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Who owns SpaceX?
In 2023, a group of six Republican senators, including J.D.
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Caleb Ecarma
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The Week in Musk: "Truly a moron"
In public outbursts and private pleas, Elon Musk has spent the past week opposing Donald Trump’s protectionist policies.
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Caleb Ecarma
10
Large contract savings claimed by DOGE defunds lawyers for vulnerable migrant kids
One of the largest claimed savings from a contract canceled by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) involves cutting…
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Caleb Ecarma
25
White House denies report on Musk’s departure
The White House has spent this week attempting to discredit a Politico report on Donald Trump’s plan to jettison Elon Musk in the coming weeks, with…
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Caleb Ecarma
16
Wisconsin rejects Musk
Liberal Susan Crawford defeated Elon Musk-backed conservative Brad Schimel on Tuesday, securing a pivotal spot on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Caleb Ecarma
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March 2025

The truth about X
Elon Musk announced on Friday that xAI, his artificial intelligence company, had purchased his social media platform X.
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Caleb Ecarma
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The Department of Government Inefficiency
While I hesitate to use the term Kafkaesque, it is difficult to find a better adjective to describe Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
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Caleb Ecarma
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How the Social Security Administration is dodging a federal court order
The Trump administration has installed a DOGE operative as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) in an…
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Judd Legum
2
Buying the vote
In Wisconsin, an Elon Musk-backed super PAC is offering registered voters $100 in exchange for their contact information and signatures on a petition…
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Caleb Ecarma
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"We had several black servants who were their friends"
In an apparent effort to bolster Elon Musk’s waning but still enormous wealth, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Wednesday urged Americans to buy up…
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Caleb Ecarma
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The schools trying to teach America's kids to think like Elon Musk
A “conundrum” that asks young school children whether humans would be better off being governed by an AI overlord.
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Caleb Ecarma
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The Week in Musk: The White House is now a Tesla dealership
At the outset of Elon Musk’s work for the White House, a reasonable person would have predicted a certain amount of graft.
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Caleb Ecarma
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