INGERSOLL: Leftist Beltway Elites Vs. Elon Musk? Who Will Win

HALLE, GERMANY - JANUARY 25: Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party on January 25, 2025 in Halle, Germany. Musk is an outspoken supporter of the AfD and is urging German voters to cast their ballots for the party. The AfD is currently in second place in polls ahead of federal parliamentary snap elections scheduled for February 23. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Greetings, Dear Reader,

I’m going to keep this one short today. I’m a bit under the weather and overwhelmed by all the news recently. Its effect on our culture, while I think good and cathartic, will undoubtedly be ugly, as I wrote yesterday.

ELON MUSK, DISGUST AND AXIOS

Some of you may or may not have heard of the media company Axios. It’s a project of Mike Allen, who made his name writing Playbook, Politico’s beltway newsletter.

The business model for Axios, like Playbook before it, is essentially access journalism. It speaks to and for elite political machinery. It markets corporate access to elite political machinery and, in reverse, political access to elite corporate machinery.

That’s what makes it a “success” in the eyes of media........

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