Plenty of billionaires put money into politics, and they all pick a team when they do so. George Soros, Tom Steyer and Reid Hoffman all don blue caps before cutting checks to liberal super PACs, while Charles Koch, the Walton siblings and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, are all lined up behind Republicans.
The exception who proves the rule, though, may be Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO who thinks he can make a mark on politics by combating misinformation—in a strictly nonpartisan way—to help voters sift fact from fiction.
Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2024/10/20/how-steve-ballmer-has-spent-100-million-in-a-new-twist-on-political-giving/
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He combats information he does not like. That is not the same as combatting misinformation.
If he would fight 2+2 =5 that would be neutral but that is not what is happening here.
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i wonder what this guy characterises as misinformation we should be suspicious of him
lmfao. hes just pushing his own propaganda
He’s still a bilderberg guy. Still a globalist. And let’s talk about the way he got the clippers. Personality can’t hide evil. It can only try.