Elon Musk sued by federal workers over threats to fire them Elon Musk is being sued over threats he made to workers demanding that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired. The National (Scotland) · Feb 24, 2025
Scientists reviewing Musk’s Neuralink are fired – then rehired – from FDA following flurry of DOGE cuts Around 300 FDA staffers have been asked to return to work after Musk’s DOGE axed thousands of jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
Elon Musk's Email Mandate Sparks Controversy Among Transportation Employees Elon Musk's request for DOT employees to list accomplishments by Monday raises concerns among FAA air traffic controllers. Top News · Feb 24, 2025
Users Vow to Spam DOGE's Email Following Backlash Over 'What Did You Do Last Week' Message Elon Musk's latest directive to federal employees—DOGE email listing five things they did last week—has prompted critics to respond by spamming DOGE. Latin Times · Feb 24, 2025
World’s largest data center gets go-ahead from Korean govt — facility to require 3 GW of power Investment firm SFR plans to spend $35 billion to put up a massive 3-GW data center in the South Jeolla province in South Korea. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 24, 2025
What Did You Do Last Week? Plus: German elections, how I almost got arrested this weekend, and more... Reason · Feb 24, 2025
Is America tired of Musk and DOGE? Poll shows dwindling support for cost-cutting billionaire Musk’s upheaval, coupled with granting DOGE staffers unprecedented access to Americans’ sensitive data, appears to have gone too far The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
Trump-Appointed Leaders at Pentagon, DHS Seemingly Push Against Musk's Aggressive 'What Did You Do Last Week' Emails to Staff The appointees seemingly directed their subordinates not to reply to the email spearheaded by Musk's DOGE Latin Times · Feb 24, 2025
China's rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink has the potential to challenge its reach by 2030, says report SpaceSail is forging international partnerships to strengthen its presence, emerging as a competitor to Elon Musk's Starlink. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 24, 2025
Trump claims German election results vindicate his agenda. The winners disagree Germany's likely next chancellor warned Europe can no longer rely on its American allies: "I never thought I would end up one day having to say that." Fortune · Feb 24, 2025
Dems won't help the GOP clean its mess Democrats have their first real chance to resist the Trump-Musk takeover. They just have to say "no" Salon · Feb 24, 2025
US personnel office walks back email ultimatum from Musk to workers OPM says failure to respond to email will not be considered resignation but Trump ally digs in and threatens job losses The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2025
How Elon Musk’s deep ties to – and admiration for – China could complicate Trump’s Beijing policy Elon Musk holds an outsized influence in the new Trump administration. The Conversation · Feb 24, 2025
Musk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestorm Apparently baseless claim that $21m was given to help voter turnout seized on by Trump and Modi government The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025 MAGA influencers at war after Ashley St. Clair’s ‘rocket babies’ Musk texts are leaked ‘Ashley St. Clair is USING her 5-month-old BABY as leverage and emotional blackmail to try and control Elon Musk. I hope he doesn’t give her an INCH’, the MAGA star wrote Saturday
The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2025 Elimination of federal climate tools, some used to inquire in to Musk’s firms, sparks alarm Environment justice advocates say tools to study pollution in vulnerable communities by companies, including xAI and SpaceX, have disappeared
Latin Times · Feb 24, 2025 Former Marco Rubio Adviser Slams Republicans For Letting Kash Patel Pick MAGA Podcaster as FBI Deputy Director: 'Should Have Been a Red Line' Gregg Nunziata claimed the "Trump admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen."
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025 The big idea: what do we really mean by free speech? Social media bosses are suddenly all for it, but can we take their enthusiasm at face value?
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The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025 Elon Musk makes an admission about the productivity email his group sent to federal workers Department of Government Efficiency head says he wants to test whether federal employees are ‘capable of replying to an email’
International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025 Trump Fires 1,600 US-Based USAID Staffers, Most Global Personnel Placed On Leave: An Agenda 'Misalignment'? The Trump administration has fired 1,600 personnel of the USAID, an agency that helped deliver aid to many countries worldwide as part of the Elon Musk-led DOGE's efforts to downsize the federal government.
Windows Central · Feb 24, 2025 SoftBank could steal Microsoft's title as the exclusive cloud provider and largest investor to OpenAI as $500B "Stargate" projects a $20B loss by 2027 A report suggests a rift between Microsoft and OpenAI, further indicating that the latter may be drifting away from Microsoft and leaning on SoftBank.
International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025 DOGE Dilemma: Tulsi Gabbard Defies Elon Musk's Job Justification Order On Federal Workers Tulsi Gabbard has joined FBI chief Kash Patel and the State Department in informing employees that they are not required to respond to an Elon Musk-ordered email from the OPM to list down the work they accomplished in the last week or be resigned.
The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025 Elon Musk’s Grok AI was specifically instructed not to say he spread misinformation Senior engineer says change was wrongly made to ‘help’
Fortune · Feb 24, 2025 xAI is blaming a former OpenAI employee after Grok briefly censored responses about Elon Musk and Donald Trump xAI is blaming a former OpenAI employee after Grok briefly censored responses about Elon Musk and Donald Trump.