Ping An may have acquired its SpaceX stake through an offshore investment vehicle. As I reported last week, Russian investors have used similar opaque schemes to buy and sell highly coveted SpaceX shares on secondary and tertiary markets www.muskwatch.com/p/how-russia...
SCOOP: The partially state-owned Chinese firm Ping An claimed an ownership stake in Elon Musk's SpaceX, the world's most valuable private company.
Given its role as a vital US defense contractor, SpaceX has internally warned of known Chinese investments drawing scrutiny in D.C.
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Despite one of his companies self-certifying for a diversity and racial empowerment program, Musk has previously said, "DEI is just another word for racism. Shame on anyone who uses it." He has also called DEI programs "actually illegal." www.muskwatch.com/p/musks-neur...
But a "small disadvantaged business," per federal law, must be owned and controlled by a member of a demographic "subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice." Individuals with a worth exceeding $850,000 are also not considered "economically disadvantaged." Musk is worth $400 billion.
The "Small Disadvantaged Business" certification claimed by Neuralink gives it access to preferential treatment for federal contracts and increased visibility on government contracting databases www.muskwatch.com/p/musks-neur...
Scoop: Elon Musk's Neuralink falsified federal forms to qualify for racial diversity and economic empowerment programs. Neuralink's "small disadvantaged business" designation is meant for companies owned by racially and economically "disadvantaged individuals" www.muskwatch.com/p/musks-neur...
New: JNIM, one of the deadliest jihadist groups in the world, is using SpaceX’s Starlink to coordinate attacks, increase their fundraising, and disseminate sophisticated propaganda in West Africa www.muskwatch.com/p/starlink-t...
Richardson has also requested a summary of "public and Congressional debate regarding FEMA" and an overview of how disaster aid worked before FEMA was created.
In a second memo, Richardson requested a classified briefing on FEMA's continuity of government plan — the procedures that would ensure the government remains functional during a major crisis.
New: Acting FEMA head David Richardson issued an internal memo today requesting a mission analysis that "will identify the gaps and redundancies between what FEMA is currently doing and what FEMA should be doing consistent with federal law." Richardson has told staff, "Don't get in my way."
New: The Boring Company, Musk's $7 billion transit venture, registered as a small business on a government portal for federal contractors one week after Trump won the 2024 election www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-owned...
1. Meta removed a Facebook ads criticizing Elon Musk's efforts to seize Americans' private information through DOGE.
A notice from Meta said the ads violated its rules on "Unacceptable Business Practices."
“Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to two people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.”
NEW: Tonight, dozens of Consumer Finance Protection Bureau employees were fired via a hastily written email.
Some affected employees were addressed as “[EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].”
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Federal employee with a data role told me that a document was removed from employee access because it had the word "inclusion" in it.
As in, "inclusion of data in our estimates."
1. Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of DOGE launched an image-sharing website in 2021 that featured custom “shitposting” URLs that redirected to content hosted on his site. URLs that redirected to Coristine’s site referenced the sale of child sexual abuse material, racial slurs, and rape.
ICYMI: I wrote a takedown of Jack Posobiec's book (which—huge shocker here—doesn't say anything meaningful about the left) and the pro-Trump right's tendency to crib from white nationalists for @thebaffler.com. thebaffler.com/latest/unhum...
Scoop: DOGE's Edward "Big Balls" Coristine launched a privacy-focused image-sharing site in 2021 that allowed users to create custom URLs. The URLs that redirected to Coristine's site referenced the sale of child sexual abuse material, racial slurs, and rape
www.muskwatch.com/p/doge-teen-...
1. EXCLUSIVE
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
Update: Non-federal CFPB workers just received a "stop work" notice from the Office of Financial Procurement
Many people are saying that Kawhi will save my fantasy season from hell
The meeting did not include federal CFPB workers. The non-federal workers in attendance were essentially told to hide until they are fired, according to a source at the bureau
New: CFPB staffers were just called into an all-hands meeting, according to a source at the bureau
Update: DOGE members Luke Farritor and Gavin Kilger are no longer “read only” users at the CFPB. They are now listed as domain administrators in the bureau’s system, meaning they can provide or revoke access as they see fit
New by me and @juddlegum.bsky.social: Elon Musk now has access to reams of confidential information about X's competitors in the digital payment sector, according to an official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-assoc...
I wrote about Jack Posobiec, the intellectual emptiness of the pro-Trump right, and their bizarre—and disingenuous—attempts to co-opt white nationalist thought.
My latest for @thebaffler.com: thebaffler.com/latest/unhum...
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The Rubio-led State Department was supposed to represent a “moderate” side of MAGA. Darren Beattie's appointment makes a mockery of that notion.
My latest for MSNBC looks at Beattie, who I’m confident is even more extreme than most people think
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
via @calebecarma.bsky.social and @juddlegum.bsky.social, Musk and his minions have illegally installed a commercial server to control federal HR databases that contain sensitive personal information, including SSNs, home addresses, and medical histories, according to an OPM staffer t.co/u8coELjVnm
