The Real Reason Musk Freaked Out Over a Bipartisan Bill

Hint: It has nothing to do with budget cuts.

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Another disaster was averted last week after Elon Musk killed a bipartisan bill with all the subtlety of one of his exploding rockets. In what we can only assume was a ketamine-fueled freak-off, Musk bombed X with 100+ unhinged posts. Many of his posts were downright delusional.

And by delusional, I mean complete lies.

Musk told his MAGA-X bros that Congress was getting a 40% pay increase. (It was a measly 3.8% — the standard raise.) He then claimed the bill was “funding bioweapon labs.” (Complete lie. We can’t even stop a drone invasion.) And then, to really send his base into rabid paroxysms, he claimed the bill allocated $3 billion for a new NFL stadium in Washington, D.C., “funded by your tax dollars.” (Reality check: the bill merely hands over jurisdiction of RFK Stadium to D.C. and spells out clearly that no federal dollars can be used.)

Bottom line: Musk‘s propaganda machine spewed some crazy poisoned sludge for his followers to lick up. And, of course, his fans believed his lies.