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Dealing with bureaucraps? Try running a business for a while. I once got a letter from a bureaucrap in the lands branch telling me they had other more important things to deal with than my request for a lease. GOvernments should do a Ronnie Raygun every ten years.
Elon Musk recruits women to bear additional kids: Report
'To reach legion-level before the apocalypse, we will need to use surrogates,' tech billionaire allegedly wrote in text message.
Author of the article:Spiro Papuckoski
Published Apr 17, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
It appears Elon Musk doesn’t want to stop adding to his growing family.
While the tech billionaire is a dad to at least 14 children with four women, a new report is shedding light on Musk’s methods to recruit additional women in a bid to father more children.
The 53-year-old Tesla and SpaceX CEO allegedly contacts young women through private messages that he wants to produce a “legion-level” of children with higher intelligence, evoking the military unit used by the Roman army.
Additional children are needed because of lower birth rates in Western countries and before the world comes to an end, according to the paranoid, baby-making billionaire.
“To reach legion-level before the apocalypse, we will need to use surrogates,” Musk allegedly wrote in a text message to conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair while she was pregnant with their child, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Their child was born last year and named Romulus, another nod to the Roman empire. Romulus founded and was the first king of ancient Rome.
The 26-year-old St. Clair revealed that their son was conceived during a New Year’s trip to St. Barts. She also alleged that Musk offered her $15 million and $100,000 in monthly child support to keep the baby news under wraps.
Musk also has children with Canadian singer Grimes, Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, and ex-wife Justine Musk.
Sources in the report also suggest Musk may have more children than is publicly known.
Musk’s only public comments following the Journal‘s report this week was a post that read, “TMZ >> WSJ.”
It is also alleged that Musk uses his social media site X to identify women who may be willing to bear his additional offspring.
In one instance, Musk began following cryptocurrency reporter Tiffany Fong on X. He reportedly messaged her a short time later to see if she was interested in having a child. She declined the offer because she wanted a more nuclear family.
The 31-year-old Fong revealed his approach to a few friends and expressed concern about her earnings after disclosing earlier that she made more than $20,000 on X every two weeks.
According to the report, Musk learned that Fong shared his request with others and scolded her for not being discrete. He then unfollowed Fong and her engagement dropped, which affected her earnings.
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'To reach legion-level before the apocalypse, we will need to use surrogates,' tech billionaire allegedly wrote in text message.
Author of the article:Spiro Papuckoski
Published Apr 17, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
It appears Elon Musk doesn’t want to stop adding to his growing family.
While the tech billionaire is a dad to at least 14 children with four women, a new report is shedding light on Musk’s methods to recruit additional women in a bid to father more children.
The 53-year-old Tesla and SpaceX CEO allegedly contacts young women through private messages that he wants to produce a “legion-level” of children with higher intelligence, evoking the military unit used by the Roman army.
Additional children are needed because of lower birth rates in Western countries and before the world comes to an end, according to the paranoid, baby-making billionaire.
“To reach legion-level before the apocalypse, we will need to use surrogates,” Musk allegedly wrote in a text message to conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair while she was pregnant with their child, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Their child was born last year and named Romulus, another nod to the Roman empire. Romulus founded and was the first king of ancient Rome.
The 26-year-old St. Clair revealed that their son was conceived during a New Year’s trip to St. Barts. She also alleged that Musk offered her $15 million and $100,000 in monthly child support to keep the baby news under wraps.
Musk also has children with Canadian singer Grimes, Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, and ex-wife Justine Musk.
Sources in the report also suggest Musk may have more children than is publicly known.
Musk’s only public comments following the Journal‘s report this week was a post that read, “TMZ >> WSJ.”
It is also alleged that Musk uses his social media site X to identify women who may be willing to bear his additional offspring.
In one instance, Musk began following cryptocurrency reporter Tiffany Fong on X. He reportedly messaged her a short time later to see if she was interested in having a child. She declined the offer because she wanted a more nuclear family.
The 31-year-old Fong revealed his approach to a few friends and expressed concern about her earnings after disclosing earlier that she made more than $20,000 on X every two weeks.
According to the report, Musk learned that Fong shared his request with others and scolded her for not being discrete. He then unfollowed Fong and her engagement dropped, which affected her earnings.
Elon Musk recruits women to bear additional kids: Report
It appears Elon Musk doesn't want to stop adding to his growing family.
Kristi Noem's purse, with $3,000 cash, stolen from popular DC restaurant
Author of the article:Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Myles Miller
Published Apr 21, 2025 • 1 minute read
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Tours Notorious Prison During Trip To El Salvador
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends a Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Memorandum of Cooperation signing ceremony, at the presidential palace on March 26, 2025 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse that contained $3,000 in cash was stolen while she was dining at a popular Washington, DC restaurant over the weekend, an incident now under investigation by the US Secret Service, according to a person familiar with the incident.
Noem was eating with her family at The Capital Burger when she felt what she thought was her grandchild brush against her leg, the person said. Moments later, she realized her purse was missing, according to the person, who isn’t authorized to speak publicly.
Officials believe the bag may have also held sensitive items such as her DHS official lapel pins. Her government-issued phone was recovered and has been accounted for.
Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators showed a masked individual stealing the purse and quickly leaving the restaurant, the person said. No arrests have been made.
Noem has served as one of the Trump administration’s most visible figures on immigration enforcement, frequently appearing in television ads and social media campaigns ordering migrants to go home or be found and deported. She has posed on horseback at the southern border region, accompanied federal agents on raids and championed tough-on-immigration messaging in media appearances.
She briefly addressed the theft during the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, saying the matter remained under investigation.
Noem was hosting her entire family in Washington, including her children and grandchildren, and had been treating them to dinner, activities and Easter gifts, according to another person familiar with the matter.
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Author of the article:Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Myles Miller
Published Apr 21, 2025 • 1 minute read
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Tours Notorious Prison During Trip To El Salvador
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends a Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Memorandum of Cooperation signing ceremony, at the presidential palace on March 26, 2025 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse that contained $3,000 in cash was stolen while she was dining at a popular Washington, DC restaurant over the weekend, an incident now under investigation by the US Secret Service, according to a person familiar with the incident.
Noem was eating with her family at The Capital Burger when she felt what she thought was her grandchild brush against her leg, the person said. Moments later, she realized her purse was missing, according to the person, who isn’t authorized to speak publicly.
Officials believe the bag may have also held sensitive items such as her DHS official lapel pins. Her government-issued phone was recovered and has been accounted for.
Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators showed a masked individual stealing the purse and quickly leaving the restaurant, the person said. No arrests have been made.
Noem has served as one of the Trump administration’s most visible figures on immigration enforcement, frequently appearing in television ads and social media campaigns ordering migrants to go home or be found and deported. She has posed on horseback at the southern border region, accompanied federal agents on raids and championed tough-on-immigration messaging in media appearances.
She briefly addressed the theft during the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, saying the matter remained under investigation.
Noem was hosting her entire family in Washington, including her children and grandchildren, and had been treating them to dinner, activities and Easter gifts, according to another person familiar with the matter.
Kristi Noem's purse, with $3,000 cash, stolen from popular DC restaurant
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse that contained $3,000 in cash was stolen while she was dining at a popular DC restaurant
Person found on ’elevated surface’ inside Trump Tower in New York is arrested, police say
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Published Apr 21, 2025 • 1 minute read
Exterior view from Trump Tower in New York City, on May 31, 2024.
Exterior view from Trump Tower in New York City, on May 31, 2024.
NEW YORK — Police arrested a 30-year-old person inside Trump Tower on Monday after getting a report of a disorderly person on an “elevated surface” inside the building, authorities said.
New York City Police responded at around 4:30 p.m. to the skyscraper where President Donald Trump keeps a penthouse. The tower also houses private condominiums, restaurants, shops, and a soaring public atrium that is open to tourists.
Independent journalists on the scene posted video of security officials evacuating people from the atrium and police officers later exiting the building. The officers were wearing helmets and safety harnesses of the kind used by emergency responders who specialize in rescuing people from high places.
The NYPD’s emergency service unit took the person into custody without further incident, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear what charges the person might face and the incident remains under investigation, police said.
Trump Tower has been the scene, over the years, of protests, bomb scares and the occasional stunt. A person tried to scale the building in 2016 and got to the 21st floor before officers dragged him in.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Published Apr 21, 2025 • 1 minute read
Exterior view from Trump Tower in New York City, on May 31, 2024.
Exterior view from Trump Tower in New York City, on May 31, 2024.
NEW YORK — Police arrested a 30-year-old person inside Trump Tower on Monday after getting a report of a disorderly person on an “elevated surface” inside the building, authorities said.
New York City Police responded at around 4:30 p.m. to the skyscraper where President Donald Trump keeps a penthouse. The tower also houses private condominiums, restaurants, shops, and a soaring public atrium that is open to tourists.
Independent journalists on the scene posted video of security officials evacuating people from the atrium and police officers later exiting the building. The officers were wearing helmets and safety harnesses of the kind used by emergency responders who specialize in rescuing people from high places.
The NYPD’s emergency service unit took the person into custody without further incident, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear what charges the person might face and the incident remains under investigation, police said.
Trump Tower has been the scene, over the years, of protests, bomb scares and the occasional stunt. A person tried to scale the building in 2016 and got to the 21st floor before officers dragged him in.
Person found on ’elevated surface’ inside Trump Tower in New York is arrested, police say
New York City Police responded at around 4:30 p.m. to the skyscraper where President Donald Trump keeps a penthouse.
Father of Tesla Cybertruck crash victim files lawsuit over death
Author of the article:Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Emily Chang
Published Apr 24, 2025 • 3 minute read
The family of one of three college students who died in a Cybertruck crash in California filed a lawsuit in a bid to gain access to the Tesla Inc. truck and better understand how their daughter died.
The driver and two passengers were killed while they were on Thanksgiving break in late November when the vehicle ran into a tree on a residential street and caught fire.
Carl Tsukahara, whose 19-year-old daughter, Krysta, was sitting in the back seat of the truck when it crashed, said Thursday he’s trying to find out what happened — and why.
“Why did the driver have this car? Where were the kids throughout the night? Who was with whom?” he asked during an interview. “Why did the car catch on fire? Why couldn’t Krysta get out?”
Toxicology Report
A toxicology report found the driver had high levels of drugs and alcohol in his system and that Tsukahara had trace amounts of drugs and alcohol.
The wrongful death suit filed Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court targets the driver’s family but doesn’t name Tesla as a defendant.
The family of the driver, Soren Dixon, didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Tsukahara wasn’t physically injured by the crash itself. Instead, an autopsy showed she died of asphyxiation when she couldn’t open the doors to get out.
A witness who tried to rescue Tsukahara and others in the vehicle told police, “I went back to the broken window and yelled for them to try and get out at this window. Krysta tried to come up, sticking her head from the back. I grabbed her arm to try to pull her towards me but she retreated because of the fire.” The rescuer was able to pull one passenger to safety. But the driver and a third passenger also died of asphyxiation.
Krysta’s death was caused by her inability to get out of the car and being consumed in the fire that engulfed the vehicle, according to the family’s attorney, Roger Dreyer of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora LLP.
Lawyer, Engineers
Dreyer said he has engineers who specialize in fire science and crash reconstruction, but they haven’t been able to inspect the Cybertruck.
“We can’t get access to the vehicle without permission from the owner,” he said. “And we can’t get data from Tesla without permission from the owner.”
The lawsuit includes unidentified “Doe” defendants, which allows the Tsukahara family to keep its options open to add Tesla later.
“Defendants negligently entrusted, managed, maintained, drove, operated, repaired, manufactured and designed the subject vehicle so as to cause the collision and the resulting injuries and damages to plaintiffs,” according to the complaint.
Tesla didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Early Thursday, an 18-year-old driver of a Cybertruck who’d been recruited to play basketball for University of Southern California was hospitalized after crashing into a tree in the Los Angeles area, the Associated Press reported, citing media accounts and local authorities.
‘Safest Vehicles’
Tesla later said in an X post its cars are “exceeding safety standards across 4 continents.”
“Nobody wants to be in a car accident,” the post said. “But if the worst happens, you want to be in one of the safest vehicles on the road.”
Tesla’s Cybertruck has been a relatively niche product for the automaker, with a recall notice showing the EV company has sold about 46,000 trucks in the first 15 months since it started deliveries, just a fraction of its overall vehicle sales. The Cybertruck has been subject to eight safety recalls since it launched, with the latest marking its second issue related to steel trim coming loose.
The company has touted the Cybertruck’s five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including showing crash test pictures of the vehicle in its latest earnings report on Tuesday.
Krysta’s father described her as an “amazing girl” who “never got in trouble.”
“It still haunts us every day, and it will for the rest of our life,” Carl Tsukahara said while sitting inside his home in Piedmont, a wealthy enclave that borders Oakland. “She died a horrible death and suffered.”
“We keep hoping to wake up from this horrible nightmare,” said his wife, Noelle Tsukahara.
— With assistance from Kara Carlson and Dana Hull.
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Author of the article:Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Emily Chang
Published Apr 24, 2025 • 3 minute read
The family of one of three college students who died in a Cybertruck crash in California filed a lawsuit in a bid to gain access to the Tesla Inc. truck and better understand how their daughter died.
The driver and two passengers were killed while they were on Thanksgiving break in late November when the vehicle ran into a tree on a residential street and caught fire.
Carl Tsukahara, whose 19-year-old daughter, Krysta, was sitting in the back seat of the truck when it crashed, said Thursday he’s trying to find out what happened — and why.
“Why did the driver have this car? Where were the kids throughout the night? Who was with whom?” he asked during an interview. “Why did the car catch on fire? Why couldn’t Krysta get out?”
Toxicology Report
A toxicology report found the driver had high levels of drugs and alcohol in his system and that Tsukahara had trace amounts of drugs and alcohol.
The wrongful death suit filed Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court targets the driver’s family but doesn’t name Tesla as a defendant.
The family of the driver, Soren Dixon, didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Tsukahara wasn’t physically injured by the crash itself. Instead, an autopsy showed she died of asphyxiation when she couldn’t open the doors to get out.
A witness who tried to rescue Tsukahara and others in the vehicle told police, “I went back to the broken window and yelled for them to try and get out at this window. Krysta tried to come up, sticking her head from the back. I grabbed her arm to try to pull her towards me but she retreated because of the fire.” The rescuer was able to pull one passenger to safety. But the driver and a third passenger also died of asphyxiation.
Krysta’s death was caused by her inability to get out of the car and being consumed in the fire that engulfed the vehicle, according to the family’s attorney, Roger Dreyer of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora LLP.
Lawyer, Engineers
Dreyer said he has engineers who specialize in fire science and crash reconstruction, but they haven’t been able to inspect the Cybertruck.
“We can’t get access to the vehicle without permission from the owner,” he said. “And we can’t get data from Tesla without permission from the owner.”
The lawsuit includes unidentified “Doe” defendants, which allows the Tsukahara family to keep its options open to add Tesla later.
“Defendants negligently entrusted, managed, maintained, drove, operated, repaired, manufactured and designed the subject vehicle so as to cause the collision and the resulting injuries and damages to plaintiffs,” according to the complaint.
Tesla didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Early Thursday, an 18-year-old driver of a Cybertruck who’d been recruited to play basketball for University of Southern California was hospitalized after crashing into a tree in the Los Angeles area, the Associated Press reported, citing media accounts and local authorities.
‘Safest Vehicles’
Tesla later said in an X post its cars are “exceeding safety standards across 4 continents.”
“Nobody wants to be in a car accident,” the post said. “But if the worst happens, you want to be in one of the safest vehicles on the road.”
Tesla’s Cybertruck has been a relatively niche product for the automaker, with a recall notice showing the EV company has sold about 46,000 trucks in the first 15 months since it started deliveries, just a fraction of its overall vehicle sales. The Cybertruck has been subject to eight safety recalls since it launched, with the latest marking its second issue related to steel trim coming loose.
The company has touted the Cybertruck’s five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including showing crash test pictures of the vehicle in its latest earnings report on Tuesday.
Krysta’s father described her as an “amazing girl” who “never got in trouble.”
“It still haunts us every day, and it will for the rest of our life,” Carl Tsukahara said while sitting inside his home in Piedmont, a wealthy enclave that borders Oakland. “She died a horrible death and suffered.”
“We keep hoping to wake up from this horrible nightmare,” said his wife, Noelle Tsukahara.
— With assistance from Kara Carlson and Dana Hull.
Father of Tesla Cybertruck crash victim files lawsuit over death
The family of one of three college students who died in a Cybertruck crash in California filed a lawsuit.
Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honour a slain officer
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Rio Yamat
Published Apr 24, 2025 • Last updated 11 hours ago • 2 minute read
LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.
Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman and state lawmaker who ran unsuccessfully in 2022 for state treasurer, was found guilty in October of six counts of federal wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was out of custody ahead of her sentencing, which had been scheduled for next month.
In a lengthy statement Thursday on Facebook, the loyal Trump supporter expressed gratitude to the president while also accusing the U.S. government and “select media outlets” of a broad, decade-long conspiracy to “target and dismantle” her life.
The White House confirmed Fiore had been pardoned but did not comment on the president’s decision.
The pardon, issued Wednesday, comes less than a week after Fiore lost a bid for a new trial. She had been facing the possibility of decades in prison.
Federal prosecutors said at trial that Fiore, 54, had raised more than $70,000 for the statue of a Las Vegas police officer who was fatally shot in 2014 in the line of duty, but had instead spent some of it on cosmetic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding.
“Michele Fiore used a tragedy to line her pockets,” federal prosecutor Dahoud Askar said.
FBI agents in 2021 subpoenaed records and searched Fiore’s home in Las Vegas in connection with her campaign spending.
In a statement, Nevada Democratic Party Executive Director Hilary Barrett called the pardon “reckless” and a “slap in the face” to law enforcement officers.
Fiore, who does not have a law degree, was appointed as a judge in deep-red Nye County in 2022 shortly after she lost her campaign for state treasurer.
She was elected last June to complete the unexpired term of a judge who died but had been suspended without pay amid her legal troubles. Pahrump is an hour’s drive west of Las Vegas.
In her statement Thursday, Fiore also said she plans to return to the bench next week.
Nye County said it is awaiting an update on Fiore’s current suspension from the state Commission on Judicial Discipline, which told The Associated Press in an email that it was aware that Fiore had been pardoned but that it didn’t have further comment on her situation.
AP also sent an email seeking comment from Fiore’s lawyer.
Fiore served in the state Legislature from 2012 to 2016. She was a Las Vegas councilwoman from 2017 to 2022.
While serving as a state lawmaker, Fiore gained national attention for her support of rancher Cliven Bundy and his family during armed standoffs between militiamen and federal law enforcement officers in Bunkerville, Nevada, in 2014 and Malheur, Oregon, in 2016.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Rio Yamat
Published Apr 24, 2025 • Last updated 11 hours ago • 2 minute read
LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.
Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman and state lawmaker who ran unsuccessfully in 2022 for state treasurer, was found guilty in October of six counts of federal wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was out of custody ahead of her sentencing, which had been scheduled for next month.
In a lengthy statement Thursday on Facebook, the loyal Trump supporter expressed gratitude to the president while also accusing the U.S. government and “select media outlets” of a broad, decade-long conspiracy to “target and dismantle” her life.
The White House confirmed Fiore had been pardoned but did not comment on the president’s decision.
The pardon, issued Wednesday, comes less than a week after Fiore lost a bid for a new trial. She had been facing the possibility of decades in prison.
Federal prosecutors said at trial that Fiore, 54, had raised more than $70,000 for the statue of a Las Vegas police officer who was fatally shot in 2014 in the line of duty, but had instead spent some of it on cosmetic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding.
“Michele Fiore used a tragedy to line her pockets,” federal prosecutor Dahoud Askar said.
FBI agents in 2021 subpoenaed records and searched Fiore’s home in Las Vegas in connection with her campaign spending.
In a statement, Nevada Democratic Party Executive Director Hilary Barrett called the pardon “reckless” and a “slap in the face” to law enforcement officers.
Fiore, who does not have a law degree, was appointed as a judge in deep-red Nye County in 2022 shortly after she lost her campaign for state treasurer.
She was elected last June to complete the unexpired term of a judge who died but had been suspended without pay amid her legal troubles. Pahrump is an hour’s drive west of Las Vegas.
In her statement Thursday, Fiore also said she plans to return to the bench next week.
Nye County said it is awaiting an update on Fiore’s current suspension from the state Commission on Judicial Discipline, which told The Associated Press in an email that it was aware that Fiore had been pardoned but that it didn’t have further comment on her situation.
AP also sent an email seeking comment from Fiore’s lawyer.
Fiore served in the state Legislature from 2012 to 2016. She was a Las Vegas councilwoman from 2017 to 2022.
While serving as a state lawmaker, Fiore gained national attention for her support of rancher Cliven Bundy and his family during armed standoffs between militiamen and federal law enforcement officers in Bunkerville, Nevada, in 2014 and Malheur, Oregon, in 2016.
Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honour a slain officer
Politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honour a slain officer.