Elon Musk
Elon Musk is named in 182 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2017 to 2026.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | Palantir and Anduril Developing Core Software for $185 Billion Golden Dome Missile Shield Palantir · Anduril Industries · SpaceX · Elon Musk · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | Sen. Warren Questions Pentagon Granting Musk's xAI Access to Classified Military Networks Despite Grok's Harmful Outputs Sen. Elizabeth Warren · Pete Hegseth · Elon Musk · xAI | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | DOGE Cuts 1,029 More NOAA Employees, Threatening Weather Forecasting and Disaster Response Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · U.S. National Weather Service · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | USPS Postmaster DeJoy Signs DOGE Deal to Cut 10,000 Postal Workers Louis DeJoy · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · U.S. Postal Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Whistleblower Alleges Ex-DOGE Staffer Stole Social Security Database on Thumb Drive Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Social Security Administration · Elon Musk · U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Fired Inspectors General Testify to Congress That Trump Administration Dismantled Federal Oversight Ecosystem Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · House Oversight Committee Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Analysis Shows Congress Rejected Nearly All DOGE Spending Cuts in FY2026 Budget Department of Government Efficiency · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Scott Shambaugh Firing Exposes DOGE's Indiscriminate Purge of Technical Expertise Scott Shambaugh · Department of Government Efficiency · National Institute of Standards and Technology · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | One Year After DOGE Cuts, 322,000 Federal Workers Displaced in Largest Peacetime Workforce Reduction Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Federal Judge Orders Elon Musk Deposition Over USAID Dismantling, Rejects Apex Doctrine Claims Elon Musk · Theodore Chuang · United States Agency for International Development · Peter Marocco · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Russell Vought Tells Congress DOGE Affiliates Are "Institutionalized" as OMB In-House Consultants Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Analysis Shows DOGE Savings Claims Fall Short of $1 Trillion Target, Cost Taxpayers Billions Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | Federal Employment Hits Lowest Level Since 1966 as DOGE Reductions Take Hold Department of Government Efficiency · Office of Personnel Management · Elon Musk · Scott Kupor | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | DOJ Court Filing Confirms DOGE Shared Social Security Data to Unauthorized Server Department of Government Efficiency · Department of Justice · Social Security Administration · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-16 | SSA Reveals DOGE Staffers Misused Social Security Data, Signed Secret Voter Roll Agreement While Under Court Order Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Steve Davis · Social Security Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-06 | National Weather Service Enters Winter With Critical Staffing Crisis After DOGE Purge National Weather Service · NOAA · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Sahil Lavingia Re-Enters Government at IRS After DOGE Firing for Speaking to Press About Government Efficiency Sahil Lavingia · Sam Corcos · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-24 | DOGE Disbanded Eight Months Early After Musk Departure and Trump Feud Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Scott Kupor · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-27 | Elon Musk's xAI Launches Grokipedia to Challenge Wikipedia with AI-Generated Content Elon Musk · xAI | reported | |
| 2025-10-20 | Musk's DOGE Uploads Hundreds of Millions of Americans' SSA Data to Unsecured Cloud Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Charles Borges · Social Security Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | OMB Director Russell Vought Consolidates Authoritarian Control Over Federal Government Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-13 | Trump Administration Unveils Gaza GREAT Trust Reconstruction Plan at Egypt Summit with Kushner and Witkoff Trump · Jared Kushner · Steve Witkoff · Elon Musk | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Musk's Boring Company Accused of 800 Environmental Violations in Las Vegas Elon Musk · Boring Company · Nevada Regulators | reported | |
| 2025-09-30 | SpaceX and xAI Purchase Thousands of Unsold Cybertrucks Before Tax Credit Deadline SpaceX · xAI · Tesla · Elon Musk | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Tesla Launches FSD V14 with Musk Claiming System 'Feels Sentient' Tesla · Elon Musk | reported | |
| 2025-09-21 | Charlie Kirk Memorial Service - Trump and Musk Publicly Reconcile Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Turning Point USA · Charlie Kirk | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-18 | Education Department Inspector General Probes DOGE's Illegal Access to Student Loan Data Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Education Department · Inspector General | reported | |
| 2025-09-15 | Wall Street Journal: FEMA Paralyzed by Noem's Approval Requirements as Disaster Victims Wait Kristi Noem · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | reported | |
| 2025-09-11 | FTC Launches Investigation into AI Companion Chatbots' Impact on Children Federal Trade Commission · Alphabet · Character.AI · Meta · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-09-08 | SpaceX Acquires $17 Billion EchoStar Spectrum for Starlink Direct-to-Cell Service SpaceX · Elon Musk · EchoStar · Gwynne Shotwell | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | White House Orders GSA to Add Musk's Grok AI to Federal Vendor List 'ASAP' Despite Antisemitic Content Trump · White House · Elon Musk · General Services Administration | reported | |
| 2025-08-15 | Tech Workers Launch Coordinated Campaign Against Unregulated AI Development Tech Workers Coalition · AI Ethics Researchers · xAI Employees · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-14 | Trump Eliminates SpaceX Environmental Safeguards via Executive Order Donald Trump · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Department of Transportation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-31 | Elon Musk Continues $277 Million Donation Spree Supporting Trump and Republican Candidates Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · MAGA Inc. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-26 | DOGE Uses AI to Target Elimination of 50% of Federal Regulations Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-15 | Grok AI Suffers Catastrophic Safety Failure, Exposing Critical AI Governance Gaps Elon Musk · xAI · Samuel Marks · Boaz Barak · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-14 | Defense Department Awards $200M Contract to Elon Musk's xAI for Grok AI Elon Musk · xAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | DOGE 2.0: Institutional Capture Continues After Musk's Direct Involvement Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · DOGE Operatives | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-08 | Musk Floods X with 35+ Posts Attacking Trump Over Epstein "Cover-up" Elon Musk · Donald Trump · X/Twitter · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | Musk's Lobbying Team Secures Sweeping Legislative Wins in Texas Elon Musk · SpaceX Lobbyists · Tesla Lobbyists · Greg Abbott · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-24 | Bernie Sanders Returns to Joe Rogan, Warns of Trump Authoritarianism and Media Intimidation - Contributes to Rogan's Subsequent Trump Criticism Bernie Sanders · Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | 128,709 federal workers laid off or targeted for layoffs Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-11 | Musk Deletes Post and Apologizes, Says Comments "Went Too Far" Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-10 | Musk's Starlink Installed on White House Roof Raises Cybersecurity and Conflict of Interest Concerns Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Starlink · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-05 | Musk Posts "Trump is in the Epstein Files" - 10 Million Views Before Deletion Elon Musk · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-04 | 59,000 Federal Jobs Officially Eliminated by June 2025, True Scope Far Larger as DOGE Campaign Transforms Government Workforce Donald Trump · DOGE · Elon Musk · Office of Personnel Management · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-03 | Trump-Musk Feud Erupts Over 'Big Beautiful Bill' as Musk Suggests Impeachment Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Federal workforce shrinks by 59,000 jobs with 154,000 on paid leave Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Over 275,000 federal layoffs announced with 128,709 workers targeted Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Federal Workforce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-31 | Bono Confronts Joe Rogan Over Trump Administration USAID Cuts, Calls Them "Evil" - Influences Rogan's Subsequent Trump Criticism Bono · Joe Rogan · Elon Musk · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-27 | Trump questioned whether U.S. gold is missing. His allies are trying to cash in Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Scott Bessent | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-14 | Musk adviser may make as much as $1 million a year while helping to dismantle agency that regulates Tesla and X Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Chris Young · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-12 | Elon Musk's Boring Company Enters Negotiations for $8.5B Amtrak Tunnel Project Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Federal Railroad Administration · Amtrak | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-12 | FCC Launches Inquiry into EchoStar's Satellite Spectrum Utilization Brendan Carr · Charlie Ergen · SpaceX · EchoStar · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-11 | Trump Administration Systematically Drops Regulatory Cases Against Elon Musk Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | Trump Administration Moves to Eliminate Space and Rocket Launch Environmental Research Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | U.S. Pushes Nations Facing Tariffs to Approve Musk's Starlink Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · State Department Officials | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-06 | SpaceX gets FAA permission for fivefold increase in Starship launches from Texas Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | NASA Proposal Shifts $6 Billion, Prioritizing Mars Missions and Commercial Space Interests Donald Trump · Trump Administration · NASA Leadership · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | It was supposed to be a tax and border bill. It could also hand Trump vast new executive powers Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · House Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump Orders DOJ Investigation into ActBlue Fundraising Platform Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pam Bondi · ActBlue | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Donald Trump Jr. Visits Romania Ahead of Contentious Presidential Election Donald Trump Jr. · Trump Administration · J.D. Vance · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Tesla May Dodge Over $1 Billion in Regulatory Fines Due to Trump Administration Influence Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Richard Blumenthal · Edward Markey | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | DOGE Building Master Immigration Enforcement Database with Palantir, Integrating IRS and Federal Agency Data DOGE · Elon Musk · Palantir · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Pentagon Prepared and Then Canceled Classified Briefing for Musk on China War Plans Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth · Admiral Samuel Paparo | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-24 | Musk Associates Monetize Access to Private Tech Company Stakes Elon Musk · Antonio Gracias · UBS Wealth Management · Valor Equity Partners | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Trump Team Targets Politically Connected Startup Ramp for $700B Government Payments Overhaul Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Elon Musk · J.D. Vance · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Elon Musk Donates to GOP Lawmakers Targeting Judicial Oversight Elon Musk · Chuck Grassley · Eli Crane · Lauren Boebert · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Under Trump, consumer watchdog to slash industry supervision Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · National Treasury Employees Union · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Musk's DOGE Team Gains Control of Federal Payment System Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · David Lebryk · Chuck Schumer · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Fired US Federal Trade Commissioners Sound Alarm on Potential Data Access Misuse Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Rebecca Slaughter · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Labor leaders fear Elon Musk and DOGE could gain access to whistleblower files Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · AFL-CIO · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-09 | US DOGE Service Agreement with Department of Labor Reveals $1.3 Million Fee Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Labor · US Digital Service (USDS) | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-04 | SpaceX wins $5.9 billion Space Force contract amid congressional conflict-of-interest investigation SpaceX · U.S. Space Force · Elon Musk · Rep. Stephen Lynch · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-03 | Challenger data shows DOGE drove 280,253 federal layoffs across 27 agencies Department of Government Efficiency · Challenger Gray & Christmas · Elon Musk · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | Multiple Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for Exposing Systematic Kleptocratic Corruption Reuters · Wall Street Journal · Boston Globe · Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | Rural internet program on hold as Musk's satellites get new consideration Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · U.S. Department of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | State Department plans $400 million payment to Tesla after regulatory firings State Department · Tesla · Elon Musk · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-30 | Musk Distributes $1 Million Payments in Controversial Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Intervention Elon Musk · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · Nicholas Jacobs · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race Elon Musk · Scott Ainsworth · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-26 | How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China Elon Musk · SpaceX Executives · Iqbaljit Kahlon | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | DOGE cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink government contracts Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Mikie Sherrill · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Musk and Trump ratchet up involvement in Wisconsin Supreme Court race Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Brad Schimel | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Musk's Super PAC Jumps into Florida's Special Elections Elon Musk · Jimmy Patronis · Randy Fine · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | FBI launches task force investigating violent attacks on Tesla Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Kash Patel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-23 | SpaceX Secures Over $9.5 Billion in Government Contracts Despite Conflicts of Interest Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Trump Administration · Rep. Stephen Lynch · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-21 | Pentagon Alters Musk Meeting After Leaked War Plan Briefing Reports Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Urges Public to Buy Tesla Stock, Violating Ethics Rules Howard Lutnick · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Musk PAC Offers $100 to Wisconsin Voters for 'Anti-Activist Judge' Petition Elon Musk · Josh Kaul · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | Musk Calls for Judicial Impeachment Wave, Supports GOP Lawmakers Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Republican Congressional Caucus | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | White House Forces Out Amtrak CEO Amid Privatization Threats Donald Trump · Stephen Gardner · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | DOGE Audit Controversy: Inflated Savings Claims and Potential Conflicts of Interest Elon Musk · U.S. Treasury Department · Democratic Senators | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Russia Proposes Mars Exploration Collaboration with Elon Musk Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kirill Dmitriev · Elon Musk · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Starlink Installed at White House, Raising Major Security Concerns Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX DOGE Team · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Trump Administration Used Diplomatic Pressure to Advance Starlink in Gambia Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sharon Cromer · Lamin Jabbi · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-14 | AG Pam Bondi Announces Federal Investigation into Tesla Vandalism Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Inside Elon Musk's 'Digital Coup' in Trump Administration Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Johnson says Congress will investigate attacks against Tesla owners, vehicles Mike Johnson · Elon Musk · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Donald Trump
87× shared
Trump Administration
43× shared
Department of Government Efficiency
36× shared
xAI
23× shared
SpaceX
20× shared
Office of Personnel Management
9× shared
Russell Vought
9× shared
Tesla
8× shared
Boaz Barak
6× shared
Federal Aviation Administration
5× shared
Samuel Marks
5× shared
Sean Duffy
5× shared
Starlink
5× shared
AI Safety Researchers
4× shared
Brad Schimel
4× shared
Howard Lutnick
4× shared
Joe Rogan
4× shared
Marco Rubio
4× shared
Office of Management and Budget
4× shared
Pete Hegseth
4× shared
Peter Thiel
4× shared
White House
4× shared
X/Twitter
4× shared
America PAC
3× shared
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