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One of Elon Musk's DOGE operatives discovered that the government has less glut than he'd banked on — and admitting so publicly got him fired.

DOGE Fires Operative After He Admits the Government Was Already Pretty Efficient

By Noor Al-Sibai

After fleeing DC to go watch yet another SpaceX rocket blow up in Texas, Elon Musk is now whining about how everyone hates him.

Elon Musk Trying to Figure Out Who’s to Blame for His Massive Unpopularity

By Noor Al-Sibai

In the wake of new drug allegations, Elon Musk showed his last day at the White House sporting a black eye and making strange excuses.

After Drug Allegations, Elon Musk Arrives at His Own Goodbye Party With a Black Eye and a Bizarre Excuse

By Noor Al-Sibai

Everything, as they say, is bigger in Texas — including the space-adjacent sexual harassment scandals, and the egos behind them.

Texas Solicitor General Resigns After Sharing Bizarre Fantasy About An Asteroid

By Noor Al-Sibai

The scandalous hack of TeleMessage, the Signal clone infamously used by Trump's former national security adviser, was worse than we thought.

The Trump Administration’s Chat Hack Is Starting to Sound Really Bad

By Noor Al-Sibai

World leaders being shown baby versions of themselves at a global summit.

Artificial Intelligence

World Leaders Shown AI Baby Versions of Themselves at European Summit

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A draconian "heartbeat law" in Georgia is forcing a braindead pregnant woman be kept on life support for months so she can deliver.

A Draconian Abortion Law Is Forcing Doctors to Keep a Pregnant Brain-Dead Woman Alive for Months So She Can Give Birth

By Noor Al-Sibai

New Law Would Ban All AI Regulation for a Decade

Artificial Intelligence

New Law Would Ban All AI Regulation for a Decade

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The US Copyright Office released a report that could be bad for powerful AI companies. The next day, the agency's head was fired.

Artificial Intelligence

The US Copyright Chief Was Fired After Raising Red Flags About AI Abuse

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Senate voted to shutter a program that provides free internet for low-income kids that don't have access at home.

Lawmakers Want to Cut Low-Income Schoolchildren Off from the Internet

By Noor Al-Sibai

Health & Medicine

There Are Reportedly Serious Concerns About John Fetterman’s Health Following His Stroke

Looking for a patsy, ex-New York governor and current NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo found one in his one-armed aide.

Artificial Intelligence

Called Out for AI Slop, Andrew Cuomo Blames One-Armed Man

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite public instances to the contrary, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is still as "vaccine-skeptical" as ever.

Health & Medicine

Father Whose Daughter Died From Measles Says RFK Jr. Never Even Mentioned the Vaccine

By Noor Al-Sibai

Health data collected from senator Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech shows the obvious: a 25-hour filibuster is hard, actually!

Prosthetics and Devices

Cory Booker Releases Oura Ring Data From His 25-Hour Speech

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

One of the men in charge of running America's money had a public Venmo account — and sent someone a payment with an eggplant emoji.

Top Treasury Official Caught With Public Venmo Transaction for “Eggplant Emoji”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nobody would ever accuse Donald Trump of being a good parent, but for Barron, he's seemingly got a lot of accolades.

Trump Boasts That His Son Barron Can Turn on a Laptop Even When It Is Completely Turned Off

By Noor Al-Sibai

Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's transgender daughter, is opening up about her "cringe" father and his political antics.

Here’s What Elon Musk’s Daughter Really Thinks of Him

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bill Burr might not seem like an obvious choice for man of the people — but when it comes to Elon Musk, he's a bonafide antifascist.

Bill Burr Has Been Absolutely Destroying Elon Musk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amid his newfound role as unelected government wrecker, Elon Musk's use of the powerful tranquilizer ketamine is once again in the press.

Side Effects of Ketamine Could Explain a Lot About Elon Musk’s Behavior

By Noor Al-Sibai

Donald Trump's authoritarianism and rise to power is drawing comparisons to Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution.

Chinese People Keep Comparing Trump’s Authoritarianism to Mao and Xi Jinping

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite growth in the electric vehicle industry at large, Tesla's sales are slipping more than ever as Elon Musk's politics take center stage.

Numbers Show Massive Numbers of Consumers Are Turning Against Tesla

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX's Starship has, once again, exploded — and Elon Musk does not seem to be taking that mishap well at all.

Elon Musk Is Not Taking the Latest Starship Explosion Well

By Noor Al-Sibai

As momentum gathers and the world grows tired of lavish promises, tech execs are no closer to reaching a consensus on the future of crypto.

The Crypto Industry Got Everything It Wanted, and Now It’s in Crisis

It's been more than a week since Elon Musk offered to go on "The Daily Show" — and it appears that that he's already backing out.

Elon Musk Too Chicken to Face Jon Stewart for a “Daily Show” Interview

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hatred for Elon Musk seems to be everywhere one looks this week, from viral ads to Tesla's ever-plummeting stock value.

Ads for Elon Musk’s “Swasticar” Go Viral as Tesla Crumbles

By Noor Al-Sibai

It took just over a month after his second inauguration, but it appears that Donald Trump may finally have put Elon Musk in his place.

Trump White House Tells Elon He’s Stepped Over the Line

By Noor Al-Sibai

Around the world, folks angry at Elon Musk's new turn as an unelected White House wrecker are taking it out on Tesla.

Tesla Targeted With Worldwide Protests, Vandalism

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former Trump White House staffer Steve Bannon blasted Elon Musk's power grab in a recent interview, highlighting tensions on the right.

Top Trump Ally Says Elon Musk Is a “Parasitic Illegal Immigrant”

A newly leaked document from the National Science Foundation reveals a long list of phrases which could find your research grant censored.

Leaked Decision Tree Shows How the Government Now Decides What Is Thought Crime

Officials representing numerous aid groups are speaking out in response to the Trump administration's cuts to the USAID.

Official Warns That Elon Musk Is Poised to Kill “Thousands, If Not Hundreds of Thousands” of People

Claire "Grimes" Boucher seems close to condemning her billionaire ex — though of course, she never comes right out and does it.

Grimes Slams “Power-Hungry Warlords” Who “Tricked” Her

By Noor Al-Sibai

State legislators are lining up to be the first to gamble away public funds in digital assets like crypto and NFTs.

States Are Racing to Throw Taxpayers’ Money Into “Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserves”

Recent moves within the federal government have scrubbed all mention of climate change on critical agency websites.

Trump Admin Orders Deletion of Information About Climate Change From Government Websites

Elon Musk enjoys his success with two clenched fists, and an illustrated but clearly-fake 1st place ribbon.

Gamers Disgusted as Elon Musk Admits to Cheating at Video Games After Bragging About Being Top Player

One of Elon Musk's old pals and business partners is calling out the billionaire's power-hungriness and egoism.

Elon Musk’s Long Term Friend Says He’s a Narcissist With an Obsessive “Lust for Power”

By Noor Al-Sibai

President Donald Trump keeps falling for incredibly obvious AI-generated slop on his Truth Social platform.

Artificial Intelligence

Gullible Donald Trump Thinks an AI Slop Car Is a Real One

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk told a rally for Germany's far-right, nationalistic AfD party that Germans should move past the horrors of WWII and the Holocaust.

Elon Musk Appears at Rally Linked to Neo Nazis, Tells Germany to Get Over the Holocaust

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

President Donald Trump's second administration is all-in on artificial intelligence — just not the woke kind.

Artificial Intelligence

Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Woke AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

Something bizarre was going on with Elon Musk during Donald Trump's inaugural festivities — and not just the Sieg Heil.

Elon Musk Seen Acting Strangely Before Nazi Salute

By Noor Al-Sibai

Conservative Christian business owners believe that covering HIV prevention medication violates their freedom of religion rights.

RX and Medicine

Religious Conservatives Trying to End Insurance Coverage of Incredibly Effective Anti-HIV Drug

By Noor Al-Sibai

Donald Trump has vowed to release information on the first day of his second presidency about the rash of bizarre drone sightings.

Trump Pledges Information About Mystery Drones on “Day One” of Presidency

By Noor Al-Sibai

President-elect Donald Trump has found the real culprit behind Los Angeles' massive and devastating wildfires: the Delta smelt fish.

Science & Energy

Trump Blames California Wildfires on “Worthless Fish”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Just days after going to war with his critics, Elon Musk now wants to foster "positive" vibes on his platform X, formerly Twitter.

Elon Musk Begs People on Twitter to Be Nicer

By Frank Landymore

We may be seeing some of the first major fissures forming in the dalliance between Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk.

MAGA Figures Turn on Elon Musk for Not Hating Immigrants Enough

By Frank Landymore

Donald Trump's presidential transition team is using private email servers to conduct government business. Sound familiar?

“Lock Her Up”: Trump’s Team Is Now Doing the Exact Thing They Screamed About Hillary Clinton Doing

By Noor Al-Sibai

Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says he'll stop drinking if he gets confirmed by the Senate.

Trump’s Drunkard Nominee Promises to Stop Drinking… If He Gets to Run the Military

By Frank Landymore

Trump's top pick to lead Medicare, Dr. Mehmet Oz, has a glaring conflict of interest: that he was sponsored by the company that makes Ozempic.

RX and Medicine

Dr. Oz Will Have a Fascinating Conflict of Interest Running Medicare: Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bernie Sanders and Elon Musk are at opposite ends of the political spectrum, but they agree that the Pentagon gets way too much money.

Bernie Sanders Offers Support for Elon Musk’s Plans to Cut Pentagon Spending

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's control over Donald Trump seems akin to, well, the president-elect's control own takeover of the GOP.

Is Elon Musk Now Secretly Controlling Donald Trump?

By Noor Al-Sibai

RFK Jr. admitted that using heroin helped him become a better student — but when it comes to actual ADHD meds, he's not having it.

RX and Medicine

RFK Jr., Who Hates Adderall, Says Heroin Was Great for Treating His ADHD

By Noor Al-Sibai

Fresh off his first public foray into American politics as a Donald Trump backer, Elon Musk is now posting about buying MSNBC.

Elon Musk Muses About Buying MSNBC

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's been nearly a year since Henry Kissinger died — but he's somehow still offering AI policy suggestions from beyond the grave.

Artificial Intelligence

Henry Kissinger Issues AI Warning From Beyond the Grave

By Noor Al-Sibai

Claire "Grimes" Boucher is getting personal on Elon Musk's "everything" app as she opens up about how he has affected her and her art.

Grimes Says Elon Musk Has Become “Unrecognizable”

By Noor Al-Sibai

RFK Jr. keeps trashing Adderall for "poisoning" America's youth — and has also said he wants to send away people who take it.

RX and Medicine

If You Take Adderall, RFK Jr. Should Probably Make You Quite Nervous

By Noor Al-Sibai

For longtime Tesla owners, Elon Musk has made their electric cars into red flags — and now, a bunch are sticker-slapping back.

Embarrassed Teslas Drivers Buying Huge Numbers of Anti-Elon Bumper Stickers

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk and Donald Trump's adviser Boris Epshteyn got into a nasty public fight at Mar-a-Lago last week as the pair vie for influence.

Elon Musk Reportedly Gets in Blowout Fight With Trump Adviser at Mar-a-Lago Dinner

By Noor Al-Sibai

RFK Jr. -- a huge critic of fast food -- has been spotted snacking on McDonald's with Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

RFK Jr. Grimaces While Eating McDonald’s With Donald Trump, Elon Musk

By Noor Al-Sibai

A political scion who has bragged about having a brain worm is slated to be the United States' next secretary of Health and Human Services.

Man Who Bragged About Having a Literal Brain Worm to Be Appointed Head of the US Health Department

By Noor Al-Sibai

People will believe anything these days — including, it seems, obvious artificial intelligence slop using Barron Trump as bait.

Artificial Intelligence

MAGA Fans Seem to Think AI Videos of Barron Trump Singing Patriotic Songs Are Totally Real

By Noor Al-Sibai

Throughout Election Day and into that fateful night, Americans seemed mighty confused that Joe Biden was not on the ballot.

Huge Numbers of Bonehead Voters Googled “Did Joe Biden Drop Out?” on Election Day

By Noor Al-Sibai

Erstwhile secularist Elon Musk now seems to be pissing off the atheists of Reddit as they debate the sincerity of his newfound Christianity.

Atheists Appalled as Elon Musk Embraces “Teachings of Christ’

By Noor Al-Sibai

As Elon Musk's efforts to elect Donald Trump to the presidency reach their natural endpoint, their last alliance could be a cautionary tale.

Last Time Elon Musk Worked With Trump, He Flamed Out and Quit in Disgust

By Noor Al-Sibai

Things are so bad behind the scenes of Elon Musk's political action committee (PAC) that it may tank Donald Trump's chances of winning.

Elon Musk’s Trump PAC Is Absolute Chaos Behind the Scenes

By Noor Al-Sibai

People canvassing for Elon Musk's America PAC are allegedly dealing with workplace conditions way harsher than expected.

Elon Musk’s “Political Acivists” Aren’t What They Seem

By Noor Al-Sibai