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Elon Musk
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After stepping back from politics last year, Musk is back in DC with $366 million in election spendingElon Musk spent $366 million on the 2026 midterms — surpassing his entire 2024 presidential-cycle spending — just months after publicly pledging to reduce political involvement. His super PAC, America PAC, is confirmed active through 2028, making this a permanent political operation, not a one-cycle reversal.
Musk says US government, not SpaceX, imposed Starlink limits on Ukraine's attack dronesOn October 14th, SpaceX capped Starlink and Starshield terminals at 160 km/h mid-mission with no warning to Ukraine. Elon Musk blamed a U.S. government order the Pentagon never confirmed. Starshield — the military-grade service Ukraine's combat drones depend on — remained restricted even after a partial consumer-tier restoration was announced.
Musk says Neuralink will restore human vision in 6-12 months — but real-world readiness remains unclearElon Musk has stated three times — April 2025, June 2025, and August 2026 — that Neuralink's Blindsight visual cortex implant is 6–12 months from human trials. As of October 2026, no Blindsight entry exists on ClinicalTrials.gov and no public FDA authorization for a human study has been announced.
Elon Musk just became the biggest-known donor in the 2026 midterm electionsElon Musk's America PAC disclosed $276 million in 2026 midterm spending, making him the biggest-known donor of the cycle. The figure includes $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund — one of the largest known individual political donations in American history — revealed only weeks before Election Day via an FEC filing deadline.