It will all end in flames
Last night, X’s “For You” algorithm offered me up what felt like a dispatch from an alternate universe. It was a post from Elon Musk, originally published hours earlier. “This is the first time humans have been in orbit around the poles of the Earth!” he wrote. Underneath his post was a video shared by SpaceX—footage of craggy ice caps, taken by the company’s Dragon spacecraft during a private...
Continue Reading on https://www.theatlantic.comThis is an adapted excerpt from the April 2 episode of “Morning Joe.” During his marathon speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Cory Booker said, over and over again, that this is a moral moment in America: This is not about right or left, Democrat or Republican — this is about right and wrong. Some Republicans think the billionaire needs to be put in his place and that Trump needs to...
Continue Reading on https://www.msnbc.com/Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. There is a temptation to overhype or read too much into the results of off-year elections. In this case, I suggest we succumb. Yesterday, Wisconsin voters exposed, humiliated, and decisively rejected the world’s richest man. And they sent a stark message to Republicans in...
Continue Reading on https://www.theatlantic.comPresident Donald Trump has reportedly informed his Cabinet and inner circle that Elon Musk will be stepping back from his high-profile government role in the coming weeks. The Tesla and SpaceX boss will soon be returning to the business world, Politico reported. Revelations about the shock move rattled the stock market and stunned Washington. Musk's designation as a special government...
Continue Reading on https://drudgereport.comFight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Elon Musk has a simple diagnosis of what’s ailing America: It’s being destroyed by empathy. In a long interview with Joe Rogan, in numerous tweets, and possibly even in his sleep, Musk has argued that “empathy” is a “suicidal” trait that is a driving force behind civilizational...
Continue Reading on https://www.motherjones.com/News Analysis Elon Musk has become an essential component of both President Trump’s political operation and the broader Republican Party apparatus. Elon Musk made himself the face of a humiliating political defeat in Wisconsin on Tuesday night. He’s rubbed cabinet members the wrong way and alienated several advisers close to President Trump. Republican lawmakers face angry questions about...
Continue Reading on https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinionTesla and Space X CEO and richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has said that he will complete the task of cutting down government spending, given to him by President Donald Trump, within weeks. According to Reuters, Musk made the comments Thursday and noted he would finish most of the work on cutting $1 trillion in spending, as soon as 64 days. Musk appeared confident that the Department of...
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