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Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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Brazil’s X ban delivers devastating blow to online fan communities 

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Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris prompts Elon Musk’s ‘creepiest post of all time’

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PARIS, FRANCE - June 16, 2023: Elon Musk, founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla, CTO and chairman of Twitter, Co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI, at VIVA Technology (Vivatech)

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Elon Musk’s new favorite news source is a self-described Aryan who is ‘very impressed’ by the Holocaust

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Trump’s slurring lisp completely overshadowed his big X interview with Musk

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Elon Musk is using your X data to train his AI. Here’s how to stop it

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Elon Musk accepts Venezuela' Maduro challenge to fight: 'I will carry you to Gitmo on a donkey'

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Elon Musk—with a history of fake fight promises—pledges to battle Venezuela’s president

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