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Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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‘One of the most horrific drives’: Tesla owner says self-driving feature nearly ran him into oncoming cop car

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

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Main Character of the Week: Cybertruck car wash guy

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How tall is Elon Musk?

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

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‘You sold out brother’: Alex Jones loses fans after condemning Hitler

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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‘Pulling Fornite emotes’: Elon Musk’s red carpet poses get memed

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Tesla fans say their Cybertruck deliveries are being delayed—as company announces mass layoffs

Did Elon whine about divorce with grimes on burner account?

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Did Elon Musk use his baby burner account to say his kids hated Grimes?

Elon Musk confirms that a weird account where he role-played as his toddler son is actually his in a deposition

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Elon Musk admits to running burner account where he pretended to be his 3-year-old child

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‘21 miles on the odometer’: Another Cyberbeast owner says premium Tesla suffered critical error right after purchase

Elon gets owned by election official after falsely claiming voters are registering without ID

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Elon Musk wrecked by election officials for claiming millions of migrants registered to vote in swing states

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‘Biggest lemon yet’: YouTuber documents 5 critical failures in first 40 miles with new Cybertruck

Steven Asarch is an internet culture reporter who lives on Twitch and YouTube. After graduating from Baruch College, he wrote for IBT Media, Newsweek and Insider. In 2021, he executive produced the docu-series &#8220;Onision in Real Life&#8221; on Discovery +.

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Elon Musk only cares about his free speech

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Elon Musk kills Don Lemon’s deal with X—after filming interview with him for show’s debut

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‘Just a total cult’: Despite billionaire wife drowning in Tesla, husband still considers Musk a ‘friend’

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‘Is he actually crazy?’: The right-wing is on a mission to rehabilitate the QAnon Shaman’s reputation

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