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The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China

There’s a mundane reason for the late-term chaos, and it’s called a conflict of interest.
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, is seen on December 31, 2023.
In a sense, Donald Trump is picking up where he left off. Most of us remember the last official act of his presidency as the Capitol Riot, but just before that, just before Christmas 2020, he inserted himself late into a government funding fight that he had been previously disinterested in. Congress had agreed to a bipartisan […]
The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China

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Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it's time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst

He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws. We mustn’t make the mistake of playing nice with the world’s richest bully
Elon Musk is, more or less, a rogue state. His intentions are self-serving and nefarious, and his nation-state level resources allow him to flout the law with impunity. To put it into context, if dollars were metres, Musk’s money would be enough to take him to Mars and back, while a mere millionaire could only make a round trip from Paris to Amsterdam.
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Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it's time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Ramps Up Competition with Elon Musk and SpaceX

A new rocket from Mr. Bezos’ company Blue Origin and a satellite system from Amazon could heat up competition with SpaceX, owned by Mr. Musk.
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have become the two wealthiest men in the world thanks to their breakthrough technology companies. But Mr. Musk, through SpaceX, has long held a big lead in the pursuit closest to their hearts: colonizing space.
Now, their space race is entering a new era as Mr. Bezos approaches two milestones that, if successful, could chip […]
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Ramps Up Competition with Elon Musk and SpaceX