callin.com/episode/ali-al…
* He was the first person to break the story of Musk becoming CEO of Twitter because he had special "sources"
* He says he was working as a "strategy consultant" when he got the intel callin.com/episode/ali-al…
ADDENDUM11/ In that October 2022 podcast, Alexander also says:
* He had knowledge of Musk's internal (non-publicized) thoughts on matters of grave importance
* He had foreknowledge of federal actions against Musk that presumably only Musk or Musk inner-circle denizens would have
* He had knowledge of Musk's internal (non-publicized) thoughts on matters of grave importance
* He had foreknowledge of federal actions against Musk that presumably only Musk or Musk inner-circle denizens would have
ADDENDUM12/ A reader just sent a link to a story about Alexander discussing Nick Fuentes with Twitter's executive class as part of his *repeated private conversations* with Twitter brass. (Did Musk turn over evidence of such chats in #TheTwitterFiles? No.) mediamatters.org/ali-alexander/…
ADDENDUM13/ Remember that in addition to being a neo-Nazi who dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Fuentes is now accused of knowing for a long time that Alexander was allegedly a pedophilic groomer. So Alexander talked about Fuentes with Twitter brass—did Musk speak with Fuentes too?
ADDENDUM14/ Alexander being pals with Jack isn't news. Their chats aren't news—though maybe the absence of evidence of them in #TheTwitterFiles is. What matters is Musk *likes* Jack. If Alexander advised Jack on Twitter, is it a stretch to think Musk sought the same relationship?
ADDENDUM15/ Want to know what Alexander's big idea for Elon was just before he began talking to him about Twitter? Per his April 2022 podcast interview...
...it was getting rid of all verified checkmarks and making people pay for them.
What Musk is doing *tomorrow* (Thursday).
...it was getting rid of all verified checkmarks and making people pay for them.
What Musk is doing *tomorrow* (Thursday).
ADDENDUM16/ So there's a possibility Musk violated Twitter policies to summarily ban Alexander 48 hours before Alexander's Spring '22 plan for Twitter was executed because Musk feared that the just-outed alleged pedophilic groomer would *publicly take credit for Thursday's move*.
ADDENDUM17/ Alexander implies his secret source for preknowledge of Musk making himself Twitter CEO was a "dissident in power" who "trusts him" and is willing to talk to him at risk of "additional scrutiny from the federal government" (he'd just said Musk faced federal scrutiny).
ADDENDUM18/ It's so creepy that Alexander was implying in October 2022 that he was in contact with Elon Musk as he said a "subscription model" was coming to Twitter—you know, the one Musk *just unveiled*—which would make him and other far-right-wingers millionaires. I mean Jesus.
ADDENDUM19/ You don't have to read much between the lines of the October 2022 69-min. Alexander rant I linked to above to hear him saying he's helping steer Twitter in the Musk era—a feature of which era is the end of child-safety protocols (as Alexander was allegedly grooming!).
CONCLUSION/ I’ll end with this: *another* bizarre story that involves Elon Musk, Andrew Tate—who’s charged with sex trafficking and Musk just interacted with online—Jeffrey Epstein, sudden bans directed by Musk, and pedophilia.
*Something* is wrong here. thedailybeast.com/eliza-bleus-ow…
*Something* is wrong here. thedailybeast.com/eliza-bleus-ow…
CONCLUSION2/ Sorry—I can't resist underscoring how bizarre, creepy and suspiciously opaque all this is.
Guess who introduced Jeffrey Epstein to Mark Zuckerberg?
Yep—Elon Musk. (I assume this was before he lied to the NYT about knowing Ghislaine Maxwell.) vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/j…
Guess who introduced Jeffrey Epstein to Mark Zuckerberg?
Yep—Elon Musk. (I assume this was before he lied to the NYT about knowing Ghislaine Maxwell.) vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/j…
CROWDSOURCE REQUEST/ If anyone can find this InfoWars episode, let me know. Could probably do it myself but I have listened to hours of Ali Alexander talking and I just can't go on with it at the moment. 
UPDATE/ Here it is (watching it now myself): rumble.com/embed/v1nt134?…
BREAKING NEWS1/
ALLEGED PEDOPHILIC GROOMER ALI ALEXANDER (in October 2022, as Elon was making decisions that had the effect of creating no-moderation policies for much child sexual exploitation content on Twitter): "I've got sources embedded in Twitter and in [and] around Elon."
ALLEGED PEDOPHILIC GROOMER ALI ALEXANDER (in October 2022, as Elon was making decisions that had the effect of creating no-moderation policies for much child sexual exploitation content on Twitter): "I've got sources embedded in Twitter and in [and] around Elon."
BREAKING NEWS2/
ALEXANDER (Oct. 2022): "[I know] Elon himself has made [reversing bans of MAGA ToS violators] 1 of his top 3 priorities....I was asked [by Twitter or Musk], 'What do *you* think the process [should] look like for people like yourself coming back [to Twitter]'?"
ALEXANDER (Oct. 2022): "[I know] Elon himself has made [reversing bans of MAGA ToS violators] 1 of his top 3 priorities....I was asked [by Twitter or Musk], 'What do *you* think the process [should] look like for people like yourself coming back [to Twitter]'?"
BREAKING NEWS3/
ALEXANDER (October 2022): "Right now he [Elon Musk] is trying to set up something that encourages dialogue [between Twitter and MAGA ToS violators]."
Huh. Pretty sure major media should ask Elon about the "dialogue" he established with Alexander, Fuentes, et al.
ALEXANDER (October 2022): "Right now he [Elon Musk] is trying to set up something that encourages dialogue [between Twitter and MAGA ToS violators]."
Huh. Pretty sure major media should ask Elon about the "dialogue" he established with Alexander, Fuentes, et al.
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