Javier Milei, president of Argentina who appeared with Elon Musk at CPAC, will be investigated for his involvement with $Libra, which collapsed just hours after its launch. His sister appears to be involved — the token co-creator says he bought the president’s endorsement through her. The US’s putative president, Donald Trump, has meme coins of his own.
And things can still get worse.
Elon Musk, the US’s would-be dictator, isn’t content with lying about the Boeing Starliner astronauts, who unexpectedly spent much longer in space than they planned after the Boeing craft had thruster failures. When Andreas Morgensen, a Danish astronaut, called the lies what they were, Musk replied with offensive name-calling.
“I attended a meeting on January 31, 2025, with Mr. Bove, Adams’s counsel, and members of my office. Adams’s attorneys repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo, indicating that Adams would be in a position to assist with the Department’s enforcement priorities only if the indictment were dismissed,” Danielle Sassoon writes.
(You may remember her from unhinging her jaw and simply eating SBF.) Adams’ counsel is Elon Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro.
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Keep your eyes on the money. That’s where the power is. Henry Farrell, an expert on economic weaponization, is concerned about the Trump Administration clawing back EPA money. To him, it suggests a very troubling precedent.
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Notes from another week of Musk’s coup.
Elon Musk, running amok in American government, is attempting to dismantle USAID, taking an interest in federal real estate, and “reveling in the trappings of the opulent Secretary of War Suite in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.” His goons are also attempting to access Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services systems.
Incredible kicker from FT Alphaville, on top of some truly bizarre memes from Deutsche Bank. We love our blogging brethren.
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