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![Far-right activists hold a protest on August 2, 2024, in Sunderland, England.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0816-uk-400x300.jpg)
How Elon Musk Stoked the Fire of the UK’s Far Right Anti-Immigrant Riots
How will the UK government respond to this assault by the world’s wealthiest and most powerful online troll?
![United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, middle, visits striking UAW Local 551 workers outside a Ford assembly center on South Burley Avenue on October 7, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-shawn-fain-400x300.jpg)
UAW Files Labor Charges Against Trump, Musk Over Effort to “Intimidate Workers”
Musk and Trump have long histories of hostility toward labor unions, both in the US and overseas.
![Former President Donald Trump's Twitter account is displayed on a laptop screen along with Elon Musk's account displayed on a phone screen in a photo taken on November 22, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-trump-musk-400x300.jpg)
“Self Obsessed Rich Guys” — Harris Campaign Pans Musk’s Trump “Interview” on X
During a “Spaces” event, Trump rattled off a number of policy positions similar to those found within Project 2025.
![Elon Musk attends a speaking event during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 on June 19, 2024, in Cannes, France.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0805-elon-musk-400x300.jpg)
Michigan Secretary of State Investigates Elon Musk’s Pro-Trump Super PAC
America PAC is accused of “misleading voters” because of how it collects personal data of swing state residents online.
![Tesla CEO Elon Musk (center) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0730-elon-musk-400x300.jpg)
Elon Musk Shared Fake Video of Kamala Harris. Experts Are Sounding the Alarm.
The chance that generative AI will have an impact on the election grows as Election Day nears, says one expert.
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Billionaires Rally to Endorse Trump After Assassination Attempt
Billionaires have seen their wealth soar by $2.2 trillion since the passage of the Trump-GOP tax cuts in 2017.
![Elon Musk attends the 2024 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 13, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0502-elon-musk-400x300.jpg)
“Free Speech Absolutist” Elon Musk Wants to Deport Protesters Who Remove US Flag
Hours after making the proposal, Musk said he would reinstate the account of white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
![Then-President Donald Trump speaks about the passage of tax reform legislation on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0409-trump-tax-400x300.jpg)
US Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2017 Trump Tax Overhaul
Billionaires now control 1 out of every 25 dollars of American wealth.
![Bekah Hinojosa poses outside a planned facility slated to export fracked gas, or so-called liquefied natural gas (LNG), at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas on March 30, 2024. The terminal site is one of two facilities that are still moving forward at the port despite the Biden administration's announced LNG permitting freeze.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/Lead-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s So-Called LNG Export Freeze Sacrifices Gulf South Communities — Again
Environmental justice advocates in Texas aren’t waiting on Biden — or anyone else for that matter — to save them.
![Trump advisor Steve Bannon (left) watches as then-President Donald Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, before a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 3, 2017, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0312-trump-musk-400x300.jpg)
Report: Trump Asked Musk to Purchase Truth Social Site Last Summer
Musk and Trump also met earlier this month in Palm Beach, Florida, with a group of Republican donors.