Countless Democrats are admitting they plan to investigate or even jail him if they take back power on Congress in the midterms.
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they → admit → midterms
They can't tell you what he specifically did wrong, but they'll come up with something.
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they → tell → something
Just as bad, or even worse, however, is that some of his critics want to nationalize his companies, including Starlink, which provides crucial infrastructure to Ukraine.
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which → want → Ukraine
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, a far-left populist Democrat, thinks Starlink is too important to be left under Musk's control, and that the federal government would do a better job administering it.
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government → think → it
I doubt that, but let's hear what he had to say:
NEW:
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he → doubt → what
Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies.
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Democrats → call → companies
"Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX…
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Democrats → start → Starlink
It should be a public corporation."
Does he want Musk to drop another $50M on the… pic.twitter.com/0jiljf0CtG
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 25, 2026
From the horse's mouth:
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Musk → want → mouth
Reich thinks Democrats should be laying the groundwork to nationalize Starlink and SpaceX.
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Democrats → think → Starlink
Now it's important to go over some of the background here.
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it → go → background
Starlink is a product that Ukraine uses to provide internet to its people, but only for civilian uses.
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Ukraine → use → uses
Musk has maintained that while he is very happy to provide internet to Ukraine in the face of unrelenting invasion, Starlink cannot be used for offensive military purposes, because this would make his satellites a legitimate target of Russia in terms of their war effort.
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satellites → maintain → effort
We want to avoid that.
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We → want → that
Separately, Starshield, a different system, is administered by the Pentagon, and Musk claims he has no control over it.
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he → administer → it
What happened last week is that a slowdown of the Starshield system resulted in reduced effectiveness of Ukraine's counterstrikes against Russia.
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slowdown → happen → Russia
And look, that was a problem.
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that → look → ?
I traveled to Ukraine earlier this summer as part of a delegation arranged by a pro-Ukrainian nonprofit.
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I → travel → nonprofit
I saw up close how important Starshield is to the defense of a free Ukraine.
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Starshield → see → Ukraine
Some people often seem to forget that Russia is invading Ukraine, not the other way around.
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Russia → seem → Ukraine
It's Russia that won't accept a peace deal.
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that → accept → deal
When President Donald Trump called for an immediate ceasefire, Ukraine stopped hitting energy infrastructure in Russia—but Russia kept attacking anyway.
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Russia → call → Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to immediately stop fighting and freeze the conflict along the current lines, just like Trump wants.
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Trump → agree → lines
It's Russian President Vladimir Putin who won't negotiate.
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who → negotiate → ?
We don't know for sure who ordered the Starshield slowdown.
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who → know → slowdown
The U.S. government has denied doing so.
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government → deny → ?
Musk has, however, claimed Ukraine violated the terms of service of Starlink, using it for offensive military purposes, and thus that system was slowed down.
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system → claim → purposes
I understand why that might be frustrating for the Ukrainians, but the fact is that it's Musk's company, so he makes the rules.
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he → understand → rules
It belongs to him.
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It → belong → him
And importantly, it has to stay that way.
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it → have → ?
Nationalizing the company would be an insane step to take in response to a tech owner having a say in how his product is used.
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product → nationalize → say
Do we really trust the government to operate these companies as efficiently as their founders?
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we → trust → founders
Moreover, in this specific case, it might bring us closer to a direct confrontation with Russia—and as much as it's a good thing to undermine the Russian conquest of Ukraine, we do not want to start World War III.
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we → bring → III
We are experiencing an unprecedented flourishing in the tech space, with AI, driverless cars, robotics, and such.
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We → experience → AI
When the government nationalizes a successful tech company, it sends a warning to all the others: If you're too good at what you do, we might take you over.
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we → nationalize → you
We might punish you.
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We → punish → you
This disincentivizes investment and innovation at a time when they're desperately needed.
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they → disincentivize → time
Nationalizing Musk's companies is doing Ukraine no favors.
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Nationalizing → nationalize → favors
But it will hurt America's interests too.
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it → hurt → interests
We want to encourage Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, and all the rest to compete with one another to design products that make life better, earning them profits along the way.
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life → want → way
It doesn't work if the government butts in.
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government → work → ?
…and 2 more, not listed.
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