The Trump DOJ Is Trying to Do Elon Musk a Big Favor

By Madiba K. Dennie | June 19, 2026
[ad_1] This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Since August of last year, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has been building and operating a fleet of gas-fired combustion turbines in Memphis-area Black neighborhoods, in order to power a massive data center called Colossus. Each turbine is the size…Read More

Donald Trump Became President By Appealing to Conspiracy Theorists — Now He’s Driving Them Away

By Mike Rothschild | February 5, 2026
[ad_1] This excerpt is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  Donald Trump may not have been the first president to believe in conspiracy theories, but he was definitely the first candidate whose election was fueled by pandering to those who do. As his popularity soared among those on the fringe during his 2016 campaign, their…Read More