1. If “the left” has begun targeting Musk, doesn’t that mean they don’t need government funding to be motivated to do so? Not everything is a conspiracy
2. I’d disagree that Musk “has been himself.” He certainly became more right-leaning after he purchased Twitter. Maybe that was justified with what he discovered about old twitter’s biases, but that doesn’t change the fact that he did in fact change. Most notably IMO by going from saying “Twitter must be politically neutral,” to using his power as the owner of the site to confiscate the “America” handle in order to directly support Trump’s campaign (so no, I’m not just talking about him sharing his personal opinions).