It's 'not possible to keep up' with Elon Musk's lies anymore: analysis
2 months, 3 weeks ago

It's 'not possible to keep up' with Elon Musk's lies anymore: analysis

Raw Story  

Political analyst Kevin Drum on Thursday took stock of X owner Elon Musk's promotion of falsehoods about the fires decimating California, and came away with the unsettling conclusion that his lies are becoming too numerous and fast to debunk. Writing at his Jabberwocking blog, Drum ran down multiple false claims Musk promoted about the fire, including claims about emergency water tanks being emptied before the fire began and the city of Los Angeles supposedly slashing its fire department budget. In addition to those flatly false claims, Drum also took apart misleading claims promoted by Musk, including one about the fire department supposedly being decimated because they fired members who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19. "Virtually all of the increase in California wildfires is due to warming," he argues while pointing to a recent study about fire intensity over the last several decades.

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Elon Musk Tells Republican Lawmakers He's Not To Blame For Federal Firings
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Elon Musk Tells Republican Lawmakers He's Not To Blame For Federal Firings

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — It’s not his fault. The Republican president weighed in Thursday after a Cabinet meeting, saying he has instructed department secretaries to work with DOGE but to “be very precise” about which workers will stay or go — using a “‘scalpel’” he said in a social media post “rather than the ’hatchet.” “I don’t want to …

Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he’s not to blame for federal firings
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he’s not to blame for federal firings

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his new administration. And if they don’t cut, then Elon will do the cutting.” He had said in the earlier post that Musk and Cabinet officials will meet every two weeks to advance their cost-cutting goals Elon Musk leaves after meeting with Senate Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March …

'Off the rails': Trump-backing federal workers fume after Musk fires them
1 month, 1 week ago

'Off the rails': Trump-backing federal workers fume after Musk fires them

Raw Story  

The Los Angeles Times has interviewed federal workers who supported President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election who are now fuming after being fired by X owner Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. One anonymous Department of Agriculture researcher told the Times that they were "thinking that there would be changes" when they supported Trump's candidacy but "instead of …

Elon Musk's 'shoot first, aim later' style requires a fact check
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk's 'shoot first, aim later' style requires a fact check

LA Times  

Elon Musk speaks to reporters as President Trump and Musk’s son listen, in the Oval Office. X sat on Musk’s shoulders, poked his fingers into his daddy’s ears, picked his nose, wiped his finger on the Resolute Desk and told the president to “go away.” A reporter asked Musk to explain why he allowed the Trump administration to wrongly accuse …

Newsom accuses Musk of spreading 'lies' about the LA wildfires
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom accuses Musk of spreading 'lies' about the LA wildfires

Daily Mail  

Spooked Gavin Newsom has lashed out at incoming White House official Elon Musk on X, accusing him of spreading 'lies' about the Los Angeles fires. It comes after Musk, who is set to lead incoming President Donald Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency made a post criticizing California's leadership on Thursday morning, two days after the fires broke out. Businessman …

Gavin Newsom shares new video, claims it show Elon Musk being ‘exposed by firefighters for his own lies’ about LA fires
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gavin Newsom shares new video, claims it show Elon Musk being ‘exposed by firefighters for his own lies’ about LA fires

Hindustan Times  

California Governor Gavin Newsom accused Elon Musk of exposing his own lies about a water shortage as deadly wildfires wreak havoc in Los Angeles. This comes days after Musk said on X that “bad governance at the state and local level” is what “resulted in a shortage of water.” Gavin Newsom shares new video, claims it show Elon Musk being …

Elon Musk's wildfire lies putting lives at risk: California officials
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk's wildfire lies putting lives at risk: California officials

Raw Story  

Elon Musk's constant stream of false and misleading posts from his X social media account have been putting lives at risk as wildfires rage in southern California, according to officials. “DEI means people DIE,” Musk said in one of dozens of posts about the destruction, and he also replied "true" to a propaganda video from Alex Jones claiming the fires …

'Disgusting': Ex-GOP rep shreds Elon Musk's 'dangerous' attack on civil service
4 months ago

'Disgusting': Ex-GOP rep shreds Elon Musk's 'dangerous' attack on civil service

Raw Story  

Former Rep. Joe Walsh slammed tech billionaire and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk for publicly naming examples of government employees he will target for elimination. "Shame on anyone who doesn’t have a problem with the wealthiest man on the planet publicly sharing the individual names of government employees he wants fired," wrote Walsh, who went from being a Tea Party …

Elon Musk Turns Over Twitter Records To Key Source Of COVID Misinformation
2 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk Turns Over Twitter Records To Key Source Of COVID Misinformation

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Twitter owner Elon Musk turned over access to internal company documents to a top source of vaccine misinformation who’s been giving out bunk public health advice for years, the latest in a far-right shift on one of the most influential social media sites in the world. Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter — whom The …

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