On Inauguration Day, Musk and his companies were facing at least 65 actual or potential actions from 11 different federal agencies. Today, many of those threats have been neutralized. By exercising his influence over the government, Musk is set to avoid more than $2 billion in financial liabilities.

We have DOGE distributing NDAs (despite federal rules prohibiting them), Elon Musk’s staffers using threats and intimidation, Attorney General Ed Martin threatening criminal prosecution for anyone deemed “disloyal,” and Schedule F quietly looming over it all.