🔥BREAKING: Media Matters is on the brink of collapse.
After two decades of smearing conservatives, the Soros-funded attack dog is under siege—from lawsuits by @elonmusk, FTC probes, & state AG investigations. Why? Donor fraud, defamation, & LYING to destroy Twitter.
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@elonmusk 2/ Media Matters, founded by David Brock in 2003, has spent 20 years using dark money, fake “fact checks,” advertiser boycotts, and weaponized media hit jobs to cancel anyone the Democrats hate.
Now they’re drowning in $15 million in legal bills—and may have to shut down.
@elonmusk 3/ They’ve cut staff. They’ve begged donors. They tried to settle with Musk.
But the lawsuits won’t stop. Because they're guilty. And now they're caught.
Their donors—like Soros and Susie Tompkins Buell—are suddenly MIA.
One ally said: “Maybe it’s time to shut it down.”
@elonmusk 4/ How did this happen?
In Nov 2023, Media Matters manipulated X’s algorithm to show ads next to Nazi content.
It caused a massive $75M advertiser exodus from X. And it was all a lie.
Musk sued for defamation—and then came the avalanche.
@elonmusk 5/ Musk: “We will pursue not just the organization, but anyone funding that organization.”
Since then:
— Musk filed suits in multiple countries
— Trump’s FTC launched an investigation
— GOP AGs Paxton (TX) and Bailey (MO) opened probes
— Donors spooked
— Staff revolted
@elonmusk 6/ Even their law firm bailed.
Elias Law Group, Dems' go-to legal firm, demanded $4M in unpaid fees.
Media Matters was stunned. “This is how you treat people who have been clients for 16 years and are friends?”
But do Democrats really have friends?
@elonmusk 7/ Media Matters tried to settle with Musk.
X demanded:
— A full retraction
— Every penny left in MM’s bank account
— Shut down permanently
MM offered a “methodology explainer” and a donation to a charity.
No deal. Not a chance.
@elonmusk 8/ Now they’re under federal investigation again.
The FTC is probing whether Media Matters illegally colluded with other “watchdog” groups to blackball X from advertisers.
Remember: These people weaponized “misinformation” to crush dissent. Now they’re in the crosshairs.
@elonmusk 9/ This is BIG. It means the FTC might go after everyone involved for antitrust: "conspiracy in restraint of trade".
That's a BIG felony. People could go to prison. And not just at Media Matters: at the giant advertisers too. Like Disney.
@elonmusk 10/ Democrats built a censorship-industrial complex powered by fake nonprofits like Media Matters and GARM. Under Biden they weaponized government to enforce it.
Now it’s collapsing—under legal scrutiny and financial ruin.
You can thank Trump, Musk, and all seven swing states.
@elonmusk 11/ Media Matters wanted to cancel YOU.
They spent two decades silencing speech, smearing patriots, and rigging the media.
Now, for the first time ever… they’re losing.
Stay loud. Stay fighting. And follow @RodDMartin for the takedown they never saw coming.🔥
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Many Christians wrestle with Romans 13 (“obey the authorities”) and wonder if the Founding Fathers rebelled against God when they broke with King George.
The answer is no — and here’s why. 🧵
2/ Romans 13 requires obedience to lawful commands.
Unlawful orders — even from duly constituted authority — may never be followed.
In Acts 5, the Sanhedrin ordered the apostles to stop preaching Christ. Their reply: “We must obey God rather than men.”
The same principle applies when a king commands tyranny.
3/ Anglo-American government is, and certainly then, was by covenant, and after the upheavals of the 17th century was well understood to be so.
The colonies were in covenant with the King, not subject to absolute rule by Parliament in London. Their people had the same rights as any other Englishmen.
When King George allowed Parliament to impose taxes without representation, quartering of troops, blockades, and other abuses, he broke that covenant.
Trump just scored huge victories: the biggest trade deal in history with the EU, a Lebanon-Israel peace deal, and more.
The world is being reordered in America’s favor — and it’s only getting better.
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2/ Just 11 months ago, Trump signed the largest trade deal ever with the EU.
This week, the EU ratified it. For the first time in history Europe charges us ZERO. And we charge them 15%!
Europe buying $600 billion in new U.S. manufacturing investment and $750 billion in American energy over three years.
The establishment on both sides of the Atlantic said it would never happen, that the whole world would isolate and gang up on America.
Kind of like they told you Hillary would win by 12 points.
3/ At the same time, Marco Rubio negotiated peace between Israel and Lebanon.
Iran gets booted out. Hezbollah gets removed. Lebanon takes full control of its territory for the first time in 51 years.
Mutual recognition of sovereignty. Which is a bigger deal than it sounds, because Lebanon declared war on Israel in 1948 and has legally been at war against them ever since!
This could mean full diplomatic relations and Lebanon joining the Abraham Accords.
🧵Treasury @SecScottBessent just laid out Trump’s vision for 21st-century American economic statecraft.
It remakes the global order of the last 80 years.
It’s a masterclass in disciplined power: using America’s economic strength to serve our sovereignty — not globalist elites. 🧵
@SecScottBessent 2/ For decades, we assumed openness had no downside.
We tolerated massive imbalances, supply chain dependence on adversaries, and unfair practices — all while believing integration would magically align interests.
Those assumptions failed. Bessent is correcting them.
3/ Bessent’s five core principles:
1. Economic security begins with national capacity — building what we need at home in semiconductors, AI, shipbuilding, critical minerals, and more.
2. Openness must be matched by reciprocity — no more one-way access to our markets.
3. America must write the rules of the next economy — standards for digital assets, AI, and emerging tech.