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Trump and Elon’s White House Tesla auto show

Elon Musk

200 days of Trump

Donald Trump has bent reality to his will for 200 days

Surely at some point gravity must triumph over the tightrope-walker? Don’t count on it

Daniel McCarthy

Trump must end the National Endowment for Democracy once and for all

Perhaps the President had thought he had gotten rid of the NED already, but that essential piece of work is but half done

Roger Kimball

Trump is in a good mood. What’s up?

While he couldn’t help but rub in the terms of the Columbia settlement, Trump also had some positive reflections to share

Kate Andrews

Are you MAGA or in DRAG-A?

Plus: Why can’t Ghislaine Maxwell testify to Congress?

Cockburn

Countdown

The race to superintelligence

Whoever owns the winning model will wield unimaginable power

Rachel Tyrell

Education
July 15, 2025
Elon Musk and the art of flattery
The kolax does not pay attention to unimportant persons, but only to those with power
Peter Jones
Politics
July 15, 2025
The lessons of Ron Paul
The former congressman showed what an anti-establishment campaign within the GOP could achieve
Daniel McCarthy
Politics
July 14, 2025
Musk’s chatbot stumbles again
No living human has had a week as tumultuous as Grok
Cockburn
Politics
July 10, 2025
Grok’s fascist screed was no one-off
This debacle should not be dismissed as an aberration. It is a warning
Jonathan Sacerdoti
Internet
July 9, 2025
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok hails Hitler
X engineers were quick to disable the software after they were alerted to its rather strange responses
Cockburn
Law
July 8, 2025
Is this the end of the Jeffrey Epstein case?
Americans remain rightfully suspicious
Alexander Larman
Policy
July 8, 2025
Elon Musk’s America party could hurt Republicans
But I’d be surprised if we are even still talking about it a year from now
James Johnson
Politics
July 7, 2025
Elon Musk is America’s dumbest smart person
The America party is a fool’s errand
Roger Kimball
Policy
July 6, 2025
History does not favor Musk’s new America party
Musk is hoping he will achieve the same kind of breakthrough that Trump managed
Nigel Jones
Politics
July 3, 2025
Trump gets his Big, Beautiful Bill over the line
But he also triggers the start of the midterm elections.
Jacob Heilbrunn

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