South Memphis residents are fighting back against unpermitted pollution from the world’s most powerful supercomputer.
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Historic Black Community Takes On Elon Musk Over Environmental Racism Read Post »
The cuts have already caused some 300,000 deaths and could lead to more than 3 million preventable deaths per year.
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USAID Cuts Lead to Global Rise in Death, Hunger, Poverty, and Disease Read Post »
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency was many things in the first months of the second Trump administration. It was a chain saw, a wood chipper, and “a way of life, like Buddhism,” according to Elon Musk, its fearless leader according to everyone but the president’s lawyers. It was a funnel of disinfo, a conflict […]
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Trump’s Washington Is a Technofascist Fantasy—With or Without Musk Read Post »
Trump has made it official: He and Elon Musk are (probably) never getting back together. In an interview with NBC News on Saturday, the president was uncharacteristically restrained when asked if he had any desire to repair the relationship with the ex-DOGE head following Musk’s meltdown on X this week. Asked if he wanted to […]
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“No,” Trump Says, He Does Not Want to Repair Relationship with Musk Read Post »
Imagine working as a White House communications expert when, on a brisk February morning, you look up to see a crew of unannounced Elon Musk associates climbing the roof of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. You squint and quickly learn that this unit belongs to Starlink, the very company you had identified as posing serious […]
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The Trump White House Is a Giant National Security Red Flag Read Post »
After a public wrestling match that featured ugly insults and Jeffrey Epstein accusations, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk appear to have dialed down their fury in time for the weekend. But tensions still simmer. Late Friday, Musk, one of the Republican Party’s biggest donors, once again backed the idea of a new political party […]
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The Trump-Musk Wrestling Match Is Far From Over Read Post »
The faulty tool, created by a staffer with no medical or government experience, helped accelerate the gutting of the VA.
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How DOGE Created an Error-Prone AI Program to Tear Up Veterans Affairs Contracts Read Post »
Author Quinn Slobodian speaks on how empowering these “titanically sized egos” threatens our collective wellbeing.
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Trump and Musk’s Dramatic Falling Out Displays the Hazards of Billionaire Rule Read Post »
Musk has not indicated he has changed his ideological views to support established Democratic Party causes.
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Amid “Breakup” With Trump, Some Democrats Say Party Should Start Courting Musk Read Post »
Dismantling a key HHS agency, gutting important programs, and cuts to Medicaid will roll back decades of progress.
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Trump’s Budget Would Limit Investigations Into Abuse, Neglect of Disabled People Read Post »
In September, Elon Musk amplified a post from Autism Capital—a pro-Trump X account that he often reposts—that read: “Only high T alpha males and aneurotypical people (hey autists!) are actually free to parse new information with an objective ‘is this true?’ filter. This is why a Republic of high status males is best for decision […]
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The 4chan-Coded Ideology Behind Elon Musk’s War on Normies Read Post »
Elon Musk is trying to rewrite the history of his four-month tenure in Washington. As the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X returns to the private sector after four months as a “special government employee,” he has put aside the celebratory chainsaw and cast himself as a misunderstood outsider whose dreams of efficiency were […]
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