Why Elon Musk's push to cut federal waste might succeed where others failed

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Elon Musk's Trump bump keeps growing

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Elon Musk's Trump support is boosting business numbers.

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Elon Musk is looking for DOGE cuts. A GOP senator's list caught his eye.

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Musk is leading a new department on government spending.

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I was Twitter's head of content strategy. Bluesky has the edge over Threads to be the new Twitter as people leave X.

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Gordon MacMillan was the head of content strategy at Twitter before it became X.

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Elon Musk adds Microsoft as a defendant in OpenAI lawsuit, accusing them of anticompetitive conduct

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Elon Musk sued OpenAI in March, dropped the lawsuit in June, then filed a new complaint in August.

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Jamie Dimon says bankers are 'dancing in the street' because they expect Trump to cut red tape

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Jamie Dimon is JPMorgan Chase CEO.

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The fight over Jerome Powell puts Elon Musk at odds with Wall Street

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Elon Musk has signaled support for undercutting Fed independence, setting off quiet alarm bells on Wall Street.

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Peter Thiel says Elon Musk's embrace of Donald Trump helped other Silicon Valley leaders feel safe supporting him

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Peter Thiel credited Elon Musk with helping other tech leaders feel safe supporting Donald Trump.

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Bluesky, a competitor to Elon Musk's X, appears to be down after shooting to the top of the App Store

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Bluesky has over 16 million users.

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Why Musk supports Trump getting rid of EV tax credits

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Tesla still has a commanding lead in the US EV market, but competition is slowly catching up.

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