Former President Donald Trump can’t stop touting his 2017 “Trump tax cuts” as his signature economic achievement, claiming vast benefits delivered to average Americans. He’s pledged to both continue and expand the cuts if elected president. But new research shared exclusively with Rolling Stone and extensive existing studies reveal Trump’s …
Read More »11 WTF Moments From 'Character Limit,' the Book About How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter
Elon Musk‘s tumultuous takeover and rebranding of Twitter — now X — played out in very public fashion: the $44 billion offer, an attempt to walk it back, and a lawsuit that forced Musk to complete the deal were followed by massive layoffs, a spike in misinformation and extremism on …
Read More »Elon Musk's PAC Is Posting Extremely Cringe Memes — and Kamala Harris in Flames
Elon Musk is widely known as a wannabe memelord who struggles with the medium no matter how many jokes he steals. All the money in the world, it seems, is no substitute for a decent sense of humor. But until this election season, Musk’s attempts at comedy have been largely …
Read More »Musk Claims 'Joke' About Assassinating Harris Was Funnier in Person
After Secret Service Agents foiled a second assassination plot against former President Donald Trump on Sunday, right-wing billionaire Elon Musk waded into the fray in the grossest way possible. In response to a pro-Trump account asking why “do they want to kill Donald Trump?” Musk wrote to his nearly 200 …
Read More »Elon Musk Threatens Taylor Swift After Harris Endorsement: 'I Will Give You a Child'
After plenty of speculation as to whether she would wade into the 2024 presidential election, Taylor Swift chose to resoundingly endorse Vice President Kamala Harris over Donald Trump on a Tuesday night in which the opponents met for a pretty lopsided debate. In an Instagram post that quickly garnered millions …
Read More »Telegram CEO's Prosecution Won't Bring Wider Social Media Crackdown
The charges of criminal complicity brought against billionaire Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France on Wednesday over allegedly enabling child exploitation and drug trafficking on the messaging app have raised alarm about crackdowns on other social media platforms. But how many tech companies and execs are really at risk? Despite …
Read More »Internet Troll Elijah Daniel Enlists Grimes AI to Piss Off Musk and Push for Regulation
Elijah Daniel wanted you to fall for his fake Grimes song. On Wednesday night, the content creator and internet troll posted a video of what appeared to be him and the singer Grimes flipping off a Tesla while singing diss lyrics about Elon Musk.“Fuck a Tesla I like a Honda/And …
Read More »Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Charged in France, Posts €5 Million Bail
Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old billionaire co-founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, appeared before an investigating judge in a Paris court Wednesday evening after being detained and questioned by French law enforcement since his arrest last weekend. That magistrate issued six preliminary criminal charges against Durov for allegedly allowing …
Read More »Trump Needs Elon Musk's Money — But Still Thinks He's a 'Boring' Weirdo
There are few who personally endure Elon Musk who don’t end up finding him uniquely off putting. That includes his political ally, former President Donald Trump, who is also nowadays increasingly relying on billionaires like Musk to use their considerable fortunes to put him back in the White House. Trump …
Read More »X Hate Speech Is So Common That Celebs Like John Cena Follow White Nationalists
John Cena has a rosy reputation: Beloved 16-time champion pro wrestler, blockbuster movie star, Guinness World Record-holder for the most wishes granted through the Make-A-Wish foundation (he’s the organization’s most-requested celebrity). In the eyes of the public, he’s a wholesome, all-American entertainer. So why is he following prominent white supremacists, …
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