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The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next

techcrunch.comThe Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do nextDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the administration, critics could point out that Musk's and Luckey's companies already sell the kinds of technology the study is likely to recommend.

1/10/26, 5:50 am3 reposts18 likes

@pugilistatrest.bsky.social

…indeed, Trump’s Bannon bullshitstorm has prepped media bs-inured US voters to perhaps shrug off these types of clear oligarchic power plays

@franallan.bsky.social

Aye the midterms and he’s just gutted Top Military Brass , this is getting scary man , 👀🛸👽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿