<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:</span></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>> >… Elon Musk's popularity took a dramatic hit when he gave $277 million…</b></font></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><i>>I am surprised there aren’t limits to how much one person can donate to an election.  I thought there were limits.</i></font></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><br><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>In the before times<span class="gmail_default" style=""> when</span> <span class="gmail_default" style="">H</span>e <span class="gmail_default" style="">W</span>ho <span class="gmail_default" style="">M</span>ust <span class="gmail_default" style="">N</span>ot <span class="gmail_default" style="">B</span>e <span class="gmail_default" style="">N</span>amed didn't have any<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>pet judges on the Supreme Court there were limits, but not now.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span><span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span> </b></font></div><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>> >…to get a 34 time convicted felon<span class="gmail_default" style="">...</span></b></font></blockquote></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><i>> What was this felon convicted of, please?</i></font></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Spike<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> I refuse to give an answer to a question <span class="gmail_default" style="">that </span>you can find for yourself in about<span class="gmail_default" style=""> 0.8 seconds online. </span> </b></font></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-65715338368549861"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-65715338368549861WordSection1"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></span> the world would be a better place if that <span class="m_-65715338368549861gmaildefault" style="">c</span>ompany<span class="m_-65715338368549861gmaildefault" style=""> <span class="gmail_default" style="">[Twitter] </span></span>did<span class="m_-65715338368549861gmaildefault" style=""> NOT</span> exist…</font></span></b></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><u></u> </font><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><u></u></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><i style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>I disagree enthusiastically, wholeheartedly. </font></i></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>I'm not surprised given that you said Twitter was your primary news source<span class="gmail_default" style="">, and that fact will certainly shape your worldview. </span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="">John K Clark</span> </b></font></div><div><br></div></div></div>