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Elon Musk

17 claims evaluated across 2 fact-checks involving Elon Musk.

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2 True1 Mixed3 Unproven5 Misleading2 Contested4 False

Verdicts reflect claims in stories involving Elon Musk, not necessarily their own statements.

Ukraine’s Starlink cap was real; four official accounts of it cannot all be true

Verdicts: 1 True, 1 Mixed, 3 Unproven, 3 Misleading, 2 Contested, 2 False

Ukraine’s military Starlink lost its link above about 100 mph on Oct. 14. Musk says the U.S. government sets such limits. Trump, Rubio and Hegseth say the government set none.

Did the USAID Cuts ‘Do Nothing’? Checking Musk’s ‘Not a Single Name’

Verdicts: 1 True, 2 Misleading, 2 False

Musk says no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts, and the ‘millions’ are false. A NYT columnist named four; models estimate hundreds of thousands of deaths already.

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The Immunity Machine: How Every Check on Trump Was Neutralized

Every institutional check on presidential power — DOJ, Congress, inspectors general, courts — has been systematically neutralized or captured between Trump’s first and second terms, creating a…

Analysis

Who Owns the News: A Complete Map of US Media Ownership, Before and After the Oligarchs

A property-by-property breakdown of who owns every major US news outlet, who’s buying what, and how editorial leanings shifted after each billionaire acquisition.

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Musk, America PAC, and DOGE: What Laws Were Broken and What Happens Next

The DOJ warned Musk the giveaway may violate federal law, his own lawyers admitted winners were preselected, and DOGE faces 200+ lawsuits — but no criminal charges have been filed yet.

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