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17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 million

Elon Musk almost single-handedly funded the Republican midterms push.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 4, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC
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  • If your social media of choice is the site formerly known as Twitter, and it is your main source of contact with the outside world, you […].

But of every traceable dollar Musk put into races that have been decided, more than 99 cents went to a race he lost.

One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts from a pack of attention-seeking lunatics.

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