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Elon Musk

What's on Elon Musk's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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pointing the money machine at the midterms 30% the steering-wheel-free taxi and the probe that followed 24% xAI in court over Minnesota's nudify ban 13% · newcasting his own gas turbine blades in Texas 9% everything else 24%
#1
America PAC Buys Back In: $800K, Paxton, Collins

His super PAC disclosed its first midterm spending — roughly $800,000 across battleground races, including Ken Paxton in Texas and Susan Collins in Maine.

After Trump Rift, Musk Begins Spending to Boost Republicans

The New York Times · 2026-09-03
our translation

the checkbook is the comeback tour. $800k is a rounding error for him and a signal for everyone else — he's checking whether the money still buys loyalty after the trump fallout, cheaply, before he writes the big one.

First FEC disclosure of midterm spendingvery sure · 4 sources
#2
Gold Cybercabs Hit Austin. Feds Opened a File the Next Day.
NHTSA probe opened day after launchvery sure · 4 sources
#3
Judge to xAI: The Nudify Ban Stays On
new — Second injunction bid denied this weekvery sure · 3 sources
#4
The Secret Foundry That Wants to Un-Jam the Grid
Bloomberg and analysts pick up foundry claimpretty sure · 4 sources
sunday, september 6
Send regulators something that reads like a Cybercab answer(reported)
Approve the next super PAC check before the news cycle cools(reported)
Get the last word against a chess website(safe bet)
Post the daily reminder that it is stock, not cash(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Trump administration opens probe into Tesla’s self-driving Cybercab

news.google.com · 2026-09-06

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