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Top economists and assorted financial experts have been sounding the alarm that Donald Trump’s plans for a second presidential administration would spike the federal deficit by trillions of dollars, worsen inflation, and, eventually, send the U.S. economy screaming toward a recession (if not an outright depression). Weirdly enough, it appears that Trump’s top campaign operative, […]
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has expressed concerns over reports that SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nelson was on stage at Semafor’s World Economy Summit on Friday (Oct. 25) when he was asked about an Oct. 24 Wall Street Journal article, which reported that Musk has, […]
Musk’s blackletter MAGA hat is drawing comparisons to Nazi lettering from the 1930s. Was it an accident or a troll? Yesterday, Elon Musk showed up to the Madison Square Garden rally of former President Donald Trump in a curious hat. It was black and embroidered with “Make America Great Again,” rendered in blackletter, the jagged […]
Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) When Elon Musk started up his very normal swing state voter encouragement petition referral program and lottery, pretty much everyone with a head on their shoulders immediately said that it was extremely illegal for myriad reasons. Most folks said it ran afoul of laws preventing people from using cash to […]
The Philadelphia district attorney’s office sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his political action committee’s $1 million a day giveaway to registered voters in swing states, alleging it violates consumer protection laws and is designed to interfere in the upcoming Presidential Election. Under the scheme, voters in swing states could be eligible to win a […]
About three weeks after Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, #RIPTwitter started trending. Musk had gutted the staff, and more workers quit when he gave them an ultimatum: Work “hardcore” hours or leave. With the platform on the brink, its users held a funeral. They spent the evening saying goodbye to their followers, shitposting […]
“Elon is singular in his understanding of engineering and construction and large systems and marshalling resources; it’s just unbelievable,” said Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, in a recent interview in which he praised Musk for setting up a supercomputer in 19 days as a “superhuman” effort. Loading Projections suggest SpaceX will achieve a staggering 99 […]
President Joe Biden called out Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, now a Republican megadonor and Trump campaign surrogate, for hypocrisy on immigration on Saturday, saying Musk launched his long career in the U.S. as an “illegal worker” before becoming the world’s wealthiest man. The president made these remarks at a campaign event to support […]
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and a prominent Trump supporter, is at the center of controversy after reports emerged that he has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Musk and Putin’s conversations have included discussions on personal topics, business, and geopolitical tensions. At one […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has engaged in secret talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according to reporting published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. Citing “several current and former U.S., European and Russian officials,” the Journal reported that conversations between Putin and Musk, a Republican megadonor and Pentagon contractor, took […]