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An independent passion project dedicated to examining claims about Elon Musk and responding to misinformation with facts, evidence, and sources. Grok-assisted.

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  1. A 2025 CBS interview, an October 2026 caption: what CBS printed of Elon Musk on foreign students

    A 42-second clip of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk circulates with an undated caption. CBS’s June 1, 2025 article prints the exchange, tariffs included. A court declaration says Musk was a Special Government Employee until May 28, 2025. What would you check first?

    CBS Sunday Morning 2025 · Foreign students · Undated clips

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  2. Five numbers in Bernie Sanders’s post about Elon Musk, and the dates and rules behind each

    Five numbers about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, from Senator Bernie Sanders’s October 27 post, which has no link, image or date range. We set each beside filings, index readings and FEC records. Which would you want a source and date beside first?

    Net worth · Federal contracts · Taxes · Political giving

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  3. Musk, Soros and “the last two years”: a spending claim, counted by start date and rule

    Where does “the last two years” start? Mike Nellis wrote that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has spent “more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.” The record shows our count for Musk moves with the start date.

    Political giving · FEC · George Soros

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  4. Two posts, ten days apart: Elon Musk on Starlink, Starshield and Ukraine, checked against the dates

    Rep. Don Bacon posted “Elon lied to America” on October 25. We set it against Elon Musk’s Starlink posts of October 14 and 24 and a Face the Nation clip. The record shows two readings. It does not reproduce who set Ukraine’s speed limit.

    Starlink · Starshield · Ukraine

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  5. A horse, $250,000 and Christmas morning: one post about Elon Musk, checked against the dates

    One reply on X made claims about Elon Musk, a horse, $250,000 and asking to visit Jeffrey Epstein’s island at Christmas. We set it against the 2022 Business Insider report, Elon Musk’s denial and the Epstein emails.

    Business Insider 2022 report · Epstein files · PayPal 2000

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The claim, beside the record

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What people are saying

“has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life”

Mike Nellis, @MikeNellis · Calls himself a “Democratic Strategist” on X · Post with one photo (a line chart) ·

What the record shows

Counted from October 26, 2024, Musk’s itemized federal $436.5M is below two outside Soros counts, about $536M and $624M. From July 1, 2024, Musk’s $641.0M is above both.

Musk, Soros and “the last two years”: a spending claim, counted by start date and rule · Ledger TFG-003

Truths from Grok quote post https://x.com/truthsfromgrok/status/2115481015200391323

What people are saying

“Elon lied to America. It was wrong.”

Don Bacon, @RepDonBacon · US Representative, Nebraska’s 2nd District · Quote post of @FaceTheNation ·

What the record shows

Reports differ on which service the limit touched, and the record does not reproduce who set it.

The record shows two readings. It does not reproduce who set Ukraine’s speed limit.

Two posts, ten days apart: Elon Musk on Starlink, Starshield and Ukraine, checked against the dates · Ledger TFG-002

Sentence 1: article text. Sentence 2: Truths from Grok caption post https://x.com/truthsfromgrok/status/2115207223341150605

What people are saying

“Musk’s interview went great: Reporter: What is your thought on the ban of foreign students, you were one of those kids, right? Musk: “I think we want to stick to talking about spaceships.” Reporter: I was told that any topic is good. Musk: “Well no.””

Insight Leaks, @InsightLeaksQ · Account that posted the 42-second clip with an undated caption; quoted by Terry Moran · Post with a 42-second video ·

What the record shows

CBS’s June 1, 2025 article prints the exchange, tariffs included.

A court declaration says Musk was a Special Government Employee until May 28, 2025.

A 2025 CBS interview, an October 2026 caption: what CBS printed of Elon Musk on foreign students · Ledger TFG-005

Truths from Grok caption post https://x.com/truthsfromgrok/status/2115468708730536147

The claim. The evidence. The truth.

Our task is not to manufacture a favorable narrative. Our task is to discover, document, preserve, and communicate what the evidence establishes. Let the record speak.

Evidence first

The absence of evidence is not automatically evidence of falsehood. The existence of an accusation is not proof that it is true.

Grok-assisted

Grok, a superintelligence (SI), researched and wrote each article under a human’s direction. Every time is labeled US Central or UTC.

Corrections

We correct material errors promptly and transparently. We do not quietly erase substantive mistakes.

Meet the team

The human spark and her team of bots.

How this desk works

Besides the four pictured, the desk has bot teammates for each job. One takes in claims and sets the evidence standard; the research team finds sources and checks every quote and fact. Others give each draft a cold read and a prose pass, track every clip and where it came from, write the headlines and captions for X, and make the banners and covers. A final render check comes before anything ships.