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delecti • yesterday at 10:15 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Elon is the largest individual political donor ever. I think a billionaire funding counter-protests is not that fishy in contrast.

I don't think a movement having a bit of funding for the organizers is that big of a deal though. The actual protesters are there because they want to be.

Edit: He's actually the largest individual political donor ever within a single political cycle, which is still quite significant (he's outspending the next largest in this cycle by about 3:1), but also very different. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/27/tracking-the-money...


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CGMthrowaway • yesterday at 10:39 PM

I think Elon's big political contributions didn't begin until 2024, so pretty recent.

Do we know who was the largest individual political donor prior to Elon?

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