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Saturday, March 8, 2025

The Elon Musk Effect

Musk’s Cultish Business Empire May Be Starting to Crack
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/opinion/musk-tesla-sales-stock-price.html

The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/us/politics/stephen-bannon-elon-musk-maga.html
President Trump has made clear he wants to keep both men and their allies within his movement, but the tensions are growing.


How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/health/usaid-funding-disease-outbreaks.html
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
 
Elon Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-politics.html
His unusual governing arrangement with President Trump is opening Republicans up to being yoked politically to Mr. Musk, who polls show is broadly unpopular.