Tag: Musk
-
Elon Musk and America PAC share violent, vulgar videos about Kamala Harris
With Election Day on the horizon, Elon Musk is leaning into violent and vulgar rhetoric. Musk, one of the world’s richest men, posted a video to X on Sunday in which a gladiator with President Donald Trump’s face briefly sword fights with and kicks a warrior with Vice President Kamala Harris’ face — a video whose…
-
Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk and America PAC over million dollar petition giveaway
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is suing Elon Musk and his super PAC to block their million-dollar giveaway to registered voters, seeking to halt the lottery-style stunt that election experts, and the Justice Department, have warned might violate federal law. Krasner is seeking an injunction: He argued in a filing Monday that the effort is…
-
Elon Musk defends $1 million petition giveaway after federal warning
Tech billionaire Elon Musk defended the legality of his super PAC’s $1 million daily giveaway to registered voters in swing states, days after the Justice Department sent a letter warning that the lottery-style contest might be unlawful. Musk, during an online town hall event Friday on his social media app X, asserted that the purpose…
-
Josh Shapiro weighs in on Elon Musk, Pennsylvania election, misinformation
LANCASTER, Pa. — Josh Shapiro sits atop what may be one of the most important states this election, and he said he’s doing everything he can to make sure Kamala Harris wins in Pennsylvania. “Every election I’ve ever personally been involved in, the feeling I want to have that night, that Monday night when I go…
-
The Atlantic responds to Elon Musk sharing fake image of magazine
The Atlantic magazine has found itself in Elon Musk’s crosshairs after it fact-checked a fake image he shared that depicted an article with a headline that never actually ran in the publication. On Tuesday evening, Musk reshared a fake image on X that showed an article from the magazine reading “Trump Is Literally Hitler.” The…
-
Meta bans jet-tracking accounts for Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg
Meta has banned a series of accounts that post location updates on private jets belonging to some of the world’s richest and most powerful people, including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump. Those accounts have been deleted from Threads and Instagram, and corresponding Facebook accounts will be deleted soon, Andy Stone, Meta’s communications…
-
Elon Musk, Tesla and WBD sued over alleged ‘Blade Runner 2049’ AI ripoff for Cybercab promotion
Elon Musk, his car company Tesla and Warner Brothers Discovery were sued Monday over their alleged artificial intelligence-fueled copyright infringement of images from the film “Blade Runner 2049” to promote Tesla’s robotaxi concept. The lawsuit by the movie’s producer, Alcon Entertainment, says that the mega-billionaire Musk and the other defendants requested permission to use “an iconic still image” from “Blade Runner…
-
Law enforcement should ‘take a look at’ Elon Musk voter payments
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Sunday said that tech mogul Elon Musk’s plan to give money to registered voters in Pennsylvania is “deeply concerning” and “it’s something that law enforcement could take a look at” during an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” Shapiro’s comments come one day after Musk in Pennsylvania announced that…
-
Elon Musk says all voting should be ‘in person’ while his super PAC promotes voting by mail
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Friday that all voting should be “in person,” contradicting his own history of voting by mail and the efforts of his pro-Trump super PAC to get others to vote by mail, too. During a wide-ranging town hall event in Oaks, Pennsylvania, where Musk is campaigning for former President Donald Trump,…
-
Elon Musk raises payment offer to $100 for voters who sign petition
Billionaire Elon Musk has upped his financial offer for registered swing state voters to sign a conservative-leaning petition. On Thursday, Musk wrote on X that his pro-Trump super PAC would give $100 to signees and those who refer them. After Musk pushed a debunked voter fraud conspiracy theory Thursday evening at a pro-Trump town hall…