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At left, Elon Musk speaks onstage during The New York Times' Dealbook Summit in New York City on Nov. 29. At right, President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Oct. 11. (Slaven Vlasic / Getty Images; Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

The Biden Administration's War on Elon Musk

By Michael Schwarz December 14, 2023 at 2:04pm

A collision between the world’s richest man and U.S. history’s most tyrannical administration has always seemed inevitable.

After all, on Oct. 27, 2022, Elon Musk completed a $44 billion purchase of the social media platform X — then known as Twitter — for the sole purpose of protecting free speech.

“[T]he bird is freed,” Musk wrote in his first post as the platform’s new owner.

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Biden administration, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Federal Communications Commission, First Amendment, Free speech, Joe Biden, Social media, U.S. News, X / Twitter, X post

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Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.