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Is Elon Musk’s “America Party” Worth Taking Seriously?
For this week’s Fault Lines column, Jon Allsop is filling in for Jay Caspian Kang.There have been several political groupings called the American Party, or something similar, in U.S. history. Perhaps most famously, this was the official name of the Know Nothings, the once secret society (members were told to deny knowledge of it, hence “know nothing”) that developed a virulently anti-immigrant platform and became, according to Smithsonian Magazinethe country’s “first major third party.” In the early nineteen-hundreds, an American Party in Utah sprang up in opposition to the Mormon church; the following decade, one was formed in New York State by supporters of William Sulzer, a former governor who had tangled with Tammany Hall and been impeached and convicted—to this day the lone New York governor to hold that distinction, though perhaps owing only...
Surprise: Elon Musk’s Stint in Politics Was Reportedly Fueled by Ketamine, Adderall, Shrooms, and Ecstasy
Elon Musk has done a lot of weird, offensive, disastrous stuff during his time in politics, and now a new report reveals that, kind of unsurprisingly, the richest man in the world was apparently using a cornucopia of drugs when he inserted himself into the political world.Sources told The New York Times that when Musk jumped on the campaign trail last year, he was “using drugs far more intensely than previously known.” Musk, the Times reports, “told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use.” He was also reportedly taking ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, and “traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills, including ones with the markings of the stimulant Adderall, according to a photo of the...
Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
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Elon Musk’s space mission, Boeing’s big order, Disney’s new streaming plan: Business news roundup
Business new tamfitronics Photo: NASA (Getty Images), Courtesy of Emirates, David Ryder (Getty Images), Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group (Getty Images), Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images), PeopleImages (Getty Images), Image: SOPA Images / Contributor (Getty Images), Scott Olson (Getty Images), Illustration: boonstudio (Getty Images)The International Space Station Photo: NASA (Getty Images)Over the past decade and change, SpaceX has become a leader in sending rockets into space. Now, the aerospace giant will spend $680 million to bring down the International Space Station (ISS), according to documents published Tuesday by NASA. Read MoreAn Emirates SkyCargo planePhoto: Courtesy of EmiratesEmirates just placed a big order with Boeing — and not for passenger jets. The Dubai-based aviation group’s SkyCargo division announced Tuesday that it had put itself down for five new 777 Freighters. That’s $1 billion worth of planes on...
