CORRECTED: Crash Course: Elon Musk's absurd Twitter rebrand: Has the alt-right broken his brain?

The stormtrooper aesthetic of "X" suggests Musk is leaning into the failed "Twitter, with more Nazis" strategy. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmo53gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY3FkbWp3cTk0My8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWYxeXFycnA5aDBXA3NwY0IKZLbkGMFkviCl5VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Correction: An earlier version of this newsletter included a broken link for Chauncey DeVega's article. The link has been fixed. Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmo53gP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY3R3d3hndHAxbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWYxeXFycnA5aDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZLbkGMFkviCl5VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Elon Musk's absurd Twitter rebrand: Has the alt-right broken his brain? Amanda Marcotte: The far-right is not a populous enough demographic to sustain Twitter, but it's not hard to see how Musk has convinced himself otherwise. He spends inordinate amounts of time online engaging right-wing nuts and trading in far-right ideas. Spend enough time in the far-right bubble, and it's inevitable that you'll start overestimating how many people think that way. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmo53gP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbWRreHVyM201Ny8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWYxeXFycnA5aDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZLbkGMFkviCl5VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Beware Trump's revenge: If the GOP finally rejects him, he could destroy it Chauncey DeVega: Donald Trump's rageful, violent, menacing, and vengeful lashing(s) out against prosecutors and law enforcement, the imaginary "deep state", and other perceived enemies suggests that Trump may finally realize that, for the first time in his life, he faces real consequences for his antisocial behavior – which in this context could mean federal prison. I asked a range of experts what comes next. 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