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Archives for February 2025

Elon enters the circus

The GOP big tent gets even bigger, but not everyone at CPAC loves the tech oligarch’s hold over Trump.

Gaby Del Valle
Understanding Elon Musk’s polarizing ascent in the MAGA movement

How much does MAGA really care about the tech industry?

Alex Heath
‘Tesla Takedown’ wants to hit Elon Musk where it hurts

It started with a handful of demonstrations that have now reached 65 cities. But can these rallies actually take down Tesla?

Andrew J. Hawkins
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Someone flooded HUD HQ TVs with an AI-generated video of Trump and Musk.

As shown in a clip posted by The Handbasket writer Marisa Kabas, people in the Department of Housing and Urban Development HQ were greeted on day one of their mandatory return to office with what appears to be an AI-generated video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet. It is visible in the post, and they are both left feet, for some reason.

She writes that the video played on loop for about five minutes, until staff unplugged them.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
DOGE asks federal workers to justify their recent work or resign.

Apparently responding to a President Trump post saying he wanted Elon Musk to be “more aggressive,” the Musk-led organization emailed federal workers — even some placed on leave — demanding “approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week” by Monday at 11:59PM ET, reports Business Insider.

“Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” Musk posted today, echoing his 2022 opt-in-to-stay-employed email to Twitter workers. Federal employee union AFGE said in a statement it will “challenge any unlawful terminations.”

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
New legal filings claim Elon Musk has yet another secret child.

Filed in Manhattan by conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair, who claims that Musk is her months-old son’s father, the petitions seek to establish his paternity and request sole legal custody of the child, according to Taylor Lorenz’s User Mag.

Musk, who has a history of secret children, hasn’t acknowledged St. Clair’s claims, as Vanity Fair notes in a story on the petitions.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
The new US Social Security head was suspected of secretly feeding info to Musk’s DOGE.

Acting commissioner Leland Dudek, a data analyst at a small anti-fraud office before his ascension last week, was placed on paid leave and under internal investigation on suspicion he’d broken privacy and tax laws by “sharing unauthorized access to information” with DOGE representatives, The Washington Post reports.

Trump ousted prior acting commissioner Michelle King and gave the role to Dudek shortly after DOGE learned of the investigation, according to the Post.

Grok resets the AI raceGrok resets the AI race
Alex Heath
Elon Musk’s first month of destroying America will cost us decades

And things can still get worse.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Stephen King is back on X.

Though it might be a short-lived visit — after slamming Donald Trump and Elon Musk (perhaps attempting to bait the latter into banning him), the author swiftly returned to posting on his Threads account.

“After a brief check-in with Twitter, I can confirm it’s worse than ever—no longer a social gathering place but a propaganda organ, George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth,” King said.

<em>That escalated quickly.</em>
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