Comment on Trump 'won fair and square': Biz leaders from Elon Musk, to Mark Cuban, to Jeff Bezos react to election result

The Tesla CEO played a pivotal role in securing a second Trump presidency. Here’s where he stands on the issues. If there’s one person former president Donald Trump can thank for his decisive election night victory, it’s Elon Musk. The tech billionaire propelled Trump to a second term on a wave of $119 million in funding to his America PAC, a spree of $1 million giveaways to registered voters, a spate of misleading ads online, and an aggressive voter turnout operation in swing states.

This week’s election felt like the most divisive of my lifetime, but instead of doom-scrolling my way through it, I found a place where people still put politics aside. The week before the 2020 election, I took to running up and down the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, at night instead of sleeping.

The average American spends over two hours scrolling social media each day. Why not make at least some of that time productive? Social media isn’t just for mindless scrolling—for jobseekers it’s also a way to find out who’s hiring, and to connect with hiring managers.

Women in trades have reported encounters with customers who doubted their competence and who refused to deal with them, seeking a man instead. Although I have a good gig as a full professor at Iowa State University, I’ve daydreamed about learning a trade – something that required both my mind and my hands.

Historically, a GOP president means a slightly higher NASA budget request. Here are our biggest takeaways from election night—and what they mean for space policy in D. C.

The results speak louder than the words ever did. If you’re reading this, chances are good you woke up to bad news. “What kind of world will my daughter grow up in,” news. “So do I move to Pennsylvania or Canada,” news. And you are mainlining any and every feed you have for The One Take™ that will reassemble this ripped up Constitution of democracy in your mind.