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A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles
Donald Trump is a dangerous maniac who can barely complete a sentence, and it is lunacy to believe he can even recognize the existentially threatening collective action problems facing our nation, let alone actually solve them. Collective action problem is the term political scientists use to describe any situation where a large group of people would do better for themselves…
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Donald Trump says he’ll task Elon Musk with auditing the entire federal government
Former President Donald Trump says that if reelected, he’ll create a government efficiency task force — and that Elon Musk has already agreed to lead it. During a speech in New York on Thursday, Trump said the new efficiency commission would conduct a “complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government” and make recommendations for “drastic reforms.” Musk’s…
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Elon Musk’s interview with Donald Trump crashes on X
Elon Musk’s “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start. The interview, which was hosted on X Spaces and scheduled to begin at 8PM ET Monday night, crashed immediately and didn’t begin until 42 minutes later. Those who did manage to get into the Space, including several Verge staffers, said it kicked off with lo-fi techno…
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Elon Musk tells Donald Trump ‘we shouldn’t vilify the oil and gas industry’
Elon Musk, who famously owns an electric vehicle company and has said he wants to move humanity to “a sustainable energy civilization,” told former President Donald Trump during an interview on X that “we shouldn’t vilify the oil and gas industry.” Musk interviewed Trump on his social media platform, where the livestream was delayed over 40 minutes due to technical…
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