Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined Bluesky, following in the footsteps of former president Barack Obama, who made his first post on the platform last week. Clinton confirmed her Bluesky account’s legitimacy in an Instagram story and a post on X.
In her introductory post, Clinton wrote about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election taking place on Tuesday. The state judicial race is getting unprecedented attention on both sides of the aisle, since it determines the political bent of the swing state’s court, which will impact rulings on abortion rights, redistricting, and other issues.
Musk has allegedly pumped more than $20 million into Republican candidate Brad Schimel’s campaign; he gave Trump’s 2024 campaign around $250 million. Like his strategies during Trump’s presidential run, Musk gave two Schimel voters checks for $1 million each.
As X owner Elon Musk becomes more entrenched in the Trump administration, Bluesky has continued to emerge as an alternative social platform for people disillusioned by Musk’s politics and X’s shift to the right.
Though Bluesky’s reach is smaller than that of the platform formerly known as Twitter, the open source network has north of 33 million users. But as Bluesky attracts high-profile users like Clinton and Obama, the platform is building more legitimacy as a competitor to X.
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