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“Elon Musk set a record for election spending this year after pouring nearly half a billion dollars into backing Republicans in the US midterm elections.”

“Hall added: “Ken Paxton was bankrolled by Elon Musk and other oligarchs.”

“He sought to appeal to independents and Republicans disillusioned with the administration, arguing that the cost of living and the influence of wealthy donors mattered more to Texans than partisan divisions.”

“The result is a slap for Elon Musk too, the biggest individual donor in the midterm cycle, who spendt US$446m trying to influence the results (mostly in Texas).”

“Elon Musk spent nearly $190m blanketing the state with ads against James Talarico.”

“The House of Representatives and Senate had flipped from one party to the other in the same midterm just three times since the second world war – in 1946, 1994 and 2006 – but now it has happened again, ensuring that the US Congress will be a bulwark against…”

“In the States, a proper Republican drubbing on Tuesday might give the anti-empaths the kind of shock they deserve, but Musk’s power and influence alone shows that it will take a lot more than a single round of election results to really push them back.”

“Much of the dark and functionally dark money has come from Super Pacs funded by billionaires, including Elon Musk and Jeff Yass, and corporate interests, particularly the AI and crypto industries.”

“The impact of the rise of megadonors such as Tesla founder Elon Musk, and an increase in dark money among the very top donors, on this year’s electoral outcome is hard to quantify.”

“As to why Ukrainian forces were suddenly deprived of their previous levels of access to the military-grade version of Elon Musk’s Starlink, the US administration gave conflicting accounts over the rules that govern such systems, and what actually happened.”

“Last week, Elon Musk throttled the speeds of Starlink and Starshield over Ukraine in mid-October, severely disrupting Ukrainian military and defense operations.”

“The federal government is down more than 420,000 workers after Elon Musk was given the power to introduce massive jobs cuts after donating nearly $300m to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.”

“Even the left’s most moderating voices and a few Republicans agree it’s time to rein in the power and influence of big business.”

“Musk and Trump, the Journal noted, have both “expressed anger at Ukraine for attacking Russian diesel refineries in recent weeks, which the president blames for high energy prices” – although the high prices are really due to Trump’s war in Iran.”

““Elon Musk has bought his way into the favor of President Trump and with it, unlimited riches and lucrative government contracts in the space industry,””

“James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Texas, has taken aim at Elon Musk, warning that the tech mogul is trying to buy political influence and declaring: “Texas is not for sale.””

“The regulator is already facing a wave of legal actions from tech companies challenging its powers including the Instagram operator Meta, as well as TikTok and X, owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX group.”

“Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, responded to Anthropic’s plans for a public benefit fund on social media by pledging to give some of his own shares away.”

““There are massive online harassment campaigns launched by Elon Musk against European leaders in order to influence debates by exploiting the virality of his social media platform.””

“…ds of major Maga donors By installing the tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to advisory roles in a Pentagon project about the future of warfare, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has given extraordinary influence to two of Maga’s most…”

“In contrast, Elon Musk’s xAI caters to Republican interests and, accordingly, its meager usage comes almost entirely from the political right.”

“Their model is a clear precedent for figures such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and more.”

“In a rare public display of unity, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis and xAI owner Elon Musk agreed.”

“Two further regional elections this Sunday in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will be closely watched, including by the AfD’s American backers such as Elon Musk.”

“Days later, Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, called for a slowdown in the pace of cutting-edge AI development – a move that was immediately supported by OpenAI, Google and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX.”