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Mr. Dan Zak

@mrdanzak.com

Elon Musk owns roughly two-thirds of all active spacecraft orbiting Earth. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comChoose Your OverlordMusk vs. Bezos

Mr. Dan Zak

@mrdanzak.com

Elon Musk is the largest known donor (by far) in this midterm cycle. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for RepublicansThe world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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Mr. Dan Zak

@mrdanzak.com

Musk is funding the Ken Paxton campaign; $158 million in September alone. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

nytimes.comElon Musk Spends Heavily to Back Ken Paxton’s Senate Bid in Texas (Gift Article)The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas.

Mr. Dan Zak

@mrdanzak.com

I’m reading Ray Madoff’s “The Second Estate” & just got to where she quotes a NY Post column from 1900: “Every republic runs its greatest risk not from discontented soldiers, as from discontented multi-millionaires” who are “deriding the Constitution, unrebuked by the executive or public opinion.”