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DOGE whistleblower's brake line was cut after Musk posted about him on X: Timeline of what we know

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Taija PerryCook
June 15, 2026 A police report confirms someone vandalized Dan Berulis’ car a day after Musk shared his identit ...
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Fake image shows Trump, Musk and Huang with their fists raised in front of the Communist Party of China's flag.

Fake image shows Trump, Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with fists up in front of CCP flag

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Nur Ibrahim
May 15, 2026 In mid-May 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump made a state visit to China with a number of tech C ...
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Elon Musk, a middle-aged white man with a slightly greying quiff, walks while surrounded by a posse of three men.

South Africa denied Elon Musk's claim that Starlink can't operate in country because he's 'not Black'

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Jack Izzo
April 13, 2026 The tech billionaire claims South Africa's ownership laws prevent his satellite internet service ...
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A close-up image of Elon Musk, with bright green laser lights and a dark crowd in the background.

How Elon Musk ran nightclub out of his college house to help him pay rent

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Aleksandra Wrona
April 2, 2026 According to the story, Musk and his University of Pennsylvania roommate charged $5 for admissio ...
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Erika Kirk, a white woman with blonde hair, appears to the left of a fabricated X post attributed to her. The fake posts asks Musk to take down a video parodying Kirk.

Did Erika Kirk ask Musk to remove Druski parody video?

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Jordan Liles
April 1, 2026 Neither Kirk nor Turning Point USA had addressed Druski's video as of this writing.
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Elon Musk, a white man, speaks into a microphone on the right side of the image. On the left side of the image, a screenshot that appears to show a post on X reads, "If a national draft ever becomes necessary, Teslas will not be usable to flee the country."

Did Musk say Teslas could not be used to dodge military draft? Here's the truth

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Joey Esposito
March 10, 2026 The alleged post spread on social media after the White House answered a question that mentioned ...
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Do photos confirm Elon Musk and Sydney Sweeney are dating?

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Jordan Liles
Jan. 16, 2026 Online users shared several images allegedly confirming photographers captured the tech billiona ...
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Lawsuit accuses Trump, Musk and Bill Gates of sex trafficking: What to know

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Jack Izzo
Dec. 5, 2025 The suit described crimes supposedly committed by the three men as having an "identical" modus o ...
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Did Musk turn off X location feature after finding overseas right-wing accounts? What we know

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Laerke Christensen
Nov. 24, 2025 X did launch a feature on Nov. 22, 2025, that showed where an account was based.
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Adam Sandler stunned billionaires with speech on wealth?

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Taija PerryCook
Nov. 7, 2025 An article described a purported incident similar to a scene from a 2002 Sandler movie.
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Jane Goodall said she'd like to put Trump, others 'on one of Musk's spaceships'

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Joey Esposito
Oct. 7, 2025 The quote went viral following Netflix's release of "Famous Last Words" in the wake of Goodall's ...
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Tesla released 'Pi Phone' with Starlink capability?

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Jack Izzo
Sept. 25, 2025 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the electric car manufacturer might produce a phone, but ...
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Debunking claim Elon Musk fired 2,000 employees at X over joke mocking Charlie Kirk

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 15, 2025 Firing 2,000 people at X would have left little to no staff at the social media platform.
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Why a construction company in Denmark returned its fleet of Teslas

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 10, 2025 The Tscherning group is among the largest companies in Denmark's construction sector.
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Mick Jagger rejected Musk's $500M Tesla endorsement deal?

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Joey Esposito
Aug. 21, 2025 The rumor spread widely on Facebook, proclaiming Jagger said, “Rock ’n’ roll is not for sale.”
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From left to right: Donald Trump in a blue suit jacket and red tie, Melania Trump in a black dress, Jeffrey Epstein in a blue dress shirt and navy blue suit jacket, and Ghislaine Maxwell in a cropped jean shirt with multicolored beaded tassels

Trump once called Epstein 'terrific guy' who likes women 'on the younger side'?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
July 19, 2025 The authentic quote appeared in a New York magazine article published on Oct. 28, 2002.
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Trump's NWS cuts were blamed for Texas flood deaths. Here are the facts

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Jack Izzo
July 17, 2025 By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the dange ...
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A composite image showing scenes of flooding and destruction. On the left, a man in a dark suit and tie stands solemnly in front of a swollen, fast-moving river with trees in the background under a gray, overcast sky. On the top right, a vehicle is seen crushed and tangled among fallen trees and debris. On the bottom right, another view of the flooded river shows water surging over a road, with trees and buildings in the distance that are partially submerged.

Musk donated $7M to help Texas flood victims?

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Megan Loe
July 15, 2025 Social media users claimed the tech billionaire and Tesla CEO donated millions of dollars follow ...
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Rescue workers wearing yellow jackets, red hats and red helmets navigate the flooded Guadalupe River in Texas in a black boat

Did Trump's National Weather Service staffing cuts hurt Texas flood response? What we know

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Jack Izzo
July 9, 2025 The most dangerous weather emergencies are the ones that happen overnight.
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Elon Musk stands and gestures while speaking in the Oval Office, wearing a black jacket, black shirt and a cap. President Donald Trump sits at the Resolute Desk looking to his left toward Musk. Another man in a suit stands in the background. American and military flags and gold curtains are visible behind them.

Can Trump deport Elon Musk? Here's what we know

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Megan Loe
July 8, 2025 President Trump's comments in early July 2025 prompted questions about whether the U.S. could de ...
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