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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Albert Burneko

Elon Musk speaks during a news conference with President Trump on May 30, 2025 inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.

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Politics

Donald Trump And Elon Musk Throw Day-Long Tantrums At Each Other

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Kelsey McKinney

President Trump Speaks Alongside Tesla Vehicles At The White House

There Should Be Consequences For Filming A Tesla Ad At The White House

A Tesla Cybertruck parked on the street in New York.

Tesla Cybertruck

This Is So Stupid

I Would Like To Put Lunchmeat On The Cybertruck

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David Roth

A Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicle sits parked next to a garbage truck in Los Angeles.

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Life's Rich Pageant

Have You Seen A Cybertruck Yet?

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Patrick Redford

A man looks at a Tesla Cybertruck parked near the SpaceX Starship as it stands on the launch pad ahead of its third flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on March 12, 2024. Elon Musk's SpaceX announced it was eyeing March 14 as the earliest date for the next test launch of its giant Starship rocket, with which it hopes to one day colonize Mars. Two previous attempts have ended in spectacular explosions, though the company has adopted a rapid trial-and-error approach in order to accelerate development. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

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Cybertruck Deliveries Halted Due To Car Being A Big Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Work

Boeing CEO David Calhoun speaks during a joint press event with United Airlines at the Boeing manufacturing facility in North Charleston, on December 13, 2022.

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How Will The Golden Age Of “Making It Worse” End?

GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY - MARCH 22: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022 near Gruenheide, Germany. The new plant, officially called the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, is producing the Model Y as well as electric car batteries. (Photo by Christian Marquardt - Pool/Getty Images)

Tesla Officially Opens Gruenheide Gigafactory

You’re Supposed To Be Glad Your Tesla Is A Brittle Heap Of Junk

Elon Musk wearing a black leather jacket with a shearling collar to a stage interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, lol.

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Looking Good, Elon! Feeling Good, Trashcan Man!

A goofy-looking robot bartender on a cruise ship, with a rack of various liquors behind it.

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The Machines

Here’s $75, Give Me One Frosty Tesla Cyberbeer Please GZZT MZZZZT ZZZZZTT ERROR ERROR FATAL ERROR

James Robins is an award-winning critic and historian. His work has appeared in the New Republic, Vulture, and the TLS, and he writes the newsletter <a href="https://thedreadnought.substack.com/">The Dreadnought</a>. He lives in London.

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James Robins

Walter Isaacson (right) and Elon Musk (left) speak onstage at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit back in 2014, long before Isaacson wrote a big biography of Musk.

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Arts And Culture

Not Even The Patron Stooge Of Fawning Biographies Can Make Elon Musk Look Good

Elon Musk and the Cybertruck, in front of a digital readout bragging about the caliber of gunfire it can withstand for some reason.

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Get A Load Of This Sorry Piece Of Crap

Elon Musk makes a weird face next to a Tesla car

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How Not To Interrogate The Ethics Of Tesla’s Busted Autopilot Technology

Alan Hanson is a writer from California. He writes creative nonfiction, essays, and poetry. He’s worked in advertising for over a decade because he likes to eat. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/iluvbutts247" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@iluvbutts247</a> unless of course he gets suspiciously suspended.

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This screen grab shows the Twitter account of billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk on October 27, 2022.

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Stories

I Was Almost Elon Musk’s Twitter Voice

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Demonstrates Transport Tunnel Underneath Las Vegas Convention Center

Please Enjoy Two Videos Of Elon Musk’s Obviously Bad Ideas Failing

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To Truly Appreciate The Elon Musk Tunnel Footage, You Must Hear It Set To Music

The Telsa Cybertruck is on display at the recently reopened Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, July 1, 2020. - California Governor Gavin Newsom announced July 1, 2020 that the state would be shutting down indoor operations for restaurants, zoos, museums and several other sectors effective immediately due to concerns over the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

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No Points For Guessing That Elon Musk’s Miami Traffic Solution Is Dumber Than Shit

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