Elon Musk’s role in taking down a bipartisan budget deal shows his ascendance as a political force.
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Why bringing tech ‘disruption’ to the U.S. government won’t be pretty
Silicon Valley’s history of efforts to replace public services or make them more efficient has produced mixed results.
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Elon Musk joins Trump’s call with Ukraine’s Zelensky
Ukraine relies heavily on Musk’s Starlink to provide secure communication among front-line troops and to allow constant battlefield monitoring in command centers, where internet access may otherwise be spotty if not nonexistent.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moves to federal court
A judge in Philadelphia has put a state challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes on hold while lawyers for the billionaire and his political action committee try to move the lawsuit to federal court
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
Philly DA sues to stop Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway in Pennsylvania
The suit is the first legal action challenging the controversial sweepstakes launched earlier this month by the X and Tesla executive’s America PAC.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, Politics
Trump’s Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults
Several of Trump’s allies have used crude and extreme rhetoric toward Harris and other Trump critics before the former president was to take the stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
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Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Musk arrived in Palo Alto in 1995 for a graduate degree program at Stanford University but never enrolled in courses, working instead on his start-up.
Posted inNews
Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories
Less than 2 weeks before Election Day, a resurgence of misinformation and conspiracy theories about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are run.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states
A vast, shadow machinery built by partisans often under nonpartisan banners is working to provide the final nudge that delivers the White House by mobilizing unlikely voters in about seven states.
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Inside Elon Musk’s plan to trigger a ‘red wave’ for Trump
Billionaire Elon Musk’s super PAC is using an old-school strategy heavy on door-knocking and mail shots – but his erratic management style has caused problems.