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Re:Starlink to take over $2.4B contract to overhaul air traf... by eagleislandsong on Friday February 28, 2025 @02:29PM (#43209345)
Don't forget the 44 billion USD he paid to control one of the world's largest vehicles for dissemination of information, transforming it into a superspreader of disinformation and propaganda.
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Re:Starlink to take over $2.4B contract to overhaul air traf... by theshrike79 on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:59PM (#43213610)
"He". There are Russians and Saudis behind the funding (to no-one's surprise), the same countries that have bankrolled Trump for decades.
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Re:Starlink to take over $2.4B contract to overhaul air traf... by disqard on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:25AM (#43216270)
Does it strike anyone else as sadly funny that the country which has meddled in other countries for so long, has finally had a foreign puppet + stooge installed in itself?
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Re:Starlink to take over $2.4B contract to overhaul air traf... by inemesitaffia on Monday March 03, 2025 @01:37AM (#43238939)
There's no Russian money, and no new Saudi money there.
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