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How Elon Musk has meddled in European affairs
From bashing Keir Starmer to promoting the AfD, the X owner is not shy about intervening. A limited – at best – understanding of the continent of Europe and its component countries has not ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
President-elect Donald Trump sentenced in New York hush money trial
When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in nine days, it will be as the first president with a felony conviction on his record. A Manhattan judge formally sentenced him on Friday for ...CBS News - Jan. 11 -
‘This place instilled constant fear in us’: the man who lived next door to the brutal Homs security unit for 50 years
For 50 years Taha Tadmori had a window to the surveillance complex of the Assad regime. As Syria starts a new chapter, he recalls the horrors he witnessed and the family he lost. The three floors ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
Is Donald Trump inheriting the best economy in history?
President-elect Trump will enter office with the lowest unemployment rate since Richard Nixon in 1969 — but red flags remain.MarketWatch - Jan. 11 -
Trump’s punishment for his crimes? None | Moira Donegan
At many points, it looked as if he never would be sentenced. That he was sentenced to nothing, then, is itself a small victory. What kind of a sentence, exactly, is an “unconditional discharge”? ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
Mark Cuban Just Proposed a 20-Minute Daily Habit to ‘Destabilize’ Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and President Trump
Is there any downside?Inc. - Jan. 11 -
Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg have declared war on facts and truth. The pushback must start now | Emily Bell
There is a narrow window. Public media and fair reporting must be supported: the rules must be upheld. In early 2017, Mark Zuckerberg was on what might be termed an “apology tour” of the United ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
The art of dealing with Donald Trump
The president-elect’s aggressive claims about potential territorial expansion are a crash course for allies in his negotiating tacticsFinancial Times - Jan. 10 -
Ros Atkins: What 24 hours on Elon Musk's timeline tells us
The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.BBC News - Jan. 10 -
UK security officials monitor Elon Musk's posts
A Home Office team is tracking the reach and impact of posts by the tech mogul and others for security risks.BBC News - Jan. 10 -
Why are US supreme court justices starting to sound like Trump? | Moira Donegan
The justices are increasingly operating by the sheer force of raw power. That should trouble us all. We’re supposed to believe that it was about a job interview. On Tuesday, president-elect Donald ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump’s advances for their home?
Though few welcome idea of being acquired by the US, status quo as part of Denmark is not universally popular. Greenland’s prime minister has called for unity and calm after Donald Trump reheated ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
Elon Musk's xAI Launches Stand-Alone Grok App
The AI startup launched its first stand-alone consumer app, as the company tries to catch up with more established players such as OpenAI and Google in the generative AI race.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree ‘Hitler Was a Communist’
In a conversation with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X, Musk concurred with her assertion that Adolf Hitler was a communist and pushed disinformation about migrants coming into the US.Wired - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk lavishes praise on Germany’s far right co-leader
Billionaire uses livestream on his X platform to urge Germans to vote for Alice Weidel’s Alternative for Germany in federal electionsFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk boosts German far right party with live event on X
The publicity was a potential boon for AfD, which has been frozen out of mainstream politics in part because its leaders have downplayed Nazi atrocities.NBC News - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk Is Trying to Break Germany’s Quarantine on the Far-Right AfD
Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
Donald Trump’s careless talk
The president-elect’s expansionist rhetoric is unsettling America’s alliesFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk’s Quest for Domination Has Gone Global
Having established power over Republican politics in the US, the industrialist is now intervening in European politics—and is himself becoming a leader of the international far right.Wired - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’
Tech boss suggests move to self-learning synthetic data though some warn this could cause ‘model collapse’. Business live – latest updates Artificial intelligence companies have run out of ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
‘We will glorify war – and scorn for women’: Marinetti, the futurist Mussolini sidekick who outdid Elon Musk
He was the brilliant yet alarming writer of the Futurist Manifesto, a bohemian poet jailed with Mussolini who helped forge the modern world. As a new show re-examines his troubling legacy, we ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Donald Trump’s territorial wishlist
Also in today’s newsletter, Pfizer leads pharma’s efforts to cosy up to the president-electFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
Before Elon Musk and DOGE, there was Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter's Inspector General Act of 1978 led to the creation of the Department of Justice's Inspector General, which has since issued reports critical of the FBI's role in the 2016 election, ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to fuel wave of misinformation
The X owner shared false claims that a Home Office memo urged police not to intervene in child grooming cases.BBC News - Jan. 9 -
Dems bash Meta for scrapping fact-checks: 'Genuflecting to Donald Trump'
House Democrats are hammering Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, after the company announced the platform-wide end of its fact-checking program. The lawmakers said the shift is part of a larger ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
FirstFT: Elon Musk moves against Keir Starmer
Also in today’s newsletter, corporate borrowers rush to lock in loans and the growing interest in lunar spectrumFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
Why Donald Trump wants Greenland
The Arctic island has long been vital to US security and its importance is only increasingFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk's DOGE says it's hiring. Here are the jobs it wants to fill.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency says it's now hiring. Here's how to apply.CBS News - Jan. 8 -
Why is Donald Trump talking about annexing Greenland?
The US president-elect has refused to rule out military force to take control. This is why it is important – and what Greenlanders think. Hours after his son Donald Trump Jr touched down in the ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez denounces Elon Musk at Franco anniversary event
Sánchez accuses X owner of inciting hatred as country marks 50 years since start of its return to democracy. Pedro Sánchez has hit out at Elon Musk and his allies for “openly attacking our ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
As Elon Musk Embraces the Far Right, Some of Its Leaders Reject Him
Mr. Musk has fallen out with prominent right-wing Americans who say they are worried that their agenda may be sidelined in favor of his own — and that he is willing to silence them on X.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
Poland to hold presidential election on May 18, says parliament speaker who will run in it
The head of Poland’s parliament says the country’s presidential election will be held on May 18, with a runoff on June 1 if neededABC News - Jan. 8 -
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EU Commission urged to act over Elon Musk’s ‘interference’ in elections
MEPs say enforcement of Digital Services Acts has been ‘too slow’, as Musk plans livestream with German far-right politician. The EU executive has been too slow in enforcing a major law intended to ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Elon Musk is boosting the AfD. But why is Germany’s mainstream helping him?
After years of politicians and media figures normalising far-right ideas, the billionaire’s meddling is falling on fertile ground. When Elon Musk endorsed the far-right Alternative für Deutschland ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Can Brussels stop Elon Musk’s political meddling in Europe?
Also in this newsletter: Is Ukraine seeking to capture more Russian territory?Financial Times - Jan. 8
