Donald Trump wants Americans to be nice to Tesla and Elon Musk—or feel the wrath of the federal government. Yes, in an effort to quell populist rage at his financial backer, Trump held a press conference Tuesday at which he announced he would be designating violence against Tesla dealerships as “domestic terrorism.” Such a designation […]
‘Your Not Even Allowed to Do That,’ Trump Cries as Energy War in Canada Heats Up
The trade war between the United States and Canada is heating up. Over the past 48 hours, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and U.S. President Donald Trump circled each other like monkeys fighting for dominance in the wild. Canada said it would put a surcharge on some of its energy exports to the U.S. Trump threw […]
Elon Musk Claims X Outage From ‘Massive Cyberattack’ Without Providing Evidence
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has been suffering from outages all day Monday. And owner Elon Musk has finally said what’s behind it. Well, what he thinks is behind it. The billionaire oligarch says X is being hit with a “major cyberattack,” though he didn’t present any evidence to back up […]
Sam Bankman-Fried Thrown Into Solitary Over Tucker Carlson Interview: Report
Tucker Carlson’s interview with disgraced crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, which was distributed online Thursday, appeared to be a transparent ploy to get media attention with the goal of ultimately scoring a pardon from President Donald Trump. But it sounds like SBF is now paying a price for the interview. The former billionaire has reportedly been […]
Here Are Some Images the Pentagon Thought Were Too ‘Woke’ for You to See
You won’t find this picture of the Enola Gay in its old place on an Air Force website anymore. The B-29 Superfortress is an important part of American history. The aircraft carried the nuclear weapons that the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But many photographs of the nuclear bomber have been scrubbed from DoD […]
Trump Family’s DeFi Project Stocked Up on Crypto Assets Ahead of White House Crypto Summit
Say what you will about the Department of Government Efficiency, but there are some ways that the Trump administration has significantly cut down on bloat. For example, it used to take at least a little digging to identify if a President was favor-trading and self-dealing. Now it seems like it just happens out in the […]
Masked Person Allegedly Threw Molotov Cocktails at Oregon Tesla Dealership
A 41-year-old from Oregon was arraigned in federal court Wednesday for allegedly “possessing” Molotov cocktails near a Tesla dealership in Salem, Oregon, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The charges come as Americans across the country have been protesting at Tesla dealerships to express their disapproval of Elon Musk and […]
Senate Votes to Strip CFPB of Ability to Regulate Platforms Like X
A key federal watchdog is being stripped of its power to oversee potential fraud and abuse in online payment platforms just as Elon Musk’s site, X, attempts to become one. Late last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—which is tasked with rooting out financial malfeasance—issued a rule that expanded its purview to include digital payment […]
America’s Richest Oligarch Wants to Privatize USPS and Amtrak
Elon Musk said Wednesday that he wants to privatize the U.S. Postal Service and Amtrak, according to reports from multiple news outlets. And as the most powerful oligarch in the U.S.—a man who’s been given the chance to unilaterally dismantle whatever he likes under the guise of a pseudo-government agency called DOGE—the billionaire may get […]
BlackRock Agrees to Buy Panama Canal Ports as Trump Continues Threats
BlackRock, America’s largest asset manager which handles over $11 trillion in assets, has agreed to purchase two ports on either end of the Panama Canal. BlackRock is buying the ports from Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison in a deal worth about $22.8 billion. The announcement of the deal comes as President Donald Trump has made threats […]