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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Jan 2017

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Mashable

    From the But-We-Thought-He-Was-A-Friendly-Billionaire Dept. Via @KarleeKanzhttps://twitter.com/mashable/status/824053683793068032 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    MashableVerified account @mashable
    Elon Musk just endorsed Trump’s secretary of state pick, and it makes no sense http://on.mash.to/2jnJYkB 
    12:33 PM - 26 Jan 2017
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      2. Karlee Kanz‏ @KarleeKanz 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        .@aral I believe the only way to take down a dense and angry bad guy is a calm and collected super genius.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @KarleeKanz

        Two billionaires have far more in common with each other than with anyone else.

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Karlee Kanz‏ @KarleeKanz 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        I'm just saying I bet he's easy to manipulate if you don't talk down to him, kind of like a child. 😂

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @KarleeKanz

        Here’s hopin’ :)

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Karlee Kanz‏ @KarleeKanz 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        We need people with business background to sway him. Given he's hired execs and the like. It's easy to see whom he respects.

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      1. Anthony Fox-Davies‏ @AFDIT 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral @KarleeKanz

        he is for a carbon tax, not for a trump success

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      2. Andy Spicer‏ @andyspicer 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral @KarleeKanz

        maybe @elonmusk realized that he could be “asked” to pay for a wall. After all, he’s a #billionairesthatarenotPOTUS

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      3. Karlee Kanz‏ @KarleeKanz 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @andyspicer @aral @elonmusk

        Probably "not".

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      1. Karlee Kanz‏ @KarleeKanz 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Maybe it's just me cherry picking and hoping for the best, he's a Hillary supporter and believes in climate change. Fingers crossed.

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      1. Karlee Kanz‏ @KarleeKanz 26 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        @mashable Well, I read this and it seems as if he has the power to possibly be a sound voice. You can RT this too.pic.twitter.com/sUhSmFy53l

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