It will all end in flames

Nov 05 from https://www.wired.com/

How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost

Vittoria Elliott: I mean, I think it's pretty incredible that two years ago, America PAC was this new force in Republican politics. Everyone was starting to play to the sort of America PAC donation situation, and it pulled in not just money from Musk, it pulled in money from big VCs like Shaun Maguire. And in 2024, as we reported, their ground game wasn't exactly super strong, but it was just...

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Nov 04 from https://www.theverge.com/

17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 million

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Nov 04 from https://www.wired.com/

Voters Set $400 Million of Elon Musk’s Money on Fire

Elon Musk’s X account went unusually dark Tuesday evening as US election results rolled in, each new count deepening a reckoning for the world’s richest man, who poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Republican campaigns this year. Shortly after 1 am, Musk posted twice: “Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now,” he wrote first. About a minute later, he added, “Guess my...

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