Hillary Clinton joins Bluesky | TechCrunch

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined Bluesky, following within the footsteps of former president Barack Obama, who made his first submit on the platform final week. Clinton confirmed her Bluesky account’s legitimacy in an Instagram story and a submit on X.

In her introductory submit, Clinton wrote concerning the Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom election going down on Tuesday. The state judicial race is getting unprecedented consideration on either side of the aisle, because it determines the political bent of the swing state’s court docket, which can affect rulings on abortion rights, redistricting, and different points.

Musk has allegedly pumped greater than $20 million into Republican candidate Brad Schimel’s marketing campaign; he gave Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign round $250 million. Like his methods throughout Trump’s presidential run, Musk gave two Schimel voters checks for $1 million every.

As X proprietor Elon Musk turns into extra entrenched within the Trump administration, Bluesky has continued to emerge in its place social platform for individuals disillusioned by Musk’s politics and X’s shift to the best.

Although Bluesky’s attain is smaller than that of the platform previously often known as Twitter, the open supply community has north of 33 million customers. However as Bluesky attracts high-profile customers like Clinton and Obama, the platform is constructing extra legitimacy as a competitor to X.