
The Guardian - 49 min 16 sec ago
Elon Musk is a beneficiary of America's lopsided prosperity does the country have any appetite for redistribution? As Barack Obama's presidency was coming to a close, Jason Furman, then chairman of the president's council of economic advisers, laid out the strides his administration had made to curb the nation's exorbitant income inequality in "the largest investments in reducing inequality since the Great Society". Indeed, by the end of 2016, taxes and transfers cut the...

The Guardian - 14 hours 32 min ago
Ruling means Boca Chica Beach, located near sprawling Starbase site, likely to close during future rocket launches A Texas beach can be closed during rocket launches by Elon Musk 's SpaceX after the state's supreme court ruled unanimously against a bid by environmental organizations to sue over preserving public access. The court's decision that the organizations did not have legal standing upheld a trial court's dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice, preventing the groups from...

The Guardian - 20 hours 49 min ago
Figures including Jared Kushner and Scott Bessent named in directory of Dialog participants that was exposed online A website leak has exposed participants in the secretive, Peter Thiel-founded Dialog retreats which includes top politicians from across the American divide, officials from foreign countries, other titans of the tech industry world and prominent media figures. The annual Dialog retreats, which have been compared to other quasi-secret elite conferences like the Bilderberg Group and...

The Atlantic - 21 hours 49 min ago
What has SpaceX become?...

Slate - 23 hours 49 min ago
Only Elon Musk and his memestock appeal could get serious investors to go along with a business plan that includes colonizing Mars...