Four reasons Musk attacked Trump's "big beautiful bill"

The sources familiar with the Trump-Musk relationship say there appeared to be four inflection points that led to his caustic attack on Trump's bill:…

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship 

 

Trump’s Tariffs Benefit the Billionaire Class

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NZp5mAZVpGg

 

Nations facing tariffs pushed to approve Elon Musk's Starlink, cables show - The Washington Post

Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, but Musk's role complicates the picture..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/07/elon-musk-starlink-trump-tariffs/

 

Trump administration poised to ‘strand rural America with worse internet’ to help Musk, official warns

Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, has said he wants to re-evaluate the Bead program and make it technology "neutral". That change is likely to favor Musk's company, Starlink, which owns about 62% of all operating satellites. It would be far less expensive for communities to be connected to high speed internet service through satellites, but most experts agree the service would not be as fast or reliable as fiber, and would cost consumers more...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-musk-starlink-rural-internet

 

Maddow on second recent SpaceX Starship explosion

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rLZ0d9qsf8Y

SpaceXplosion

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RniwaJOT93o

Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns | CNN Business

The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA…

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/business/musk-faa-starlink-contract/index.html

Musk could use the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ for self-enrichment

Musk could use the 'Department of Government Efficiency' for self-enrichment

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/30/elon-musk-government-efficiency-self-enrichment

Elon Musk CRUMBLES As Hurricane Victim Offer Collapses In Starlink Disaster

Elon Musk get called out after his seemingly charitable offer of free internet to Hurricane Helene victims completely unravels leaving victims feeling scammed and possibly trapped financially. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. 

"Elon Musk received criticism this week after it was discovered that his offer of “free” Starlink internet to victims of Hurricane Helene requires a hardware payment of $400 and automatically signs up claimants to a $120 per month plan."

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/nIShh90S6-w?si=ElfdJ3HABx0q4drT

Elon Musk cut Starlink in middle of Ukraine attack on Russia fleet - The Washington Post

New details of the previously reported incident underscore how critical SpaceX has become to the U.S. government…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/07/ukraine-starlink-musk-biography/

Ronan Farrow says Elon Musk has become an 'arbiter' of the war in Ukraine (Tonya Mosley; Fresh Air podcast)

The New Yorker writer says Musk's Starlink satellites are key to providing internet to Ukraine in its war with Russia, giving Musk an influence that's "more like a nation state than an individual."

Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/24/1195463008/ronan-farrow-says-elon-musk-has-become-an-arbiter-of-the-war-in-ukraine