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ADL slams Elon Musk after billionaire makes series of Nazi puns defending Trump rally salute

The Anti-Defamation League slammed Elon Musk after he posted a series of Nazi-related puns on X when defending his gesture at an inauguration rally for President Trump that many claimed was a Nazi salute.
The ADL, a New York-based organization fighting antisemitism, said Musk had gone too far when trying to mock those targeting him over the salute, which the organization said was an “awkward gesture” rather than a Sieg Heil.
Following the backlash online, Musk went on a rant […]
ADL slams Elon Musk after billionaire makes series of Nazi puns defending Trump rally salute

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Joe Rogan responds to liberals who accused Elon Musk of making Nazi salute at Trump rally

Joe Rogan claimed liberals were playing “bulls–t” games and “crying wolf” after Elon Musk faced accusations of making a Nazi salute during festivities for President Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
“This is the Donald Trump excuse: You’d do anything you can to stop Hitler,” Rogan, 57, told computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman during his Wednesday show — seemingly referring to the hypothetical thought question often used about killing “baby […]
Joe Rogan responds to liberals who accused Elon Musk of making Nazi salute at Trump rally

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Ethics watchdog issues conflict of interest warning to Musk's Doge agency – The Guardian

American Oversight has raised concerns over ‘department of government efficiency’ using encrypted apps
A leading ethics watchdog has issued warnings to Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk and the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), an agency Trump has stated he will create, claiming its use of encrypted messaging apps potentially violates the Federal Records Act (FRA).
American Oversight, which uses litigation to obtain public records and expose government misconduct, […]
Ethics watchdog issues conflict of interest warning to Musk's Doge agency – The Guardian

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Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won't curb his malign powers, who will?

It’s the job of democracies around the world to stand strong together and hold oligarchs and their platforms to account
Elon Musk has spent much of the past couple of days trying to explain away his offensive antics at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Whether or not it was a deliberate salute, when you support far-right parties in Germany and elsewhere you can hardly act surprised when people put two and two together.
Much of the coverage of Musk centres on his bizarre actions and declarations, […]
Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won't curb his malign powers, who will?

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Elon Musk Lashes Out As Trump Backs Sam Altman For World's Largest AI Project – NDTV

A new era in Artificial Intelligence has dawned in the United States with Donald Trump blessings. Three tech giants, in their pursuit for global dominance in AI, have united for the cause – setting up the world’s largest AI project. It will be called ‘Stargate’. The announcement was made by Donald Trump at a special press conference at the White House. Elon Musk, however, has cast his doubt over the mega project.
The team which will spearhead the ambitious project includes Sam Altman, founder […]
Elon Musk Lashes Out As Trump Backs Sam Altman For World's Largest AI Project – NDTV

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Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show – The Guardian

Video posted by top gamer shows what he says is X conversation in which billionaire admits ‘account boosting’
Elon Musk admitted he cheated at video games to get high scores, a transcript of a private online conversation he had shows, seemingly concluding a fiery scandal over the billionaire’s outlandish claims to be a globally-ranked player.
Musk has regularly bragged about his gaming rankings. He told the podcaster Joe Rogan last year that he was in the top 20 players in the world for […]
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show – The Guardian

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'The gesture speaks for itself': Germans respond to Musk's apparent Nazi salute – The Guardian

Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Musk’s stated support for far-right
There were angry reactions across Europe to Elon Musk’s apparent use of a salute banned for its Nazi links in Germany, where some condemned it as malicious provocation or an outreach of solidarity to far-right groups.
Michel Friedman, a prominent German-French publicist and former deputy chair of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, described Musk’s actions […]
'The gesture speaks for itself': Germans respond to Musk's apparent Nazi salute – The Guardian

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Elon Musk's DOGE wasting no time making DEI cuts: 'It begins' – New York Post

Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) wasted no time beginning its purge of reckless government spending by shutting the Chief Diversity Officers Executive Council, the world’s richest man revealed.
Musk shared a screenshot hours after President Trump’s inauguration Monday showing the website for the office responsible for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA was no longer working).
“It begins,” Musk wrote, while his DOGE’s official […]
Elon Musk's DOGE wasting no time making DEI cuts: 'It begins' – New York Post

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Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally – The Guardian

Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump
Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes during celebrations of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
“I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” the owner of SpaceX, X and Tesla, the richest person on earth and a major Trump donor and adviser, told Trump supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington […]
Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally – The Guardian