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What Is Elon Musk's $443 Million to a Trillionaire?

Scott Galloway says $443 million is $443 to someone worth a million dollars, once Elon Musk is treated as a trillionaire. He first calls the midterm giving $440 million, then uses $443 million for that ratio. A millionaire who thought a candidate threatened the car wash, the government contracts, and the tax credits would spend $443. It is the price of a good dinner. That is why the money aimed at Talarico does not look large from Musk's side of the table.

Kara Swisher calls the giving staggering and says it is nothing like Michael Bloomberg's $80 million. Scott Galloway says the money has an impact and that the return is falling, and that checks like this keep cutting at democracy until Citizens United is overturned. He still wants the company-building. Before a gain is spent on a boat or on a political campaign, which he notes is not tax deductible, he wants it taxed at a minimum of 40 percent.

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Anthropic's IPO Filing, Elon's Talarico Obsession, and Elizabeth Holmes' Box Office Surprise ·

Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway

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  1. What Did James Talarico Say About Elon Musk?James Talarico says Elon Musk wants Texas land, Texas water, and Texas taxpayer dollars, and that Musk wants his own United States senator.
  2. Why Does Obama Ridicule Trump?Scott Galloway says ridicule is more powerful than indignance, and that this is what Obama understands and the rest of the Democratic Party does not.
  3. What Should Democrats Do If They Win the Midterms?Scott Galloway says a win in the Senate and the House would be a red riptide, not a blue wave.
  4. How Fast Did Anthropic's Revenue Grow?Scott Galloway says Anthropic is the fastest-scaling software company in history.
  5. Did Elon Musk Restrict Ukraine's Starlink?Kara Swisher says Elon Musk is finally admitting that SpaceX restricted Ukraine's access to Starlink. She and Scott Galloway had already said he did.
  6. What Does Anthropic's IPO Filing Say About Humanity?Scott Galloway reads the risks section of Anthropic's S-1 and says his favorite line is that advanced AI could pose a catastrophic or existential risk to…
  7. Who Should Control Starlink in a War?Scott Galloway says one person who was not elected should not be able to throttle Starlink or Starshield in a war.
  8. How Much Did the Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Make?Kara Swisher says You Can See Everything, the Elizabeth Holmes film directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, made $45 million in two weeks.
  9. What Is the Mosquito Bowl Movie About?Scott Galloway's media win is The Mosquito Bowl, an American war sports drama about a football game played during World War II.

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