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Politics● Elevated1h ago · Nov 9, 2026, 10:20 AM

Elon Musk's empire braces for Democratic crackdown

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Axios · North America

Elon Musk's sprawling empire — from rockets to robots, electric cars to AI — is facing a political onslaught with few parallels in modern corporate history.Why it matters: The world's richest man confronts a constellation of risks spanning the halls of Congress, his Texas industrial empire, Wall Street and his vision for AI supremacy.💰 Political: To Democrats, Musk embodies corrosive forces of the MAGA era — extreme wealth, billionaire influence over government, the gutting of federal institutions, the poisoning of social media and the unchecked power of AI.Musk spent at least $475 million on

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