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Here’s a heartwarming story that should cheer you up this holiday season: the baddest people you know are battling it out. The MAGA v. Tech Right debate which began over Christmas, fueled by a split over allowing skilled workers from other countries to come to other countries, was expanded by Elon Musk on Thursday. Trump’s “first friend” has declared alt-right activists including former Trump orbiter Laura Loomer to be trolls and reportedly deleted their Twitter accounts.
Musk spent much of yesterday expanding support for the H-1B visa program, which allows American companies to hire non-citizens for special jobs and has become a favorite tool for tech companies to attract international talent. He also did it in a possible 4chan-ish way, to respond in unison to a post from Autism Capital which resulted in tech companies not hiring Americans because “you guys are slow.“
That put him in the seat of the nationalist right, who supported Trump in particular because of his promise to curb immigration. Statistics like LoomerInfoWars host Owen Shroyerand others blasted Musk and other figures like Vivek Ramaswamy for their less-than-acceptable positions. When Musk dropped the conversation, putting it to the curb, his biggest critics also saw their blue badges removed from their records.
Loomer, ShroyerSponsor of Newsmax Gavin Waxand political committee ConservativeOG they both lost their credentials in the fallout from the H-1B visa fight after clearly standing against Musk and friends. Uncertainty not only costs them a check, but also the money they earn from letters that demand attention and any money they earn. premium subscribers who supported them.
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🚨🚨🚨@elonmusk he has removed my blue check from X because I tried to question his support for H1B visas, the transfer of American tech workers and immigrants to India, and I questioned his relationship with China.
Looks like Elon Musk is going to silence me… pic.twitter.com/6hvTGCEZHw
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 27, 2024
These accounts may have lost their verification status due to being linked to ConservativeOG. One way to get verified on Twitter is to contact a verified organization, which ConservativeOG already had, as he noted. the golden symbol that was displayed on his profile. At some point, ConservativeOG got caught, and everyone joined it. Loomer and ConservativeOG have bonds, as seen on an archived version of Loomer’s account which displays the ConservativeOG logo next to its verification badge. It is unclear whether Loomer’s actions have damaged the entire organization enough to be verified.
Loomer is currently in Twitter jail, 12 hour suspension on post how he lied to Sriram Krishnan, Trump’s chief policy adviser on artificial intelligence, in giving Kamala Harris a chance for the presidency.
It is worth noting that the check-clearing appears to be going beyond those involved in the H-1B visa dispute. The RawAlerts account, which posts only fantasy and sports farming, as well. he lost his convictionand a number about other users have reported that they are concerned that their credentials are being monitored without explaining why.
In the midst of all the immigration kerfuffle, Musk he announced A tweak to Twitter’s algorithm that will drop posts from users who are banned or blocked by “Trusted, verified registration accounts”—a move that Loomer interpreted as attack on him because nothing has happened that does not belong to him. But it is possible that the revision of the verification badges is related to the change of the algorithm.
Regardless, it appears Musk’s favoritism with MAGA believers is on the wane. It’s clear that Musk and other techies who decided to stick up for Trump are trying to turn the page and leave the H-1B debate behind, perhaps even to the point of trying to post accounts leading the opposition. But the right wing has dug in its heels following the uncertainty and seems intent on continuing the fight. Let them all lose.
