Slate Magazine
•Have We Ever Seen Shitposting Take Down a Bill Before?
Summary
Nutrition label
67% Informative
Elon Musk wrote on X about a stopgap government funding bill that was scheduled to pass.
Musk is not an elected member of Congress , but he holds great sway on whether a bill lives or dies.
Musk has been tapped to lead the new Department of Unions Government Efficiency .
VR Score
67
Informative language
63
Neutral language
20
Article tone
semi-formal
Language
English
Language complexity
53
Offensive language
possibly offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
15
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdfhttps://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869446782574645386https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/12/18/what-elon-got-wrong-about-the-cr-00195226https://x.com/JDVance/status/1869495076604227726https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1834640216721965470?t=TiWitiidCUQ3ad8qg8-6AA&s=03https://x.com/RepOgles/status/1869416430007132346https://x.com/DOGE/status/1869467891671691571https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.htmlhttps://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869443894070686162https://twitter.com/share?text=Have+we+ever+seen+shitposting+take+down+a+bill+before%3F&via=slate&url=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2F2024%2F12%2Fgovernment-shutdown-elon-musk-twitter-x.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dtraffic%26utm_source%3Darticle%26utm_content%3Dtwitter_sharehttps://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2F2024%2F12%2Fgovernment-shutdown-elon-musk-twitter-x.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dtraffic%26utm_source%3Darticle%26utm_content%3Dfacebook_sharehttps://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869461048828522999https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/Resources/Analyzing+Potential+Conflicts+of+Interest#:~:text=%C2%A7%20208%2C%20prohibits%20Government%20employees,organizations%20are%20attributed%20to%20them.https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/97-1011.pdf
Source diversity
9
Affiliate links
no affiliate links