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Elon Musk, father of 7, warns of population collapse – Mint

Posted: July 27, 2021 at 1:22 pm

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has yet again said that population collapse is potentially the greatest risk to the future of civilization.

The 50-year-old billionaire shared his concerns, citing The Wall Street Journal report, "US population growth, an economic driver, grinds to a halt".

This month only, on July 14, Musk had posted a similar opinion on Twitter criticizing the rising global population.

Musk, who is a father of seven kids, responded to a tweet which said, "Population collapse could be upon us, but we appreciate that you good sir are still making tangible efforts to stave it off," the tweet read and was accompanied by a photo of Musk with his son.

Musk, in response, "Im trying to set a good example! Population collapse is a much bigger problem than people realize and thats just for Earth. Mars has a great need for people, seeing as the population is currently zero. Humans are the custodians of other life on Earth. Let us bring life to Mars!" he wrote on the microblogging site.

The SpaceX founder wants to send humans this decade, saying in an interview last year that he was confident a crewed mission could take place in 2026.

However, many scientists and social activists have criticised Musks plans and his approach of send it to space.

Activista, a creative agency based out of Los Angeles, had placed a billboard outside SpaceXs California headquarters that read Mars Sucks" before Earth Day 2021, implying that Musk could do more to save the Earth than trying to colonise Mars.

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Twitter User Cracked A Joke On Jeff Bezos And We Caught Elon Musk Laughing – NDTV

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Elon Musk's comment alone has received over 3,800 likes in less than an hour. (File)

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have been rivals for a long time. Their common interest in areas of entrepreneurship and space have often caused them to be pitted against each other. Therefore, it is not unusual to spot the two billionaires take a casual dig at one another once in a while.

We saw a cheeky display of this recently when Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk reacted to a tweet about the Amazon founder. It all started when a user by the name SpaceXMR shared a Reddit post that featured a meme about Mr Bezos.

The tweet said, The 5 stages of J E F F and the meme featured five images of the entrepreneur. It was titled The 5 stages of grief, and each of the photos of Mr Bezos was followed by the words denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. This was followed by an arrow pointing at the word bargaining, with the note, We are here.

Reacting to the post, Mr Musk left a laughing emoticon. And needless to say, the simple comment soon caught the attention of social media users. The comment alone has received over 3,800 likes in less than an hour.

Previously, too, Mr Musk has been spotted enjoying a laugh at the expense of his rival. Just days before Mr Bezos made his trip to space, Mr Musk reacted to a post that touched on the fact that Mr Bezos's space journey was only going to be suborbital.

The meme in question is inspired by a Star Wars scene featuring a conversation between the characters of Anakin and Padme Amidala. The meme, which has grown quite popular in the recent past, was tweaked this time around to swap Anakin's face with Mr Bezos's and Padme's face with Mr Musk's.

The meme featured Mr Bezos saying, I'm going to space, and to this Mr Musk asks, Orbital, right?

Mr Bezos just smiles at this, causing Mr Musk to repeat the question, this time with a more worried look. The meme was in reference to the fact that Mr Bezos was only travelling to the Karman line, an imaginary line at an altitude of 100 kilometres from Earth, recognized as the edge of space.

Acknowledging the post, Mr Musk replied saying, Haha

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Here’s How Elon Musk Uses ‘Wonder And Fear’ To Promote Tesla – InsideEVs

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This article comes to us courtesy ofEVANNEX, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at InsideEVs, nor have we been paid byEVANNEXto publish these articles. We find the company's perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free of charge. Enjoy!

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Innovation at Tesla is often born out ofcounter-intuitivethinking. Much of the company's ethos comes from its unconventional leader, Elon Musk. So how does Muskdrive the thinking behind his company's automobiles? Perhaps part of his secret recipe is the ol' maxim: opposites attract. According to John Nosta atPsychology Today, it allcomes down towonder and fear.

"Recently, Elon Musk made a boldannouncementat the introduction of the new Tesla S Plaid. He said it was faster than a Porsche, safer than a Volvo,"reports Nosta. "Musk did something more than just create a witty quote... he touched on something that is much more fundamental. And in a way, he has revealed (and leveraged) a basic, almost limbic, psychodynamic to much of today's innovation and transformation."

"While speed and safety are fundamental to the automotive industry, they often exist in opposition.... the buying habits of consumers more commonly gravitate to one or the othersomething fun (fast) or something safe (convenient). This dynamic of wonder andfearlives on two poles,"explains Nosta.

Think backin history to (perhaps) the first major tech breakthrough. "Fire changed the world. It allowed us to move, stay awake at night, keep warm, cook, and eat more protein-based food, which in turn led to the development of the human brain. And yet, today, fire is one the single largest causes of property and personal destruction in the world. A fire can light the darkness, but it can also be used as a weapon,"says Nosta.

"Its this pulse of wonder and fear that Musk touches upon in his comments about the blazing speed and remarkable safety of the Tesla S Plaid," notes Nosta. "Musk knows this, and leverages this emotional magic to seduce and capture his audiences.... [and] push us to that provocative journey where wonder stands in counterpoint to fear. Either way, it takes our breath away."

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Elon Musk says Tesla Supercharger network will be open to other cars this year – CNBC

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Tesla CEO Elon Musksaid Tuesday that the company's network of DC fast-charging stations for its electric vehicles, also known as the Tesla Supercharger network, will be open to other types of electric vehicles in 2021.

Responding to a Tesla fan on Twitter, where Musk commands a following of 58.3 million, the CEO specifically wrote: "We're making our Supercharger network open to other EVs later this year."

Musk did not say where in the world Tesla would make its DC fast-charging stations available for use with other electric vehicles, or which makes and models would be compatible with Tesla's on-the-road chargers in 2021.

He did say that Tesla intends to make Superchargers open to other electric vehicles in all countries, eventually.

Previously, Tesla marketed its vehicles as having a tremendous advantage compared to other brands of battery electric vehicles due to the company's exclusive charging stations on the road.

The Tesla charging network is available to drivers of Tesla cars without any kind of membership fees required. Tesla bills drivers for charging by the minute, or per kilowatt hour for "supercharging" depending on local laws.

While Teslas can power up at most any electric vehicle charging station using adaptor cables, Tesla owners have the company's level 3 and newer Supercharger stations to themselves for now.

The connectors they use to plug in and power up on the road at newer Superchargers make Tesla's stations incompatible with others' EVs, and theoretically keep lines shorter, and chargers more available for Tesla drivers.

Musk's promise on Tuesday gives more details than an earlier remark he made to YouTuber MKBHD, Marques Brownlee, in December 2020. At that time, Musk said other automakers were "low-key," seeking access to Tesla Superchargers, and the equipment was already "being made accessible to other electric cars."

Previous reports by Reuters and others said Tesla has been in talks to establish fast-charging stations open to electric vehicles from other companies in Germany, Sweden and Norway.

Competitors in the U.S. have long focused on charging stations that serve battery electric vehicles from a wide range of automakers. These include: Aerovironment, ChargePoint, Electrify America, Volta, eVgo, Sema and many others. (In China and some parts of Europe, the rollout of charging infrastructure has been even more rapid than it has been in the U.S.)

According to Tesla's website, the company now operates more than 25,000 charging stations around the world.

If Tesla opens up significant numbers of its charging stations in the US especially if it can power up cars from renewable energy sources there it may tap into new government funding such as grants, tax credits, rebates or green energy credits which it can sell to companies that need them to offset their own environmental impact.

The exact types of credits would be at the discretion of various state and federal authorities that run environmental programs and green credit regimes.

In the first quarter of 2021, Tesla reported $518 million in revenue from sales of regulatory credits. The company is expected to deliver its second-quarter earnings update, including new Supercharger numbers and revenue from regulatory credit sales on Monday July 26.

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Elon Musk – the world’s second-richest person – lives in a 38m rented home. This is what he gave up to rent it – IOL

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Imagine having enough money to go to space and being one of the richest men in the world like Elon Musk. Now imagine the house he must live in?

Lavish with all the trimmings, you would imagine.

But no! Elon Musk - who has an estimated net worth of $160.4 billion - lives in a tiny home - believed to be about 38m - valued at $50 000 (about R740 000) in Boca Chica, Texas, where his SpaceX headquarters are located.

It is reported he doesnt even own it, but rents out the house - a foldable, prefabricated homemade by a housing startup company and touted to be the answer to affordable housing. The house can be erected in a day.

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Renting is nothing new for Musk who first rented a colonial-style house in 2010 in Los Angeles where he lived with his five sons before buying it. He had since then bought six other homes.

More than a year ago however Musk told the world via a tweet that he was selling almost all physical possessions and that he would own no house. It was his attempt to respond to criticism of his wealth, and alleged tax evasion. He also moved to Texas where he pays $0 in state income taxes.

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And on owning no homes - hes kept his promise.

Musk, the co-founder of electric automaker Tesla, went on a selling spree getting rid of most of his property portfolio - most listed on a property portal and snapped up.

He sold his main Los Angeles home to start with and says he now has almost no property of great value other than company shares.

His huge mansion in San Francisco - the last of the portfolio to go - is still on the market for $37.5 million but once that is gone he will be well, like many of us who dont own homes, except he is, well very rich.

This move is in sharp contrast to Musk who spent years buying up properties adjacent to each other in Bel-Air in Los Angeles in an attempt to ensure his privacy.

And anyone who still thinks property is not a good investment - overall, Musk is reported to have made an estimated profit of $19.2 million on his home sales over the past year.

Its hard to imagine someone, who is used to space and privacy, is adapting to the new tiny home he is renting.

Its reported to have a 2020 footprint, 2.8m high ceilings and comes with a fridge, stove, washer/dryer, bathroom, kitchen, and more. - all very probably the size of a living room in one of Musks old homes!

For instance one of Musks sold homes had 1881m of space divided into different wings, with a total of seven bedrooms. It also had a two-story library.

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The start-up company - boxabl - who made the home Musk rents says they are using a new construction method that makes them resistant to fire, floods, rot, pests, high winds and more, and also more durable and efficient than traditional homes. And probably an ideal home for emerging markets, such as South Africa where makeshift homes of the poor are mostly constructed with corrugated iron and plastic as roofs.

Galiano Tiramani, business development at boxabl says the product could potentially improve the lives of millions of people.

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Elon Musk Caused Bitcoin To Slump And Dogecoin To Rise In Q2, Shows Analysis – Benzinga – Benzinga

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Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musks comments on social media platformTwittercaused the price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to fall and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) to rise in the second quarter, sentiment-driven analysis from eToro USA and the TIE showed.

What Happened: On average, Bitcoin prices declined by 1.6% within the 24 hour-period after Musks tweets related to the apex cryptocurrency in the quarter, according to the report. Meanwhile, Musks tweets on Dogecoin contributed to an average 8.4% increase in the meme cryptocurrencys price during the next 24 hours.

Are Blackpink’s Jennie and Grimes Working on a Collaboration? – Tatler Singapore

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The Blackpink fanbase was abuzz with rumours of a possible collaboration this week when the South Korean girl groups singer-rapper Jennie and Canadian singer Grimes posted photos of themselves together in front of a SpaceX rocket.

See more: Blackpinks Lisa: 4 Things You Didnt Know About the K-Pop Superstar

Grimes is the girlfriend of billionaire Elon Musk, founder of electric car company Tesla and CEO of SpaceX, a company that manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft into space. It was also recently awarded a US$178 million contract by Nasa to launch a spacecraft to Jupiters moon, Europa.

The photos appear to have been taken at the SpaceX location in Hawthorne, California.

Later, Grimes took to Twitter to share more photos of their meeting with the caption, Jennie and Grimes go to space.

Similarly, Jennie also posted an update to her Instagram account saying, Rocket day with my fairy princess @grimes.

Fans were quick to begin speculating that the two might have a collaboration in the works especially because both Grimes and Musk have been vocal about the fact that they are fans of K-Pop.

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Heroic Nihilism — The Eternian Apocalypse of Masters of the Universe: Revelation – Critical Blast

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Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe: Revelation dropped on Netflix today -- or, at least, the first five episodes have. And while many fans are already commenting and commiserating that He-Man is largely absent from this tale that is all about a bitter Teela's quest to save Eternia, there's a mix of good moments in this, albeit blighted by the nihilistic plot points that come up later in the run.

The series opens with Skeletor and his forces mounting an attack on Castle Grayskull. Again. And pitting all their might against The Sorceress. Again. Only this time they deceive her, and she puts out the call for her champion, Prince Adam, who is attending a promotion ceremony. His friend, Teela, has risen to the rank of Man-at-Arms, equal to her father. When the distress signal is received, Teela leads the forces of Eternia to the rescue, while Prince Adam does his Shazam thing to become He-Man. During the heat of battle, Skeletor angers He-Man enough that he stabs Skeletor through the chest with the Power Sword -- exactly as Skeletor planned. The sword was also a key, and the keyhole was hidden behind Skeletor. The power that has been hidden by Castle Grayskull all this time is now accessible to him and, healed by Evil-Lyn, he takes it -- a move that has the potential to wipe out the entire universe. He-Man has moments to stop it, which he does, but in the ensuing explosion both he and Skeletor are gone, and the Power Sword has been split into two parts -- and vanished.

This is only the beginning of the loss of all hope in the series. Back at Castle Eternia, Man-at-Arms must tell the king that He-Man is dead -- and that He-Man was also Prince Adam. The king does not take this well, casts out Man-at-Arms, and barks new orders at Teela. But Teela, realizing that everyone she knew, all her friends, had been lying to her for years about Adam, is bitter and angry. She resigns her commission and storms out on her own.

The next time we see Teela, she's shaved half her head and takes missions for hire. Accompanied by her new friend, Andra, she accepts a quest from an older woman who turns out to be Evil-Lynin disguise. Ultimately, this puts Teela on a course from the now frail Sorceress herself to retrieve the two halves of the Power Sword and reunite them so that magic can return to Eternia and save both it and the universe itself.

The quest takes Teela and her companions to the two spiritual realms of Eternia -- Subternia, the underworld, and Preternia, paradise. In Subternia, Teela must face her fears, wth He-Man being among them. She retrieves the sword and Evil-Lyn -- yes, they're doing a Cruella on Evil-Lyn -- uses it to open a door to Preternia. But to get everyone there safely, Orco must make the ultimate sacrifice.

It turns out that Preternia's version of Heaven is just a retirement frat-house where dead heroes -- and, yes, Prince Adam is among them, so he's really dead -- relive their glory days and recount their many adventures. Our traveling heroes meet He-Ro (who looks an awful lot like Malibu Comics' Prime) and King Grayskull, the first to weild the Power Sword. But there's no sign of Orco, so did he really die earlier?

Well, yes, and maybe. But even if he did for sure, he wouldn't end up in Preternia. Because apparently that's only for heroes. When Adam decides to make the journey from paradise to Eternia with his friends (following the mortal sacrifice of yet another member of the team), he is warned that he would be mortal again -- and when mortals die, they just return to the earth. So their heaven is reserved only for a select few. Your average person simply ceases to exist, which seems pretty depressing.

Masters of the Universe: Revelation is incomplete. There will be more episodes to drop in the future. But the rumors about it being Teela's story aren't rumors, but facts, and Kevin Smith seems hell-bent on killing off He-Man for good with this series. There's a bit of language in the series, all of which comes from Andra. It's nothing you wouldn't find on a prime time sitcom, but at the same time, it's out of place in a MOTU cartoon.

The truly great moments of the show come when the men sacrifice themselves for the greater good -- Orco to save his friends, Roboto to reforge the Power Sword, and Prince Adam to return to Eternia and fix what went wrong. But there's also a pervasive feeling of futility, and a heavy dose of it with the mid-series cliffhanger.

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My hope for a convincing and genuine way to invest in nature one that doesnt devalue it – iNews

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Sometimes, it all gets a bit much. Parts of the Amazon are now giving out more CO2 than they are absorbing; parts of Germany and Belgium have been devastated by catastrophic flooding; wildfires rage across the western United States. Thats just the planet.

Then theres the global health crisis, Covid, which also seems to be spiralling with no end in sight if all countries cannot simultaneously get on the front foot with vaccines that work against all variants. This seems like a battle that can never be won.

Ive coined something called the doom sigh. Its the sound I make when reading any article or listening to any report that has an apocalyptic undertone, which is currently, many. Sometimes I doom sigh so much theres hardly any breath left thats an entry point into anxiety and in that state, nihilism wins and I feel unable to cook my own dinner, let alone act as a soldier in the global fight against climate change and pandemics.

Im sadly old enough to know this pattern of media-induced despair and where it leads. For me, this is the path to defeatism a big internal enemy. The its all too much attitude soon enough takes you to a place of I may as well be selfish and just enjoy myself then, because we are screwed anyway. This is not helpful.

Another internal enemy is wilful ignorance. Not reading the news might save you stress and I have huge sympathy for those suffering mental ill health as a result of too much bad news consumption. But not being informed isnt an option if you want to be part of the solution. Controlled consumption of news may be a sensible strategy. For example, during the worst of the first wave of the pandemic, I would only get my information from Channel 4 News one hour a day. For the rest of the day, I focused on my immediate loved ones and work.

Despondency is not going to stop climate change.If you are experiencing it, like in John Bunyons Slough of Despond the thick bog of the careworn and guilt laden inPilgrims Progress, you have to get through it to survive.

To fight the climate change fight, you need to feel positive, confident and optimistic. We have to believe we can create positive change, even in fact especially, when things seem dire. Thats becoming increasingly hard when the bad news is raining down. But like that psychological trick you can play on yourself to make you feel happy forcing a smile if one doesnt naturally occur every day to boost your joy hormones, an artificial boost of can-do spirit is necessary sometimes, especially in the face of such odds.

I often wonder if, in advocating for the power of our personal finances and investment to change the world, I am backing the right horse. Should I instead be working on systems change, regulation or policy? Changing things from the inside rather than placing yet another burden on the shoulders of normal people who must do something, like switch pensions, to feel like they have done their bit? As Ed Gillespie, author of Only Planet, said in a recent podcast, consumer-led change can only take us so far.

But then maybe there are no magic bullets here even regulation and policy have their limits. Planet-saving strategies are all just pieces of a puzzle, with everyone trying to find the right place for their piece. As with the fight against Covid, we all have a part to play in stopping the spread.

The limitations of the investment world are also becoming apparent, with claims last week that the burden of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) box-ticking is becoming too much for publicly-listed companies, costing them time and resources. To private equity investors without the same reporting requirements and fierce external scrutiny from stakeholders, ESG is fat to be trimmed and profit to be made. This, it has been suggested, is a looming threat to the ESG endeavour.

Another is the apparent impotence of investors to preserve and rescue so-called natural capital: nature to you and me, but if you are an investor, its nature that might have some economic value in addition to its hopefully fairly obvious value in and of itself.

Peter Michaelis, fund manager for the Liontrust Sustainable funds, said recently that while the UN Sustainable Development Goals are a useful framework for sustainable investors, the goals for life in water and life on land are difficult to support with profitable investments there are simply not enough companies both making money and meeting these goals for us to support these SDGs meaningfully with our bank accounts, ISAs and pensions. My hope is that a convincing and genuine way to invest in nature will emerge one that doesnt devalue it. But it might be that nature remains something uninvestable and we will have to rely on alternative ways to preserve it that do not depend on capital markets.

Over the last six weeks, Ive had a broken wrist and a Covid infection. Despondency levels were high I was drowning in Bunyons bog. Doom sighing at the news, doom sighing at my own inability to function.

Im feeling better now. The planet can too. Healing, regeneration, renewal. Even now, after so much damage has been done. But we have to believe it is possible and feel that sense of optimism about solutions if we are going to create the ways to make it happen.

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The Damnation of George P. Bush – The Bulwark

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On Monday night, Donald Trump issued his endorsement in next years race for Texas attorney general. Youll never guess who he picked. Let me give you a hint: It was not the guy whose name rhymes with tush.

Thus concludes the single most craven political career inhonestly, Im not even sure how long. Because no politician in my lifetime has brought more dishonor upon himself than George P. Bush.

Over the course of his five years in politics, Donald Trump insulted, disparaged, and slandered many decent Americans. One of them happened to be George P. Bushs father, the former governor of Florida, Jeb Bush.

Lets take a trip down memory lane with a (partial) list of the things Trump said about George P.s dad:

Then there was the time Trump retweeted a dudewhose handle was White Genocidewho made a meme of Jeb as a homeless beggar outside Trump Tower.

Now maybe you say thats just the hurly-burly of politics. Its just locker room talk. Nothing personal. Man in the arena. Whatever.

Except that Trump also insulted Jebs wifethis would be George P.s own damn motherand, even after a cooling off period, refused to apologize for it.

And then there was the time that Trump talked about George P.s uncle, George W. Bush, and literally accused him of treason.

George P. Bush surveyed all of this, thought about the family to which he owed everythingdo you think this guy could have gotten elected dog catcher in Amarillo if his last name had been Jones?and decided that he didnt just want to be the Texas attorney general. He really, reeeealllllllyyyyyyyy wanted to be the Texas attorney general.

So he did this.

That, my friends, is the idiot grin of a man who thinks that selling his soul is just another thing you do. Like snagging a clerkship. Or landing a job at Akin Gump. Or getting into private equity. You want to do a thing so you just . . . do it. The doors of life are open and all you have to do is walk through them, without a care for the consequences of whats on the other side.

It gets worse.

George P. Bush leaned into this entire affair so hard that he sold merch boasting about the betrayal of his family:

Please note the date: This is from June. Six months after the January insurrection.

What did this abasement and betrayal get George P.? A fat load of jack squat.

Surely George P. wasnt foolish enough to think that Trump would go so far as to endorse him. But he probably hoped that, by toadying as shamelessly as possible, he might keep Trump on the sidelines and out of endorsing in the race.

At the least, he must have hoped that Trump wouldnt weigh in until much later in the race, when, if George P. had good poll numbers, maybe Trump would be nervous about endorsing someone else.

But you must understand that this election, the Republican primary, isnt until May 1, 2022. Its more than nine months away. Trump endorsing this early effectively puts an end to the race. It freezes all of the party establishment and money in place, because now to be for George P. is to be against Trump. Aint no Texas Republicans fixin to do that there foolishness.

It may surprise you, but I would argue that this is the best possible outcome. Maybe not for TexasKen Paxton, who has been under a longstanding indictment for securities fraud, could potentially wind up in jail as a sitting AGbut for America.

Republicans needed an object lesson in the wages of Trumpism. A great many Republicans still believe that if they just get along, theyll go along. That if they keep their heads down, or truckle under, they can keep running their game. That so long as theyre not like those icky Never Trumpers, the revolution wont come for them.

To go against Trumpism is to court defeat. To abase yourself before it is to add dishonor to the bargain.

The funny partand really, this is the single weirdest irony of our entire nationalist odysseyis that Trump frequently ended his rallies by reading The Snake.

Donald Trump literally told the Republican party who he was and what he would do to them. It was not subtext. It was the actual text. He read it from a paper. Over and over again.

Most of the party, it turned out, wanted a snake. They embraced the nihilism because it promised a chance to hurt their enemies.

But men like George P. Bush refused to believeeven at this late datethat the story could possibly be true.

Let his shame be a reminder, a warning, and a lesson.

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Elon Musk, father of 7, warns of population collapse – Mint

Twitter User Cracked A Joke On Jeff Bezos And We Caught Elon Musk Laughing – NDTV

Here’s How Elon Musk Uses ‘Wonder And Fear’ To Promote Tesla – InsideEVs

Elon Musk says Tesla Supercharger network will be open to other cars this year – CNBC

Elon Musk – the world’s second-richest person – lives in a 38m rented home. This is what he gave up to rent it – IOL

Elon Musk Caused Bitcoin To Slump And Dogecoin To Rise In Q2, Shows Analysis – Benzinga – Benzinga

Are Blackpink’s Jennie and Grimes Working on a Collaboration? – Tatler Singapore

Heroic Nihilism — The Eternian Apocalypse of Masters of the Universe: Revelation – Critical Blast

My hope for a convincing and genuine way to invest in nature one that doesnt devalue it – iNews

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