DOGE wants to hire ‘super high-IQ small government revolutionaries.’
DOGE begins soliciting applications for staff jobs:
We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting. If that’s you, DM this account with your CV. Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants.
We are very grateful to the thousands of Americans who have expressed interest in helping us at DOGE. We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting. If that’s…
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) November 14, 2024
Musk says separately:
Even a brief stint in government by people with high competence and integrity would greatly help America…Indeed, this will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero…What a great deal!
Yousaf: Musk has a ‘whole team trying to besmirch my reputation’
After Musk suggested he had been “racist” in his private communications, Yousaf says he checked his private messages:
It was more out of complete and utter confusion of what the heck he was talking about. A very pointed accusation that he’s trying to make, and most people who commented underneath are saying the same thing, you know, ‘Go on Elon, release his Twitter DMs’…I’m thinking, I’ve been on Twitter for a long time, have I made an off-colour joke? Have I said something in a private communication? So, I thought I better do the belt and braces thing, and as I say there was nothing there, and unsurprisingly so
And accuses Musk of targeting him:
But here is somebody who is basically saying to me by the way ‘you better watch out; I’m going to release stuff on you and it’s going to make your life hell…I am certain he has a whole team of people who are looking at any information they can gather on me and try to use it to besmirch my reputation.
Yousaf repeats his claim that Musk is a racist, with “far-right, white supremacist tendencies”.
Elon Musk could have trillions let alone billions and he wouldn’t have enough to shut me up.
Trump, Musk, Macchio sing God Bless America
Trump, Musk and Macchio sing God Bless America at the A1Policy conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Earlier Trump had praised Musk, pointing to Musk seated in the center row directly in front of the stage.
Elon has been so great.
President @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk join @ChrisMacchio in singing God Bless America tonight at Mar-a-Lago 🎶🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/3wqmA8dLqk
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) November 14, 2024
Lemon quits X
In a post on X, Lemon says he is leaving the platform, highlighting X’s incoming new terms of service, which state that lawsuits against the social media platform will be handled in the Northern District of Texas.
I have loved connecting with all of you on Twitter and then on X for all of these years, but it’s time for me to leave the platform. I once believed it was a place for honest debate and discussion, transparency, and free speech, but I now feel it does not serve that purpose.
Citing the change of venue:
Quote, all disputes be brought exclusively in the US District Court for the northern district of Texas or state courts located in Tarrant County, Texas, end quote…This quote ensures that such lawsuits will be heard in courthouses that are a hub for conservatives, which experts say could make it easier for X to shield itself from litigation and punish critics. I think that speaks for itself.
Lemon says he will remain on Facebook, TikTok, and other social media platforms.
Here's why I'm leaving Twitter… pic.twitter.com/VIope68L2k
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) November 13, 2024
Trump jokes he ‘can’t get rid of’ Musk
At a Washington DC meeting of House Republicans, Trump jokes about Musk’s presence after the election win:
Elon won’t go home. I can’t get rid of him. Until I don’t like him.
Musk has spent most days after the election with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate, joined in Trump’s game of golf with his granddaughter, and sat in with callswith world leaders.
The Guardian leaves X
The Guardian says it will no longer post content on X, saying the platform is ‘toxic’ and that Musk has used its influence to shape political discourse. The newspaper has more than 80 accounts on X with approximately 27 million followers.
We wanted to let readers know that we will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X (formerly Twitter). We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere.
This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism. The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.
X users will still be able to share our articles, and the nature of live news reporting means we will still occasionally embed content from X within our article pages.
Our reporters will also be able to carry on using the site for news-gathering purposes, just as they use other social networks in which we do not officially engage.
Social media can be an important tool for news organisations and help us to reach new audiences but, at this point, X now plays a diminished role in promoting our work. Our journalism is available and open to all on our website and we would prefer people to come to theguardian.com and support our work there.
Musk supports journalist investigated for X post
Musk responds to reports that the UK police visited the home a journalist for the Telegraph, to investigate her for a ‘Non Crime Hate Incident’ related to a year-old post she had posted on X.
This needs to stop.
This needs to stop https://t.co/wvwxkHvVMT
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2024
Musk, Ramaswamy to lead ‘Department of Government Efficiency’
Trump announces that Musk and Ramaswamy will lead a new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in his second administration.
I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”). Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the “Save America” Movement. This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!” Musk said.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2024
Fineman: Musk made me cry on SNL
In a deleted TikTok post, Fineman says Musk made her cry at a table-read for the SNL show he hosted. The incident had previously been reported by co-star Bowen Yang, who had said that a male host had once made ‘muliple cast members cry’ because ‘he hated the ideas’.
OK, I just saw some news article about Elon Musk being like butt-hurt about ‘SNL’ and his impression, but I’m, like, you’re clearly watching the show. Like, what are you talking about? And I’m like, you know what? I’m gonna come out and say at long last that I’m the cast member that he made cry. And he’s the host that made someone cry. Maybe there’s others.
I was like, I’m not gonna say anything. But I’m like, no, if you’re gonna go on your platform and be rude, like, guess what? You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears because I stayed up all night writing the sketch.
I was so excited, I came in, I asked if you had any questions and you stared at me like you were firing me from Tesla and were like, ‘It’s not funny.’ I waited for you to be like, ‘Ha ha, jk.’ No. Then you started pawing through my script, like flipping each page, being, like, ‘I didn’t laugh once, not one time.
According to Fineman, the sketch, which she thought was ‘fine’, made it onto the show, and she ‘actually had a really good time.’
I thought you were really funny in it. But, you know, have a little manners here, sir.
Claim: Musk used Starlink to ‘steal’ US election
Left-wing conspiracy theorists allege the 2024 US presidential election was rigged through manipulation by Elon Musk’s Starlink network, with claims of 20 million votes disappearing and Starlink interfering with vote-counting machines spreading across platforms like X, Threads, and TikTok. There is no evidence to support the claims spreading on social media. US voting machines are typically disconnected from the internet in order to prevent interference.
Trump, Musk golf at Trump International
Trump plays golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The president-elect is accompanied by his granddaughter, Kai, as well as Musk. This is the first time Trump has played golf after the second assassination attempt made against him at the club on Sept. 15, 2024.
We Robot event showcases Optimus, Cybercab, Robovan
At Tesla’s We Robot event, held at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, Musk presents three robotic products, including two vehicles: Musk arrives in a Cybercab robotaxi, a fully-autonomous two-door vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals, set for production in 2026 with a price tag under $30,000, and the Robovan, an Art Deco-inspired fully-autonomous multi-purpose vehicle, capable of carrying up to 20 passengers. Tesla plans for these vehicles to operate on an app-based service, where owners can list their cars for others to use autonomously. The Cybercab and Robovan are expected to rely solely on camera-based Vision technology.
The event also showcased Optimus humanoid robots, which were seen pouring drinks and mingling with guests. Musk says Optimus could serve in various roles like teaching, babysitting, or performing household tasks and would be priced between $20,000 to $30,000.
Robotaxi pic.twitter.com/zVJ9v9yXNr
— Tesla (@Tesla) October 11, 2024
Musk reponds to Carvey SNL impression
In response to Carvey’s Musk impression on SNL, in which Carvey says:
Check it out – dark MAGA – but seriously, I run the country now. America’s gonna be like one of my rockets: You know, they’re super cool and super fun, but there’s a slight chance it could blow up and everybody dies.
Musk responds:
SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality.Their last-ditch effort to cheat the equal airtime requirements and prop up Kamala before the election only helped sink her campaign further…They are so mad that @realDonaldTrump won….Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey.
SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality.
Their last-ditch effort to cheat the equal airtime requirements and prop up Kamala before the election only helped sink her campaign further. @nbcsnl
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 10, 2024
X TOS venue changes to Northern District of Texas
X’s new terms of service, which take effect Nov. 15, stipulates that lawsuits against the social media platform must be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas — not the Western District of Texas, where the company is headquartered.
Musk to King: ‘Why do you hate America?’
In response to a joke King posts to X:
Joke making the rounds in Europe: Q: What borders on complete stupidity? A: Canada and Mexico.
Musk responds:
Why do you hate America? That’s messed up.
Why do you hate America? That’s messed up.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 9, 2024
Navarro: Musk is ‘First Lady’
Speaking on a panel, Navarro references a picture of the Trump family following the president-elect’s victory that did not include Melania Trump, but added Musk.
I think it’s a little weird, right? I mean, Elon Musk seems to be everywhere at all times. He’s like Secretary of Everything, and at the same time, he’s like the First Lady. The other day, I saw this picture of him. It was a picture of Trump with his entire family, except Melania, but Elon Musk was there…I find that a little weird, but as Scott [Jennings] said, they won. He gets to do whatever he wants. And if he wants Elon everywhere all the time, that’s what’s going to happen.
CNN’s Anna Navarro goes on bizarre rant about @elonmusk, calls him Trump’s “First Lady."
Severe cases of EDS are raging across vast swaths of legacy media:
"I mean, Elon Musk seems to be everywhere at all times. He's like secretary of everything. And at the same time he's like… pic.twitter.com/dfhHv0AoFW
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 9, 2024
Musk joins Trump’s call to Zelensky
Trump and Zelensky talk on the phone for around 25 minutes, with Musk listening in and participating. After Zelensky congratulates Trump, the president-elect says he will support Ukraine, but does not go into details. Sources say Zelensky felt the call went well and that it did not increase his anxiety about Trump’s victory:
[It] didn’t leave Zelensky with a feeling of despair.
Musk says he will continue supporting Ukraine with Starlink.
Tesla $1 trillion market cap, Musk worth $300 billion
Shares of Tesla increased more than 10% to nearly $330, giving the company a market value of over $1 trillion, for the first time since April 2022, sparked in part by Donald Trump’s presidential election win. The company’s valuation has nearly doubled over the last six months.
Musk’s net worth rose by $13 billion to over $300 billion for the first time in more than two years. Musk is $70 billion wealthier than the next closest competitor, Larry Ellison.
Musk: Scholz is a ‘fool’
Responding to a post referring to Scholz’s three-party coalition failing, Musk says, in German:
Olaf ist ein Narr. (Olaf is a fool).
Trump: ‘We have a new star. A star is born – Elon!’
Trump praises Musk in his victory speech:
We have a new star. A star is born — Elon! He is an amazing guy. We were sitting together tonight. You know he spent two weeks in Philadelphia and different parts of Pennsylvania campaigning. Y’know he sent the rocket up two weeks ago, and I saw that rocket and I saw it coming down. When it left it was beautiful shiny white, when it came down it didn’t look so pretty, it was going 10,000 miles an hour and burning like hell. And I said, ‘What happened to your paint job?’ He said, ‘We’ve never made a paint job that can withstand that kind of heat’ …Only Elon could do this.
