- Malcolm Ferguson @ The New Republic: Steve Bannon Finally Admits to Border Wall Grift in Guilty Plea
The former Trump adviser has admitted to swindling the Donald Trump’s MAGA base in the ultimate scam.
- Will Bunch @ The Philadelphia Inquirer: What Elon Musk wants is worse than you think
Few, if any, seem to understand what Musk, DOGE, or their hands-off patron in Trump truly want. It’s true that massive cuts in the programs that empower middle-class Americans will mean more money for things that Musk, Trump and their allies want, including more tax cuts for the super-rich and a large deportation army. But a community of folks who pay attention to Silicon Valley — the new center of power, not Washington — says the bigger idea is darker and much more sinister.
- Noah Lanard @ Mother Jones: Elon Musk Keeps Boosting White Nationalists on X
One user Musk amplified frequently attacks Black people and has said he is “impressed” by the Holocaust.
- Angry White Men: White Nationalist Explains How He Tries To ‘Fish’ For Attention From Elon Musk
Recently, X owner and Trump ally Elon Musk shared a post by Vincent James Foxx — a longtime antisemite and white nationalist. In a livestream for the far-right video-sharing platform Rumble, Foxx explained how he tailored his posts in an attempt to get Musk’s attention, and said that he’s trying to “fish” for more.
- Corbin Bolles @ The Daily Beast: Trump’s MAGA Media Enforcer Is Having ‘the Time of His Life’
Donald Trump’s FCC chairman Brendan Carr is boasting to friends that he is having “the time of his life” after launching an all-out attack on the media, the Daily Beast has learned.
